AIDS Weekly articles from May 2000

AIDS Weekly archives from May 2000

Short Course of Tuberculosis Therapy Effective for HIV Patients.(use of rifampin/pyrazinamide versus isoniazid for tuberculosis prevention)
May 1, 2000... 2000 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists report that a study comparing long-term versus short-term therapy for preventing tuberculosis in patients with HIV shows the latter to be a safe and effective method of treatment. The study was...

French AIDS Expert Disputes South Africa HIV Stand.(Luc Montagnier)
May 1, 2000... 2000 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- AIDS research pioneer Luc Montagnier urged South Africa to be pragmatic about treating the fatal disease rather than engage in arguments on whether HIV causes it. Montagnier, commenting on a dispute over...

Pain Progression in HIV Patients Varies with State of Immunity.(migraine regression in relation to HIV patient immune status changes)
May 1, 2000... 2000 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Migraine headaches tend to regress in individuals with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as their immune status changes. Unfortunately, tension type headaches seem to increase during this changeover,...

Regeneration and Tolerance Factor Correlates with HIV but not Hepatitis.
May 1, 2000... 2000 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Regeneration and tolerance factor (RTF) correlates positively with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, which drives the Th2 cytokine response, but not with hepatitis C virus (HCV), which induces the...

Fibroblast Growth Factor Regulates Chemokine Receptor in AIDS Patients.
May 1, 2000... 2000 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Recently, scientists at the University of California at San Diego reported that fibroblast growth factor (FGF) can modulate a chemokine receptor known as CXCR4 in patients with acquired immunodeficiency...

Adolescents Have Strong Immune Response to HIV Infection.
May 1, 2000... 2000 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Adolescents infected with HIV have a surprisingly robust immune response and may benefit particularly well from aggressive early treatment with anti-HIV medications, according to a research team led by an...

T Lymphocytes a Limited Factor in Kidney Disease Mouse Model.
May 1, 2000... 2000 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-transgenic (T26) mice can acquire a kidney disease - called focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) - sometimes seen in humans with HIV An animal model study conducted...

Antivirals Prolong Life for Women with HIV and Cervical Cancer.
May 1, 2000... 2000 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- A group of researchers in Texas and Louisiana says that the use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is associated with longer life and less severe cervical lesions in women who are positive for the...

Safety and Efficacy Results Presented for Once-Daily Antiviral.(Gilead Sciences tenofovir disoproxil fumarate research)
May 1, 2000... 2000 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, California, announced preliminary results from a Phase II dose-ranging clinical trial (Study 902) evaluating the safety and efficacy of once-daily tenofovir disoproxil...

Novel Drug Concept Targets Variety of Human Viruses.
May 1, 2000... 2000 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- In laboratory studies, an entirely new approach to antiviral drug development is showing remarkable effectiveness against herpesviruses, a large family of viruses associated with many human diseases. In...

Hospitalized HIV Patients Not on HAART.(highly active antiretroviral therapy)
May 1, 2000... 2000 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Some patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may not be receiving the treatment they need, researchers reported at the 4(th) Decennial International Conference on Nosocomial and Health-care Associated...

Women with HIV Studied for Cervical Changes.
May 1, 2000... 2000 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists recently reported on the epidemiology of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and cervical neoplasia in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected women. Discussing their work at the Society of...

Post-Exposure Prophylaxis Costs Less When Rapid Tests Used.(HIV care of health care workers)
May 1, 2000... 2000 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- The economics of limiting prophylactic treatment of health care workers possibly exposed to HIV was the subject of a conference presentation by researchers at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York. ...

Ten Percent of South Africans HIV Infected.
May 1, 2000... 2000 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- South Africa said that nearly 10% of its population - around 4.2 million people - were infected with HIV. The figure from a national survey of 17,000 women attending public pre-natal clinics confirmed...

Joint Venture Announced to Develop PCR-Based Viral Detection Assays.(Commonwealth Biotechnologies Inc. and Vigen Laboratories Inc.)
May 1, 2000... 2000 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Commonwealth Biotechnologies, Inc., Chesterfield, Virginia, and Vigen Laboratories, Inc., a Wisconsin corporation that specializes in commercialization of antiviral technologies, announced that they have...

CDC Reports Isolated TB Outbreak.(tuberculosis outbreak among transgender community in New York City and in Baltimore, Maryland)
May 1, 2000... 2000 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- A tuberculosis outbreak in the transgender communities of Baltimore, Maryland, and New York City may be spreading to other cities, the U.S. government said April 20, 2000. The U.S. Centers for Disease...

New Guidelines Issued for Treatment and Testing of Latent TB.(by the American Thoracic Society and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
May 1, 2000... 2000 MAY 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- New guidelines on the testing and treatment of persons with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) issued in April 2000 by the American Thoracic Society and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Some Patients with Lymphocytosis Have Benign Condition.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Although patients may experience a proliferation of CD8(+) T cells when they become infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), this does not necessarily mean that they have a malignant disorder,...

Altered Retinoid Signaling Seen During Indinavir Therapy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study reported in the May 2000 edition of Biochemical Pharmacology by researchers at Glaxo Wellcome Inc. says that indinavir, a protease inhibitor (PI) used to treat patients with the human immunodeficiency...

Cosalane and Dihydrocosalane Show Poor Oral Bioavailability.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cosalane and dihydrocosalane have demonstrated antiviral properties against the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). However, these two drugs show limited oral bioavailability after administration in rats,...

Pro-inflammatory Cytokines Significantly Higher in AIDS Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) encounter a host of physical problems during the progression of this disease. One of these problems is periodontal disease and tooth loss. ...

Microbe Alters Lung Surfactant in Infected Individuals.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, disease processes that occur during Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) may bring about alterations of lung surfactant which...

Nerve Growth Factor Relieves Symptoms of HIV Associated Nerve Condition.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Preliminary results of a Phase II trial of recombinant human nerve growth factor (rhNGF) have shown that it is useful in relieving some of the symptoms of sensory neuropathy experienced by patients infected...

Transcription Factor May be Target for Preventing HIV.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The NFAT protein, a member of a family of transcription factors, may potentially serve as a target for inhibiting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transcription. According to a recent study reported in...

Treatments Improve Viral Status, Increase Cardiovascular Risks.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists at the Montreal General Hospital in Canada propose that patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who receive highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), may acquire a syndrome related...

Reversible Cardiac Dysfunction Seen in Children Taking Zidovudine.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- A study prepared by scientists at the Children's National Medical Center in Washington, DC, and the U.S. National Institutes of Health has found that some children with the human immunodeficiency virus may...

Expanded Access Program for Children and Adolescents Announced.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The DuPont Pharmaceuticals Co., Wilmington, Delaware, announced the initiation of an expanded access program that will allow HIV infected children and adolescents (3-16 years of age) to take an...

AIDS Dementia Complex Trial Enrollment Completion Announced.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Centaur Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Sunnyvale, California, announced completion of enrollment in its U.S. Phase IIa clinical trial in patients with AIDS dementia complex (ADC). The trial will be conducted in...

NIH Grant Award Supports HIV Drug Discovery Program.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Panacos Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Gaithersburg, Maryland, a subsidiary of Boston Biomedica, Inc. (BBI), announced that the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded a four-year grant to Prof. K.H....

New International Program Will Focus on Global HIV/AIDS Issues.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The University of California at San Francisco AIDS Research Institute (ARI) is launching a new international program that will focus on stemming the worldwide HIV/AIDS epidemic. Directed by Nancy Padian,...

Six Percent of Rwandans Have HIV.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- AIDS is running rampant in Rwanda and its victims are swamping the country's hospitals and overtaxing its medical workers, Rwanda's health minister said. Some 500,000 Rwandans, or 6% of the population,...

Target Stores Donate $350,000 to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Target Stores announced a donation of $350,000 to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) at their 14th Annual Easter Bonnet Competition held April 25, 2000. A check was presented to longtime BC/EFA...

Hawaii Senate OKs Marijuana Bill.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Hawaii State Senate approved a bill April 25, 2000, allowing people with certain debilitating illnesses, including AIDS and cancer, to legally smoke marijuana to alleviate pain. The bill now goes to Gov....

Maine and Georgia Governors Sign Mandatory Safety Needle Legislation.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Med-Design Corp. (MEDC), Ventura, California, reported that on April 14, 2000, Maine's Governor, Angus S. King, Jr., and on April 20, Georgia's Governor, Roy E. Barnes, signed into law legislation...

Molecular Biology Methods Detect Virus Best in HIV Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Polyomavirus can be present as a sub-clinical infection in immunocompetent individuals, but it causes active urinary infection in patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), scientists from Italy...

Senate Co-Sponsors Needed for Care Act Reauthorization.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 15, 2000... 2000 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The following was released by the AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth & Families in the U.S.: [helv] Additional Senate co-sponsors are urgently needed for S.2311, which would reauthorize the Ryan White CARE...

Liver Dysfunction in HIV Patients Decreases Drug Metabolism Rate.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Amprenavir, a protease inhibitor used for treating patients with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is not completely metabolized by patients with liver diseases such as cirrhosis. As a result, Glaxo...

International AIDS Panel Recommends Selected Use of Resistance Testing.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- An international panel of AIDS experts has established a broad set of recommendations for drug resistance testing in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), published in the May 10 issue of...

Vulnerable Groups Less Likely to Receive Early HIV Treatment.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- African Americans, women, injection drug users, and people with low levels of education are less likely than other groups to have early access to antiretroviral therapy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),...

HIV and AIDS - No Doubt About the Link.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- As scientists convened by President Mbeki of South Africa meet to discuss whether HIV causes disease and death, the U.K. Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) is warning that doubts that some have expressed...

Can the Body Trick Itself Into an Autoimmune Response to Thwart HIV?
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- When the immune system goes wrong and begins to attack the body's own cells, the result can be devastating diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, and Crohn's disease. But now,...

Chemokine Receptor Antagonist May Hold Key to Drug Development.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Peptides identified by laboratory investigators at Thomas Jefferson University's Jefferson Medical College, Pennsylvania, play an important role in the future development of antiviral agents against the human...

Risk Factors for Early Mortality Determined in HIV(+) with Lymphoma.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Scientists in France say that certain factors place HIV positive patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at a greater risk for early mortality than others. "The prognosis for survival of patients infected...

Phase I Trial Studies Evaluate Adefovir Dipivoxil in Children.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- A Phase I trial studying the use of adefovir dipivoxil in human immunodeficiency virus positive children has been completed by researchers at St. Jude's Children's Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Results...

Adnexal Masses Seen on Sonograms in HIV Positive Women.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers suggest that women with pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) who are positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) have more sonographically...

Beta-glucan Receptors on Microbe Induce Inflammatory Process in Lungs.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, propose that beta-glucan receptors on Pneumocystis carinii induce factors that stimulate lung inflammatory processes. P. carinii is an opportunistic...

Direct Visualization of Blood Provides Information on Memory Cells.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine say that direct visualization of patient blood will enable practitioners to ascertain the antigen-specific memory cell status of patients...

Model Suggests Lipid Rafts Localize with HIV Viral Particles.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Important host cell structures called glycolipid-enriched membrane domains may play an important role in the virulence of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) scientists at Johns Hopkins University...

Investigators Study Death Trends in Patients with Hepatitis and HIV.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigators outlined the trends for liver disease and death in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) at the 10(th) International Symposium on...

Risk Factors Predict HIV Infection in Adolescent Females.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- A California study conducted by Department of Health Services investigators in that state shows that there are certain risk factors significantly associated with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection...

The Makings of a Public Health Epidemic: Drug Abuse, HIV/AIDS, and Hepatitis C.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- The confluence of HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, and hepatitis C is becoming a public health nightmare. HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C are moving at an alarming rate into the minority community, where the poorest and...

Investigators Study Zinc and Magnesium Deficiencies in Children with HIV.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Although researchers do not know why, children with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can have lower levels of zinc and magnesium in their serum and plasma. These deficiencies were reported by...

Study Indicates ThinPrep Pap Test May Provide Platform for Routine Screening.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cytyc Corp., Boxborough, Massachusetts, announced that a study presented at the recent joint meeting of the Medical Society for the Study of Venereal Diseases and the American Sexually Transmitted Diseases...

Even with Cheaper AIDS Drugs, Help Out of Reach for Most Africans.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- On an AIDS-ravaged continent where many countries spend only $5 a year per capita on health care, a plan by pharmaceutical companies to reduce sharply the price of AIDS drugs was greeted May 12, 2000, as a...

Remune Therapy Pivotal Clinical Trial Initiated to Treat HIV.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Immune Response Corp., Carlsbad, California, and Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., La Jolla, California, announced that a pivotal trial has been initiated to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the...

Routine Tests Recommended to Identify Resistant HIV Strains.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Tests that help identify drug-resistant strains of the AIDS virus should be routinely used in most infected patients to help doctors customize treatment, according to a recommendation in the May 10, 2000,...

AIDS Spreading to Wives in Cambodia.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- While the rate of HIV transmission in Cambodia may be falling due to condom use, the AIDS virus appears to be increasingly infecting married women, says a new report by Cambodian health officials. The...

South Africa Cautious About AIDS Drugs Offer.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- South Africa welcomed an offer by five major drug companies on May 11, 2000, to cut the price of HIV/AIDS treatments - but not if it means giving up the right to seek out cheaper, generic alternatives. The...

First Trial in Africa Completed.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- The first HIV vaccine trial conducted in Africa has been completed, announced researchers at the Joint Clinical Research Centre in Kampala, Uganda. The trial was funded by the U.S. National Institute for...

NIH to Sponsor Trial for HIV(+).
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- A clinical trial testing an HIV treatment vaccine in patients already infected with the virus will begin on or about May 25, 2000, under the sponsorship of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, officials...

iMetrikus Partners with AEGiS HIV/AIDS Web Information Site.
May 22, 2000... 2000 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- iMetrikus, an eHealth company providing personalized interactive health management services for people living with chronic illnesses, has partnered with AEGiS, the well-known HIV/AIDS information Web site. ...

As Cell Count Increases, Treatment for Mycobacterium avium Not Needed.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 29, 2000... 2000 MAY 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- New study indicate that when HIV(+) patients' CD4(+) cell counts increase to 100 cells/mm(3) or more, azithromycin, which is a drug used to prevent and treat Mycobacterium avium complex disease, can be...

No Improvement after Treatment Indicates Need for Endoscopy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 29, 2000... 2000 MAY 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- Chronic diarrhea is associated with a high rate of morbidity and mortality in patients with AIDS. The causes of this malady can sometimes be difficult to diagnose when normal, non-invasive procedures are...

Link Found Between AIDS Medications and Diabetes.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 29, 2000... 2000 MAY 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- AIDS drugs that dramatically prolong the lives of many HIV infected people also quickly block the body's ability to store glucose, scientists have found. Their research explains why people who take HIV...

Scientists Differentiate Candida Species Using Alternative Techniques.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 29, 2000... 2000 MAY 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- Different species of Candida can be difficult to differentiate using typical laboratory analysis. K. Tintelnot and others at the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin, Germany, have determined that Fourier...

Blood Still the Best Fluid for Detecting HIV Type 1 RNA.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 29, 2000... 2000 MAY 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- Although body fluids other than blood can contain the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), viral loads still tend to be higher in blood plasma, researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...

Case Study Shows Failure of HIV Therapy after Treatment with Carbamazepine.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 29, 2000... 2000 MAY 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- Recently, scientists in The Netherlands reported the case of a patient positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who had antiretroviral treatment failure after taking carbamazepine for herpesvirus...

Sputum Induction for Tuberculosis Sampling Works Well in Young Children.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 29, 2000... 2000 MAY 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- According to a study conducted by researchers in South Africa, sputum induction can be performed on young infants and patients just as well as it can be done on older children and adults. Sputum induction...

Adeno-Associated Virus-Mediated Vaccine Stimulates High-Level, Durable Immune Responses.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 29, 2000... 2000 MAY 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- Breaking research from Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, on a new type of genetic vaccine for AIDS which shows positive effects after immunization was presented at the 2000 Pediatric Academic Societies...

Key HIV Receptors Present on Mast Cells.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 29, 2000... 2000 MAY 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- New findings from a collaborative study have shown that mast cells, usually known to be associated with the symptoms seen during allergic reactions, express major surface receptors that can heighten...

Pharmacokinetic Profiling and Genotypic Testing Indicate Therapeutic Success.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 29, 2000... 2000 MAY 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- Results of a research study presented in San Diego, California, at the 56(th) Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology show that the combined use of antiviral pharmacokinetics...

Clinical Trial Will Test Controlled 'Drug Holidays' to Counter HIV.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 29, 2000... 2000 MAY 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers have received approval for a new clinical trial to test carefully controlled interruptions in HIV patients' drug regimens as an approach to boosting their immune systems, eventually to the point...

More Singaporeans Taking Anonymous HIV Tests.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 29, 2000... 2000 MAY 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- Those undergoing anonymous AIDS tests in Singapore have soared amid growing openness about the disease in the conservative Asian country, a citizens' group said May 16, 2000. A total of 1,395 people took...

Program Launched for Physicians Treating HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
May 29, 2000... 2000 MAY 29 - (NewsRx.com) -- In a step to provide physicians in five southern Africa nations with access to Internet-based health information and cutting-edge distance learning capabilities, the International Association of Physicians in...