]> http://www.healthedia.com/tags/hiv Blog Articles Tagged with 'hiv' at http://www.healthedia.com en http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/923669?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv In 2006, the CDC recommended that HIV testing should be universal. Why aren't doctors listening? There are a variety of cited reasons, ranging from lack of reimbursement, concerns about informed consent, and availability of counseling.The major reas... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/kevin-md-medical-weblog/923669?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:00:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923803?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Via Pacific Magazine.net: Regional Experts To Gather For Pacific Pandemic Task Force Meeting. Excerpt:Next week, the Pacific Avian and Pandemic Influenza Taskforce (PAPITaF) will meet in Nadi, Fiji Islands, from Monday to Wednesday to discuss the cur... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/923803?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:13:40 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/lancet-blog/923756?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv President-elect Barack Obama signalled what is being viewed as a strong commitment to health-care reform Nov 19 by choosing former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to head the federal department of Health and Human Services. Ron Pollack, executive ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/lancet-blog/923756?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:34:24 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/923794?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv AlterNet has an article on harm reduction in Vancouver.Vancouver has essentially become a gigantic field test, a 2 million-person laboratory for a set of tactics derived from a school of thought known as harm reduction. It's based on a simple premi... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/addiction-and-recovery-news/923794?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Wed, 19 Nov 2008 06:49:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/lancet-blog/923757?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv The following will appear in the Nov 22 issue of The Lancet:Clinical guidelines The American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association have released the first guidelines for the treatment of adults with congenital heart disease. These guid... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/lancet-blog/923757?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:48:15 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/time-goes-by/923493?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv In this regular weekend feature you will find links to news items from the preceding week related to elders and aging, along with whatever else catches my fancy that I think you might like to know. Suggestions are welcome with, however, no promises ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/time-goes-by/923493?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Sat, 15 Nov 2008 05:30:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/923434?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv By Miriam FalcoCNN Medical Managing EditorA German hospital announced this week that a 42-year old American living in Berlin who did not want to be identified had come to them three years ago for treatment. It was determined that he had acute leukemi... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/923434?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:59:10 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/923978?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv By Miriam FalcoCNN Medical Managing EditorA German hospital announced this week that a 42-year old American living in Berlin who did not want to be identified had come to them three years ago for treatment. It was determined that he had acute leukemi... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/paging-drgupta/923978?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:59:10 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/mens-health-office/923237?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv When men are young, they think they're going to live forever, nothing's going to get in their way. That's why young guys do stupid things. Because they think it's not going to hurt them. Why are teenagers promiscuous in the face of HIV, hepatitis C a... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/mens-health-office/923237?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:45:00 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/923230?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv NYCEDCThe Health Blog hopped a water taxi yesterday to the old Army Terminal (pictured) in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. It was a business trip: Some luminaries in HIV-vaccine research were gathered there to open a new lab. The center, a research hub for th... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/923230?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Thu, 13 Nov 2008 16:44:49 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/schwitzer-health/923199?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv You can split hairs all you want about what the Associated Press actually reported about an American living in Germany who was treated with a bone marrow transplant for his leukemia, a treatment now being reported to have had an impact on his HIV/AID... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/schwitzer-health/923199?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:21:08 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/922497?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv A 42-year-old man who had both leukemia and AIDS received a bone marrow transplant a common, late-stage treatment for that type of cancer. His doctor selected a bone marrow donor who had a rare genetic mutation that renders people virtually immun... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/wsjcom-health-blog/922497?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:42:16 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/lancet-blog/923125?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv The following will appear in the Nov 8 issue of The Lancet:US veterans The US Department of Veterans Affairs has reported that almost 15% of soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who have sought medical care through the VA system say they expe... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/lancet-blog/923125?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Tue, 04 Nov 2008 11:25:01 -0500 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/921651?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Thanks to the reader who sent me the link to this Newsweek story about XDR-TB: A Virulent New Form of TB. It's worth posting about because of something said in an interview by a WHO official:NEWSWEEK: Why have we heard so little about XDR-TB? When di... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/h5n1/921651?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:28:58 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/lancet-blog/923128?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv The following will appear in the Nov 1 issue of The Lancet:Childhood allergies The number of children with allergies in the USA has risen 18% over the past 10 years, according to an Oct 22 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 3... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/lancet-blog/923128?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:06:11 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/straight-from-the-doc/921303?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Stefan KleinNew clinical findings suggest earlier treatment in HIV may produce statistically meaningful benefit. The findings were presented at the ICAAC/IDSA meeting, which is occurring this week in Washington, DC.In t... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/straight-from-the-doc/921303?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:00:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/all-ears/921247?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv In years past, tonsils were removed routinely, at the discretion of the doctor. All it took was one infection, and out they came. A tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy were once one of the most common surgical procedures in the U.S. Not any more. Unless ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/all-ears/921247?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:01:00 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/922007?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv October 24, 2008 (Newswise) - With diabetes a national epidemic and the prevalence of the disease as high as 18 percent in the South Bronx, a unique physician pay-for-performance program at Montefiore Medical Center has reduced blood sugar and ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/922007?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:12:35 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/922366?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv October 24, 2008 (Newswise) - With diabetes a national epidemic and the prevalence of the disease as high as 18 percent in the South Bronx, a unique physician ???pay-for-performance??? program at Montefiore Medical Center has reduced blood sugar and ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/922366?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:12:35 -0400 http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/922008?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv October 24, 2008 (Newswise) - New evidence discovered by researchers at The University of Texas School of Public Health Brownsville Regional Campus shows that patients with Type 2 diabetes may be at increased risk of contracting tuberculosis because ... http://www.healthedia.com/sectors/directory/diabetes-news-from-dlife/922008?rsstype=tag&tag=hiv Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:11:00 -0400