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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 …
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Anchor lead: People who are HIV infected should begin treatment immediately, Elizabeth Tracey reports Treatment for HIV infection is effective, but when to initiate therapy, which is then lifelong, has been a topic of controversy. No more, with the Centers …
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This week’s topics include measles vaccination benefits, smoking cessation incentives, the dangers of different testosterone delivery methods, and sonography for upper extremity DVT. Program notes: 0:30 Measles vaccination benefits 1:32 What accounts for reduced mortality? 2:31 Decreased other infectious disease …
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Anchor lead: Can a simple treatment reduce a common hospital-acquired infection? Elizabeth Tracey reports Spores of clostridium difficile, an organism often responsible for diarrhea and sometimes death of hospitalized people, may be effective in preventing reccurence of the illness, a …
