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Anchor lead: While there’s much to celebrate this Worlds AIDS Day, challenges remain, Elizabeth Tracey reports World AIDS Day 2015 gave many a reason to feel hopeful, since effective medicines to both contain and prevent transmission of the virus do …
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This week’s topics include PrEP, appropriate Caesarean rates, methylphenidate in ADHD, and management of obstructive sleep apnea. Program notes: 0:37 Look at prn PrEP 1:40 Followed for nine months 2:34 Can increase compliance with the medication 3:20 Appropriate rate of …
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This week’s topics include complications following surgery for urinary incontinence, real life data on HIV prevention in high risk men, transmission of pertussis among siblings, and telemedicine recommendations. Program notes: 0:35 Surgical treatment for urinary incontinence 1:35 Followed almost 60,000 …
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Have you been tested for HIV? Many people in the United States haven’t, even though current recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend it. And now that the same agency has issued guidelines calling for immediate treatment …
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Anchor lead: Immediate treatment is just one part of a strategy to control HIV infection, Elizabeth Tracey reports. Everyone should be tested for HIV, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended some time ago. Joseph Cofrancesco, an HIV expert …
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Anchor lead: A clinical trial called START proves the benefits of early HIV treatment, Elizabeth Tracey reports The START trial, undertaken by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, studied the risks and benefits of beginning antiretroviral therapy as …
