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New economic modeling shows that scaling up antiretroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention in the developing world not only saves lives, but saves money too.
27 January 2012 | Science Speaks: HIV & TB News
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I was asked about a year ago at a talk about energy what I was doing about the other large social problems, namely health care and education. Surprised, I flippantly responded that the best solution was to get rid of doctors and teachers and let your computers do the work, 24/7 and with consistent quality.
19 January 2012 | Tech Crunch
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New guidelines from the American Academy of Neurology will help physicians better choose seizure drugs for people on HIV/AIDS medication, avoiding deadly drug interactions and preventing critical anti-HIV drugs from becoming less effective, possibly leading to a more virulent strain of the disease.
04 January 2012 | Medical Xpress
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The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued the first ever guidelines for the treatment of cryptococcal meningitis, a disease ranking among the top causes of death among people living with HIV and AIDS.
09 December 2011 | Key Correspondents
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) unveiled new guidelines Thursday
for the treatment of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in the U.S.
with a 12-dose regimen, administered once-weekly under directly observed
therapy (DOT). The current regimen requires daily drug administration
over nine months, making the new treatment simpler and easier for
patients.
08 December 2011 | Science Speaks: HIV & TB News
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On the eve of World AIDS Day, the American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and the AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA) released the first clinical treatment strategies for managing older HIV patients: The HIV and Aging Consensus Project: Recommended Treatment Strategies for Clinicians Managing Older Patients with HIV.
01 December 2011 | Press release
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New York City’s health commissioner is pushing an aggressive change in
city policy toward H.I.V., recommending that doctors begin to treat it
as soon as it is diagnosed.
01 December 2011 | New York Times
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Revised US DHHS treatment guidelines were issued on October 14; the main updates are to the `What to start: initial combination regimens` section, with changes affecting the status of rilpivirine, nevirapine, raltegravir, unboosted fosamprenavir, darunavir (in combination with abacavir/3TC), AZT/3TC, ddI/3TC.
17 October 2011 | AIDSinfo
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Updated adult treatment guidelines were issued by the European AIDS Clinical Society at the 12th European AIDS Conference, Belgrade, 12-15 October 2011. The guidelines include specific recommendations on managing co-morbidities and hepatitis B coinfection in people living with HIV.
17 October 2011 | EACS
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The latest guidelines of the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS),
released here at the society's 13th European AIDS Conference, give
special emphasis to comorbid conditions that may occur in patients
infected with HIV.
16 October 2011 | Medscape (requires registration)
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