Topic: Journal Of The American Medical Association

After achieving viral suppression with protease inhibitor-based therapy, most children infected with HIV at birth despite being given nevirapine may safely be switched back to nevirapine-based therapy without fear of drug resistance, according to a study published in the Sept. 8 issue ...

Opt-out HIV tests find few new infections: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Routine HIV screening at a Colorado hospital identified only six more new cases than standard, targeted testing, according to a two-year study.By comparison, an estimated 230,000 Americans currently have undiagnosed HIV, researchers report in the Journal of ...

February 2009 Briefing - HIV & AIDS

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in HIV & AIDS for February 2009. TUESDAY, Feb. 24 (HealthDay News) -- A vast majority of HIV-infected prison inmates, after release, do not fill their prescriptions for ...

New HIV/AIDS Guidelines Suggest Earlier Treatment

8/3/2008 Print E-mail New guidelines for treating HIV and AIDS patients with treatments known as antiretrovirals suggest earlier therapy might be effective.. The findings were slated to be presented at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City Sunday. They will also appear ...
Researchers have found that there are not 40,000 new AIDS infections in the U.S. each year, but rather, 56,300 new cases annually-a 40% miscalculation that has been recurring for over a decade. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were able to ...
New research from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) theme issue on HIV/AIDS will be released to the media, coinciding with the International AIDS Conference. Four of the world's top HIV/AIDS researchers will present their findings on new therapies, treatment ...

Health News for Early March 2008

A web survey of college students with an average age of 19.9 years found that 15.8% reported both medical and nonmedical use of prescription drugs, and 4.4% reported nonmedical use only of prescription drugs. The findings were published in the March issue ...