Male Nurses Up 7% – And Earning 19% More Than Women
The influx of patients spurred by healthcare reform as well as today’s shortage of primary care...
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Month: March 2013
Reducing Cesarean Section Births
A research review from the AHRQ suggests that few studies have explored strategies for reducing...
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A Look at Complications After Total Joint Arthroplasty
Results of a meta-analysis suggest that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) appear to be at...
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CROI 2013: Continuing Cotrimoxazole in Kids on ART Reduces Hospitalizations
Children on antiretroviral therapy (ART) for more than two years who continued taking daily...
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CROI 2013: Tenofovir Alafenamide Appears Easier on Kidneys
A new pro-drug formulation of the widely used nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitor analog...
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CROI 2013: HIV Testing in Commercially Insured Pregnant Women
The Particulars: Identification of HIV infection before or during pregnancy allows for...
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CROI 2013: CD4 Counts in Youth With Behaviorally Acquired HIV
The Particulars: Research indicates that HIV incidence is increasing among youth. Although public...
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CROI 2013: Health Insurance & Durable Viral Suppression
The Particulars: Policies to improve the health of patients with HIV may be guided by nationally...
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CROI 2013: Smoking Among Patients with HIV
The Particulars: Previous research suggests that as many as 70% of patients with HIV smoke...
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CROI 2013: The Impact of the CDC’s Opt-out HIV Testing Recommendation
The Particulars: Since 2006, the CDC has recommended routine opt-out HIV testing for early...
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CROI 2013: All-Oral Regimens Work in HCV
ATLANTA – All-oral regimens under investigation for hepatitis C virus (HCV) were able to cure up...
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CROI 2013: Drug Combo Scores Early Against HCV/HIV
ATLANTA – A protease inhibitor being investigated in patients co-infected with the hepatitis C...
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CROI 2013: VOICE Trial Results
Results from a large-scale HIV prevention trial among African women known as VOICE (Vaginal and...
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CROI 2103: Select CDC Studies of Interest
CDC scientists will be presenting more than 40 abstracts at CROI 2013. Several studies that may be...
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CROI 2013: Very Early Antiretroviral Treatment Limits the Size of HIV Reservoir
Very early antiretroviral treatment may limit the size of the HIV reservoir in adults and...
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CROI 2013: Pre-exposure HIV Prophylaxis Type Doesn’t Matter
ATLANTA — A large study to determine if pre-exposure prophylaxis could prevent HIV transmission...
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CROI 2013: Extra Drug Hikes HCV Regimen’s Efficacy
ATLANTA – Adding an extra drug to a promising hepatitis C (HCV) regimen increased its efficacy –...
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CROI 2013: HIV Drugs Ease Inflammation in ‘Controllers’
ATLANTA – Putting HIV controllers — who ordinarily don’t need therapy — on highly active...
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CROI 2013: ‘Functional Cure’ Seen in HIV-Infected Child
ATLANTA — Researchers reported here that a child born with HIV infection and treated in infancy...
Read MoreWhat Goes On At a Real M&M Conference
If you’ve read my reviews of the new medical TV show “Monday Mornings” (here, here and here), you’ll know I’ve been critical of many things about it. I was particularly disappointed with the way the show handled one of its...
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