AIDS Weekly articles from November 1999

AIDS Weekly archives from November 1999

HAART or FAART? HIV Treatment Failure "Inevitable".(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Daniel J. DeNoon, Senior Editor -- Sooner or later current HIV treatment regimens will fail. This is the somber conclusion of the University of Pittsburgh's John Mellors, a long-time leader in AIDS clinical...

Researchers Kill Latent HIV Infected Cells Using Immunotoxin.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- In a laboratory study, University of Texas (UT), Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, researchers have linked an antibody to a toxin, killing more than 99 percent of the human cells carrying a latent form of...

Study Addresses Antiviral Efficacy.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Recent study findings from Belgium may explain why d4T prodrugs, but not AZT prodrugs, retain anti-HIV activity in HIV infected thymidine kinase-deficient cell cultures. The phosphoramidate triester prodrugs of...

Impact of HAART on Medical Expenditures.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from the United States recently identified changes in expenditures and in morbidity and mortality with the progression of treatment of the HIV seropositive population from monotherapy with a nucleoside...

HIV Associated with Drug Injecting Is Epidemic in Eastern Europe.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- HIV is rapidly spreading in Eastern Europe. A study from England looked at recent trends in HIV associated with injecting drug use (IDU) in the Newly Independent States (NIS) in eastern Europe, including...

Sydney Blood Bank Cohort May Be Showing Signs of Disease Progression.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Although asymptomatic more than 12 years after infection with HIV-1, a cohort in Australia may have early immunological signs of disease progression. In a recent study, researchers from Australia compared the...

Management of HIV Infected Pregnant Patients in Malaria-Endemic Areas.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Problems may arise when antimalarial agents are combined with antiretroviral drugs in pregnant women. "Chemotherapy in pregnancy is an intricate process requiring prudent use of pharmacologic agents. Malarial...

TNF-alpha Inhibits Virus Replication by Inducing RANTES Production.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Tumor necrosis factor-alpha plays an important role in inhibiting monocytotropic strains of HIV-1 by two different, but complementary, mechanisms, researchers in the United States report. The pathogenesis of...

Mitochondrial Dysfunction Linked to Zidovudine Exposure in Children.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Although current recommendations for zidovudine monotherapy should be maintained, the toxic effects should be assessed further, researchers from France indicated. Zidovudine frequently is administered during...

Bacterium Infects a Fifth of Immunocompetent Patients with Respiratory Disease.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Nearly 20 percent of immunocompetent patients with respiratory diseases are colonized with the bacterium Pneumocystis carinii, a common cause of pneumonia in immunocompromised people, and could be reservoirs of the...

Drug Company-Backed Research Less Critical than Independent Studies.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers have found that studies on the cost-effectiveness of drugs are far more likely to report favorable findings if they are sponsored by the drug companies themselves rather than independent groups. ...

Partner Notification Aids Detection of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- An evidence-based review of medical literature, conducted by researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, suggested that partner notification is one way to help detect new infections caused by...

Integrase-Targeted Drug Stops Transcription Instead.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Daniel J. DeNoon, Senior Editor -- A drug designed to inhibit the HIV integrase enzyme stops the virus - but not in the way it was intended. In early studies, temacrazine -...

Phenotypic Tests Predict HIV Salvage Success.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Daniel J. DeNoon, Senior Editor -- Drug history doesn't matter to HIV. Drug susceptibility does. Bolstering the use of phenotypic HIV testing for patient management are the results of a new study of patients...

When HAART Does Not Reduce Viral Load.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Genotypic resistance testing is a helpful way to adapt therapy when highly active antiretroviral therapy does not reduce viral load in HIV infected patients, according to a report from Germany. The goal of...

Natural Peptide Inhibits HIV.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Daniel J. DeNoon, Senior Editor -- Synthetic forms of a cellular peptide inhibit HIV infection in vitro. The cationic peptides, known as cathelicidins, are found in the secondary granules of phagocytic cells...

Soil Bacterium Yields Anti-HIV Peptide.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Daniel J. DeNoon, Senior Editor -- Japanese researchers have discovered a potent anti-HIV drug in a soil bacterium. The small polypeptide, discovered while screening for substances that block HIV-1 binding,...

Targeted Programs Improve Retention of Women.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- As more women become infected with HIV and as it becomes more important to test new treatments on women, a pilot project suggests that targeted outreach and service techniques dramatically increase the enrollment...

TT Virus Infection Common in French HIV(+).(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- There is a high prevalence of TT virus genome in HIV infected patients, according to a study from France. Recently, a non-enveloped DNA virus, called TT virus (TTV), was identified. Viremia is detected in 2 to...

Temperatures for Shipping HIV RNA Plasma Samples Established.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Results of a study performed in the United Kingdom establish temperatures at which clinical trial plasma samples maintain stable HIV RNA results. Previous investigators have shown that HIV RNA was stable in EDTA...

Lamivudine Effective in HIV/HBV(+) on HAART.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Lamivudine was found to be very effective in the treatment of patients who are coinfected with HIV and hepatitis B virus. When combined with HAART, lamivudine was found to be active against hepatitis B virus...

Simulator Enables Doctors To Experience the Anemia of HIV/AIDS.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- For the first time, University of California at Los Angeles medical professionals and caregivers will experience for themselves the debilitating fatigue caused by HIV related anemia, which occurs in up to 50 percent...

First International Conference on AIDS in Ethiopia Set for November 6-10.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- The First International Conference on AIDS in Ethiopia is set to take place in Addis Ababa from November 6-10, 1999. The conference, organized under the banner "Fighting for Life" will bring together AIDS...

Center Awarded $5.3 Million Grant From CDC for Tuberculosis Research.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) awarded a $5.3 million, 10-year grant to fund a site of the Tuberculosis Trials Consortium at the University of North Texas (UNT) Health Science Center at...

Organization Supports Funding of Housing-Related Programs.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) supports the recent allocation of $8.7 million proposed by the Los Angeles Housing Department (LAHD) for the Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program. "We are...

Online Counseling for HIV and Hepatitis C Patients.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- Home Access Health Corp. is the first company to offer online, real-time, medically directed counseling for people with questions about hepatitis C and HIV results. Home Access Health makes the only U.S. Food...

C.W. Henderson Publisher Among Internet's Top Five Sites for Key Health Topics.(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 1999... 1999 NOV 1 - (NewsRx.com) -- For major health, medical, and biotechnology niches, C.W. Henderson Publisher's web site is rated one of the five best on the Internet. Based on rankings conducted in October 1999 by the top three search...

HIV Rebounds after Stopping IL-2, Combination Antiretroviral Drug Therapy.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Rebound of HIV and reappearance of HIV reservoirs occurred in patients treated with IL-2 and combination antiretroviral drugs following cessation of therapy. In two HIV infected patients treated with potent...

Unusual New NNRTI Has Dual Anti-HIV Activity.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Daniel J. DeNoon, Senior Editor -- A new non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) not only exquisitely inhibits HIV reverse transcription - with a jaw-dropping therapeutic index of more than 4...

AIDS Experts: Asia Must Act Fast.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- AIDS experts called for Asia to act urgently to control the epidemic's rapid spread on the continent, saying it threatens millions of lives and a reversal of the region's economic growth. "We are still at the...

Agents Inhibit HIV Replication by Binding to Chemokine Receptor.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers report high antiviral activity of bis-azamacrocyclic analogs against HIV-1 and HIV-2. Bis-tetraazamacrocycles, such as the bicyclam AMD3100, are a class of potent and selective anti-HIV-1 and HIV-2...

Dutch Study Targets Migrants for AIDS Prevention.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- In Amsterdam, researchers decided to look at HIV prevalence and spread, sexual risk behavior, and sexual mixing patterns among migrant groups. They conducted the study among 1,660 Surinamese, Antilleans, and...

Baseline Drug Resistance Assays May Help Predict Protease Inhibitor Failure.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Baseline resistance to ritonavir or saquinavir, or a combination of both drugs, was associated with a poor antiviral response. P.R. Harrigan and colleagues performed a study to determine whether baseline drug...

Skin Test Positivity Directly Related to Immune Status in HIV/TB Patients.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Skin test positivity is directly related to immunological status in patients dually infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis and HIV. Researchers from Spain's University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela...

U.S. NCI Researchers Study AIDS Drug Lodenosine.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from the U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) have a favorable opinion about an experimental AIDS drug, F-ddA or lodenosine, after completing a study involving three monkeys. According to this study...

Subclinical Scrapie Infection Not Influenced by B Cells.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Cathy Clark, Senior Editor -- B lymphocytes and their secreted products do not appear to have a direct effect on subclinical prion infection, recent study findings confirm. Prion diseases are transmissible...

Health Care Professionals Don't Talk Much to Patients about Oral Sex.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Does "don't ask, don't tell" also apply to oral sex? A recent study looked at health care professionals' counseling about risks for transmitting HIV through oral sex, as well as HIV positive patients' practices...

New CCR5 Antagonist: Anti-HIV Activity, Good Pharmacokinetics.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Daniel J. DeNoon, Senior Editor -- Preclinical studies offer hope that a new small-molecule compound can become an anti-HIV drug. The non-peptide compound is TAK-779:...

Anti-HIV Bicyclam Wheels Forward.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Daniel J. DeNoon, Senior Editor -- A drug already in clinical trials promises to slow AIDS progression . The drug is the bicyclam compound known as AMD3100: 10-[1,...

Peptide Offers Hope as Salvage AIDS Therapy.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Daniel J. DeNoon, Senior Editor -- A tiny peptide packs a big punch. Despite delivery problems, a small-peptide AIDS therapy offers hope for patients who have failed other treatments. The peptide,...

Malaysia Leader Urges AIDS Battle.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Malaysia's prime minister launched Asia's largest AIDS conference during October 1999 with a call for a top-level summit and a demand that pharmaceutical companies lower the cost of AIDS drugs for poorer countries....

World Bank Challenges Asia To Confront AIDS Threat.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- The developing countries of Asia cannot afford the human and financial tolls of an AIDS epidemic, and cooperative action is needed now to halt the spread of HIV within the region's borders, according to Mieko...

Data Presented on Protease Inhibitor.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Triangle Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Durham, North Carolina, announced the presentation of 24-week data from MKC 301, a pivotal study designed to assess the antiviral activity, safety, and tolerability of Coactinon...

Study Suggest T-20 Levels in Blood Not Affected by Antibody Production.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Trimeris, Inc. and Hoffmann-La Roche Inc. announced new 16-week results from an evaluation of T-20 in an on-going Phase II clinical trial (T-20-205). T-20 is a peptide that inhibits HIV and is the first member...

Positive Clinical Results for SB-Normal Stool Formula Announced.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- ShamanBotanicals.com announced the presentation of positive results from clinical trials involving SB-Normal Stool Formula, a proprietary botanical dietary supplement, at the European AIDS Conference in Lisbon,...

Novel HIV Protease Inhibitor Potent in vitro.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Daniel J. DeNoon, Senior Editor -- A new approach to HIV protease inhibitors has yielded a compound with very strong in vitro activity. According to developer N. Duzgunes of the University of the Pacific,...

United Nations Compiles List of Estimated HIV Prevalence by Region.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- The United Nations has compiled estimates of the number of people newly infected with HIV in 1998, by region and estimates of the number of people living with HIV/AIDS at the end of 1998, by region. NEWLY...

Expert Says Medical Practice Should Be Confined to Areas with Solid Scientific Basis.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- Journalists should refrain from reporting on medical research that is anecdotal, provides only interim results, or that makes use of poor controls, according to an expert on medical technology, considered by many as...

CDC Awards $8 Million Contract To Supplement HIV Vaccine Research.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- VaxGen, Inc., announced that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will contribute funds to support additional research at five of the 56 clinics in the United States currently conducting Phase...

FHI Awarded HIV Research Contract.(Statistical Data Included)
November 8, 1999... 1999 NOV 8 - (NewsRx.com) -- The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has selected Family Health International (FHI) to lead its cooperative HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), a five-year program to evaluate HIV prevention interventions,...

Possible Causes of Bias Can Impact Test Results.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Cathy Clark, Senior Editor -- Because numerous possible causes of bias can impact HIV test results, it is important to document and control for biases as much as possible, according to researchers from the...

Italian Researchers Promise Success with "Simple" Approach.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- When the idea dawned on Italian researcher Barbara Ensoli that most scientists looking for an AIDS vaccine were barking up the wrong tree, she knew she might have a hard time getting people to take her theory...

Combination Treatment Prevents CMV, Improves Immune System.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- A combination of anti-HIV drugs appears to help rejuvenate the immune systems of people with AIDS and prevent progression of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis, a potentially blinding AIDS-related eye complication....

Combination Therapy More Effective than Monotherapy in Children.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Combination therapy with zidovudine and didanosine worked better than monotherapy against central nervous system disease in HIV infected children. C. Raskino and colleagues compared the impact of three...

One HIV Gene Kills All Tumors in Lab Tests.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The enemy of my enemy is my friend - even if he was once my enemy. HIV uses a genetic arsenal that researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center are turning against another enemy: cancer. If...

Ganciclovir Implants May Benefit Patients with Cytomegalovirus Retinitis.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Sustained-release ganciclovir implants may offer a suitable alternative to intravenous administration of the drug for the treatment of cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis, recent findings suggest. H.O.C. Guembel...

Bovine Vaccine May Benefit Humans.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- A vaccine developed at North Carolina State University, USA, for cows suffering from severe diarrhea could one day help AIDS patients, travelers, children at daycare centers, and others susceptible to diarrhea...

Gay Men Educating and Supporting One Another Proves Effective.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- An HIV prevention program that focuses on young gay men educating and supporting one another about safer sex has proved very effective in a major study in two West Coast U.S. communities. Follow-up data showed...

Mycoplasma Infections Linked to Gulf War Syndrome, HIV/AIDS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Mysterious infections which have gone undetected in the past have now been linked to a number of chronic illnesses, including Gulf War Syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, and HIV/AIDS. Further, if left untreated,...

Urine Testing Accurate and More Acceptable Way To Screen for HIV.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- HIV-1 testing by using urine samples is an accurate, safe, and more acceptable way to screen for the disease, according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, USA. The study, which...

Hideout Discovered for Virus.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new study shows that HIV invades resting, as well as activated CD4(+) T cells, creating a small but resilient population of infected cells that quietly harbor the virus while their activated counterparts battle...

Europeans To Unite in AIDS Vaccine Effort.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The European Union is planning to a launch a drive to develop an AIDS vaccine. During an international AIDS meeting held in Paris, France, during November 1999, a group of researchers quietly met to plan the...

Asia: Fighting HIV/AIDS Makes Business Sense.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- In Bangkok, Thailand, the insurance firm American International Assurance Thailand gives discounts on insurance premiums if company policy holders run effective prevention, non-discriminatory practices on HIV/AIDS...

Incidence of HIVAN Is Progressively Decreasing.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The use of antiretroviral therapy combinations seems to clear up HIV-associated nephropathy, according to researchers working in Brazil. HIV-associated nephropathy (HIVAN) is clinically characterized by the...

Asia Has Economic Battle Over HIV/AIDS, Too.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Asian countries are hard-pressed to keep up with the still-growing price tag for fighting HIV/AIDS, at a time of economic hardship and a tougher environment for aid funds. In many ways, they are finding out...

U.S. Government Panel Rejects Drug for Resistant HIV.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- A U.S. federal advisory panel has rejected Gilead Sciences' anti-HIV drug adefovir dipivoxil, a pill the company developed for fighting resistant strains of the virus that causes AIDS. The U.S. Food and Drug...

Partnership Provides HIV Prevention and Treatment Services for the Homeless.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Tenderloin AIDS Resource Center (TARC) announced the receipt of a $35,000 grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb, makers of Zerit (also known as d4T, stavudine) and Videx (also known as ddI, didanosine). The...

HIV Among Women on the Rise.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Women now account for 40 percent of newly diagnosed HIV infections in the world and represent the most rapidly growing segment of the HIV infected population. "The disease, first introduced into the homosexual...

Infection Rates and Related Deaths Drop Among U.S. Prisoners.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The rate of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection among state and federal prisoners in the U.S. dropped from 2.3 percent in 1996 to 2.1 percent in 1997, according to a new bulletin released by the U.S....

Commitment to AIDS Service Organizations Continued.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Eighteen programs across the U.S. designed to link community-based organizations with local resources to provide HIV treatment information for women in underserved and hard to reach settings have received a total...

Board Recommends Completion of Phase II Remune Trial in Spain.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The Immune Response Corporation announced that an independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) composed of European and U.S. scientists recommended that the trial in Spain of Remune (trial 2102) in patients...

FDA Approves Once-Daily Dosing for Videx Tablets.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey, announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved once daily dosing for Videx (also known as ddI), an anti-HIV drug. Videx is the first...

Trial Initiated for Immune-Based HIV Therapy.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Agouron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and The Immune Response Corporation announced that a pivotal trial has been initiated to further evaluate the safety and efficacy of Remune (HIV-1 Immunogen), in combination with...

Groups Seek Better Access to Sterile Syringes.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- Almost one-third of all AIDS cases and one half of hepatitis C cases in the U.S. are either directly or indirectly linked to injection drug use. Because access to sterile syringes is limited, transmission of...

NewsRx.com Health Wire Service Launches in 60 Days.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- NewsRx.com, a daily health news wire service, launches in January 2000 from CW Henderson Publisher, the largest producer of weekly medical newsletters. The health wire service will be distributed daily and...

Agency Revises Bloodborne Pathogens Compliance Directive.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new directive issued on November 5, 1999, by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will help minimize serious health risks faced by workers exposed to blood and other potentially...

South Africa: NGOs Reject Plans To Reveal HIV/AIDS Status.(Statistical Data Included)
November 15, 1999... 1999 NOV 15 - (NewsRx.com) -- The South African government's plans to make AIDS a notifiable disease have overwhelmingly been rejected by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in parliamentary hearings in Cape Town, South Africa. The NGOs,...

Pain, Other Untreated Symptoms Are Prevalent in AIDS Patients.(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) The pain and other distressing symptoms of AIDS that seriously affect patients' quality of life frequently go undertreated. Improved quality of life is a recognized therapeutic goal for chronic illness patients....

Ribozyme-Expressing Transgenic Spleen Cells Resist HIV-1.(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) The study of anti-HIV-1 hairpin ribozyme efficacy offers suggestions for future HIV gene therapy. Michael Andang and colleagues from the Karolinska Institute, Sweden, and the University of California, USA, used...

Protease Inhibitors Boost Survival.(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Combination antiretroviral therapy with protease inhibitors provided marked survival benefits for patients with AIDS-related progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, according to a report from France. J.M....

Synthesized DNA Enzyme Has Inhibitory Effect.(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- A synthesized DNA enzyme showed an inhibitory effect on HIV-1, researchers from Japan reported. X.Y. Zhang and colleagues synthesized nine different DNA enzymes (DzV3-n, n=1-9) targeting the V3 loop region of...

HIV-1 Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Correlate with Disease Progression.(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- Loss of HIV-1 specific cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL) correlates with disease progression, researchers from England report. "Few studies have examined longitudinal changes in human immunodeficiency virus type 1...

Predominance of Distinct HIV-1 Subtype in West Africa Discovered.(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) -- There is an epidemic spread of a distinct subtype A/G recombinant of HIV-1 in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa, researchers from Sweden reported. "Guinea-Bissau in West Africa has the highest prevalence of human...

Intrauterine Devices Do Not Increase Cervical Shedding of HIV-1 Infected Cells.(Statistical Data Included)
November 22, 1999... 1999 NOV 22 - (NewsRx.com) Despite researchers' expectations, it appears that the increased menstrual flow associated with intrauterine device (IUD) use does not increase cervical shedding of HIV-1 infected cells. An effective method of...