AIDS Treatment News  ↑ Grab this Headline AnimatorAIDS Treatment News, the world's first treatment newsletter for people with HIV, reports on mainstream and alternative treatment, access to care, Web resources, public policy, and political action. WWW aidsnews.org [AIDS Treatment News from Dec. 2003 to the present] See our daily news alerts: www.aidsnews.org/nowLinks, Treatment:Links now moved to aidsnews.blogspot.com (right-hand column)Links, Special:Prison HIV and HCV (checked Aug. 2007)About Us:Searching back issuesMission and historyPrivacyContact usPrint editionHow you can helpFlu Shot ReminderA good time to get the annual shots is October or November, before the flu season begins. [2007-10-11] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/10/flu-shot.htmlNew Kind of Antiretroviral, KP-1461; Clinical Trial Recruiting. Interview with Stephen Becker, M.D. [final, October 11, 2007]KP-1461, an experimental HIV drug already in a phase II trial, works so differently from other antiretrovirals that at first glance it looked like science fiction, and we found it hard to take seriously as a current possibility today. In fact this drug is highly credible, and based on elegant science that goes back at least 25 years. KP-1461 is the only antiretroviral in human use or testing that can eradicate HIV from laboratory cell cultures. No one knows how it will work in people -- but we might know by the second quarter of 2008, when the current phase II trial could be complete. AIDS Treatment News interviewed Dr. Stephen Becker, a leading AIDS physician and researcher who is vice president of clinical development at Koronis Pharmaceuticals, in Seattle, Washington. [2007-10-11]Note: Only minor editing changes were made to the earlier draft. Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/10/kp-1461.htmlIsentress (Raltegravir) Pricing: Community Sign-On LetterThe Fair Pricing Coalition and others are collecting signatures until this important Merck drug (the first integrase inhibitor) is approved and launched. [2007-10-11] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/10/isentress-letter.htmlAIDS Treatment News New Toll-Free Phone Number, 800-804-8845Our new toll-free editorial and business number is 1-800-804-8845 -- weekdays 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time (11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Pacific time), or leave a message. This number is for editorial and business calls; please do not list it as a hotline.[2007-10-11] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/10/toll-free.htmlAIDS Hotlines: 800-CDC-INFO, Toll-Free, 24-hr, English or EspańolQuick reference for telephone information. [2007-10-11] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/10/aids-hotlines.htmlAIDS Treatment News Daily Alerts: www.aidsnews.org/now See our selection of treatment news updated every day at www.aidsnews.org/now -- free, ad-free, and registration-free. You can scan AIDS treatment developments in a few minutes a week, right on the Web page -- or subscribe by email or RSS if you wish. For the latest background on this project, see www.aidsnews.org/doc [2007-10-11] Full article: www.aidsnews.org/doc Online Fundraising New IdeasFundraising isn't working well today and needs new business models. This writer developed several designs from an innovative approach to ecommerce: online financial accounts that can reproduce at their owner's command, creating new accounts that can inherit any number of capabilities, and evolve in grassroots community use (the idea is confusing at first, only because it is so different from current practice). From this basic idea come potential fundraising models that you never heard of before. In this series of four separate articles we put some of them on the table for public discussion and use. All our work is rights-free. [2007-07-14]See the next four articles below. Or visit the annotated links to the same articles at http://www.aidsnews.org/fundr (this link is easiest to email or otherwise share). Activism and Online Fundraising: OverviewWhy is fundraising so hard when millions of people want to help, and have plenty of surplus money between them, thousands of times what AIDS and health activism would need? How could we provide better opportunities for giving? [2007-07-14]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/07/fundr-overview.html "Fundathon": Toward Massively Multiplayer Online Fundraising GamesFundraising campaigns could be elaborate local or global contests or games to raise money for good causes -- displaying financial results instantly, costing almost nothing, and letting donors, teams and individual fundraisers make their mark. [2007-07-14]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/07/fundr-fundathon.html Selling Digital Art in Bulk through Prepaid URLsSuppose a major donor anywhere in the world could sponsor tens of thousands (or any number) of copies of a song, video, or any other digital "content" -- letting tens of thousands of people in social networks just click to download free, with no registration ever, instantly paying the artists or a cause by the act of free downloading itself. And each sponsor can deliver a message to the thousands of anonymous end users who download from his or her contribution. We show how independent artists could market globally at no expense if people care about their work -- offering an alternative to corporate monoculture. Or they could donate their digital art to an organization that sells it this way to raise funds. [2007-07-14]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/07/fundr-url.html Financial Accounts That Can Reproduce, Inherit, and EvolveHere we show the power of this idea, and some unusual business and fundraising models it will make possible. [2007-07-14]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/07/fundr-reproduce.html Major International AIDS Society Conference in Sydney, Australia, July 22-25Watch for treatment and prevention research news late this month, and following. [2007-07-10]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/07/ias-syndey.html Is Cure Possible for HIV?The c-word is coming back due to new research, after a decade of banishment. [2007-07-11]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/07/cure-research.html AIDS Search Engine Wanted: What to Do Now?Simply adding 'HIV' to your search works pretty well to make any online search AIDS-related. [2007-07-10]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/07/search-engine.html AEGIS: AOL Blocked Email; RSS Is Better Than Email for NewsRSS works better than email for receiving or distributing online news, and AEGIS has suggested that its email users switch. [2007-07-10]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/07/rss-better.html Sex and Drugs: New Government Data on U.S. Sexual Behavior, Drug UseThe most accurate information available provides a reality check in this highly politicized area. [2007-07-11]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/07/sex-drugs.htmlNew Approach to Mental Health: Interview with Jeff Hoeltzel, Community Living Room A Philadelphia program for people with a mental health diagnosis who are HIV-positive has won national recognition. We interviewed its creator for ideas and approaches others can use. [2007-02-20]  CLR entrance  CLR near entrance  CLR living room Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/02/clr-philadelphia.html AIDS Treatment News Current-News Alerts, www.aidsnews.org/now We select newspaper articles, medical-journal abstracts, and other online reports and information -- and provide the headlines and links all in one place, often on the first day the news appears. It's free, with no need to register or subscribe. [2007-02-20] Full article: www.aidsnews.org/nowFUZEON: Avoiding Injection-Site Reactions The FDA changed the FUZEON prescribing information to help avoid this common and unpleasant side effect of the drug. [2007-02-20] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/02/fuzeon-isr.htmlSustiva: Revised Drug-Interaction Information The FDA added new drug-interaction warnings to the prescribing information for Sustiva (efavirenz). [2007-02-20] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/02/sustiva-interactions.htmlPrisoner Death Rate Very High Immediately After Release During the first two weeks after release, prisoners in Washington State had 129 times the death rate from drug overdose, compared to other state residents -- probably because they did not know how much less drug they could tolerate, after taking little or none of it prison. Cardiovascular disease, homicide, suicide, cancer, and traffic accidents also caused excessive deaths. [2007-02-20] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/02/prisoner-deaths.htmlHerzenberg Wins Kyoto Prize for Cell Sorter The inventor of the machine used to count T-cells, collect stem cells, and measure or collect many other rare cells was awarded the prestigious Kyoto Prize for advanced technology, at a ceremony in Japan. [2007-02-20] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/02/herzenberg-kyoto.htmlContest for Best Video Game Concept Against AIDS, Deadline March 16 The Kaiser Family Foundation and mtvU announced a contest for the best concept for a Web-based video game "to help raise awareness about HIV/AIDS among 15-24 year olds in the U.S. and to promote personal action in response to the epidemic." [2007-02-20] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/02/game-concept.htmlAIDS Treatment News Current-News Alert Service: You Can Help Us Improve It This 7-question survey will help us improve our new service at www.aidsnews.org/now. We most want to know if you would prefer separate feeds for certain categories of news. [2007-02-20] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/02/alert-survey.htmlAIDS News Feeds: The Future How news feeds can advance biomedical research -- as well as helping people follow specialized news. [2007-02-20] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2007/02/news-future.htmlDaily News Alerts Selected by AIDS Treatment News: www.connotea.org/group/aidsnewNow you can follow treatment news as it happens at AIDSNEW, a free service of AIDS Treatment News. We select important, quality reports in medical journals, AIDS treatment sites, and the general press, and publish Web links to them, all in one place at www.connotea.org/group/aidsnew -- often on the first day the news is available anywhere. No need to subscribe, register, or log in. Just visit http://www.connotea.org/group/aidsnew -- then scroll down and click any of the titles for more information. You can use almost any computer and Web browser. [2006-12-18]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/alerts/Resveratrol: Why It Matters in HIVLarge doses of resveratrol (found in small amounts in red wine) made headlines recently for extending the lifespan of mice on an unhealthy diet. This and other substances found in some wines and foods may protect against cardiovascular disease or diabetes, and improve the functioning of mitochondria in cells (which could reduce certain adverse effects of HIV or the drugs used to treat it). [2006-12-16]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/12/resveratrol-hiv.htmlLung Cancer: Very High Death Rate with HIV, Huge Reduction Possible with CT Screening for Early DiagnosisLung cancer has a high death rate, especially with HIV in one group of patients studied recently. Researchers are finding that most of the fatalities are due to late diagnosis; as many as 80% of the deaths from lung cancer in the general population might be prevented by CT screening to find the tumors early. The patients with HIV were often relatively healthy, so doctors did not suspect that they had cancer. [2006-12-16]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/12/lung-cancer.htmlU.S. Guidelines: Adult/Adolescent Revision Published October 10, 2006; Perinatal October 12; Pediatric October 26Three U.S. HIV treatment guidelines were revised in October. [2006-12-16]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/12/us-guidelines.htmlAIDSNEW Treatment Alerts: AppendixHere are details on our AIDSNEW service (see first article, above) that most users will not need to know. [2006-12-19]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/12/alerts-appendix.html AIDS Information Overload: What You Can Do NowNew software called Connotea, free and available to everyone, could connect people immediately with the most important work and resources in a wide variety of medical, scientific, service, and activist fields.[2006-09-29] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/09/information-overload.html Integrase Inhibitor MK-0518: Merck Opens Expanded-Access ProgramPatients resistant to at least one drug in all three oral classes may qualify for this new kind of antiretroviral -- which still must be combined with other active drugs.[2006-09-29] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/09/mk-0518-ea.html Long-Term Non-Progressors -- International Study RecruitingThe Elite HIV Controller Study wants a single blood sample from long-term non-progressors anywhere.[2006-09-29] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/09/non-progressor.html ICAAC Conference In San Francisco, September 27-30This 12,000-person antibiotics conference has significant updates on HIV treatment research this year.[2006-09-29] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/09/icaac-2006.html Retroviruses Conference: Important Deadlines SoonCommunity Educator application deadline October 12; abstract deadline (for doctors and scientists) October 3; Community Press application deadline December 8; others deadlines.[2006-09-29] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/09/retroviruses-deadlines.html Genetic Testing May Avoid Abacavir Hypersensitivity ReactionAn experimental genetic test may almost eliminate the hypersensitivity reaction, which occurs in about 5% of patients starting abacavir, by identifying those at risk in advance.[2006-09-29] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/09/genetic-testing.html Toronto AIDS Conference: Calm Surface Deceptive?The August 2006 Toronto conference of about 25,000 people had no major controversies -- but serious concerns about problems and inadequacies in the response to the global epidemic.[2006-09-29] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/09/toronto-conference.htmlPrezista (Darunavir, TMC-114) Approved; May Be Important Treatment AdvanceA major new antiretroviral has been approved, for patients resistant to more than one protease inhibitor. There is no information yet on risk/benefit compared to standard treatments for first-line use. Tibotec, which developed the drug and is now part of Johnson & Johnson, showed price restraint and avoided setting a new record high price, which other companies have done. [2006-06-29]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/06/prezista-approved.htmlStudy Finds 3,000,000 Years of Life Saved by HIV Treatment in the U.S. A research study published 25 years after the first report of AIDS found that at least 3,000,000 years of life have been saved in the U.S. by AIDS treatment. The study and accompanying editorial are free online from the Journal of Infections Diseases. [2006-06-29]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/06/life-saved.htmlVaccine Improves Survival in Monkey Tests A vaccine tested at the U.S. NIAID clearly improved the survival of monkeys, a benefit not predicted by T-cell and viral load tests. It was predicted by measurements of memory T cells in the first few months of infection -- giving important insights into how HIV disease develops, and how to test HIV vaccines early so that only the best candidates will go into large human trials. [2006-06-29]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/06/vaccine-survival.htmlXVI International AIDS Conference, Toronto, August 13-18, 2006; Record Number of Abstracts: India, Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, Uganda Strongly RepresentedIndia had the 2nd most abstracts accepted at the International AIDS Conference; Nigeria was 4th, Uganda 7th, and France 12th. We list the top 21 countries and number of accepted abstracts. [2006-06-29]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/06/2006-abstracts.htmlAIDS History Research: New ArchiveGrid AvailableA newly available online service allows anyone to locate private historical collections at more than 3,000 institutions, mostly in the U.S. A search for "ACT UP" found 61 collections of papers, videos, and other materials. [2006-06-29]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/06/archivegrid-available.htmlImproving Medical Communication OnlineMedicine has not made full use of online information -- and doing so might save thousands of lives. Part I looks at what has been most successful online in other fields, for background on how medical information could be improved. [2006-06-29]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/06/medical-online1.htmlBrain Drain Adds To AIDS Crisis in Developing WorldThousands of desperately needed doctors and other medical professionals leave poor countries because no one there can pay them, or provide safe and effective working conditions. Many go to English-speaking countries that do not train enough medical professionals themselves -- such as the U.S., where a quarter of the doctors are foreign trained. [2006-06-29]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/06/brain-drain.htmlBrazil: Gilead Cuts Tenofovir Price in HalfA U.S. activist campaign, centered in the San Francisco area near Gilead's headquarters, helped get this major price reduction for Brazil's model HIV treatment program. [2006-06-29]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/06/tenofovir-price.htmlAIDS Treatment News ReturnsAfter five months we are publishing again. [2006-06-29]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/06/atn-returns.html Major United Nations Meeting, Major Demonstration This Week in New YorkAt the United Nations a four-day series of meetings will evaluate successes and failures so far in implementing the historic Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS, adopted five years ago by 189 countries, and will plan for the future. For the first time, a person known to have HIV will address the United Nations General Assembly. Major controversies exist, mainly because the starting draft document of this meeting lists lofty goals in a way that will not lead to action; "what gets measured gets done," but here the measures are absent. On the first day of the meeting, a demonstration sponsored by 12 organizations and endorsed by over 70 more will call for better access to treatment and prevention. [2006-05-30]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/05/ungass-review.htmlMedicare Prescription Nightmare: Overview January 28, 2006 Hundreds of thousands if not millions of patients had problems getting their Medicare Part D prescriptions filled in January 2006, and many failures continue. Some states have provided emergency relief as a temporary measure. This article -- which applies only to persons eligible for MediCARE -- explains some of the major problems and what is being done to relieve them, and suggests online and telephone resources for information, and for reaching people who can answer questions when necessary. [2006-02-02] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/01/medicare-nightmare.htmlOnline "Smart Accounts" That Can Reproduce and Inherit: For Artists, Fundraisers, and Others An accidental invention for selling online newsletters could help artists and service organizations raise money. [2006-01-30] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/01/smart-accounts2.htmlFDA, Companies Test RFID Tracking to Prevent Drug Counterfeiting The U.S. has an apparently growing problem with fake, counterfeit drugs entering the mainstream drug supply, and being fraudulently sold at full price in regular pharmacies and hospitals; some have no active ingredient, or too little, or substitute a cheap drug for an expensive one. The FDA has asked drug manufacturers to develop technology to track all shipments electronically as they move through the distribution chain; currently, RFID (radio frequency identification) is the preferred method for doing so. This article explains what is happening, and why we do not believe that this use of RFID is a privacy threat -- though other privacy issues are among the most important questions we face today. [2006-01-30] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/01/rfid-tracking.htmlBad Law in Congress This Week We asked readers to call their U.S. Representative before the vote on February 1 to oppose a budget bill with huge Medicaid (Medical Assistance, Medi-Cal) cuts. Unfortunately the House passed the bill on that date, by a vote of 216-214. [2006-02-02] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/01/medicaid-cuts.htmlBuyers' Club List, December 2005 Each year AIDS Treatment News publishes an updated list of buyers' clubs. [2006-01-30] Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2006/01/buyers-clubs.htmlSpecial Tax Break for Major Donors to Charities -- Only Through December 31Attention fundraisers: Major donors might eliminate 2005 income tax through large gifts by December 31. [2005-12-14]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/12/tax-break.htmlTMC125: New Results, Large Phase III Trial BeginsNew data, new trials on "2nd generation" experimental NNRTI much less subject to viral resistance than efavirenz or nevirapine. [2005-12-14]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/12/tmc125-phase3.htmlIntegrase Inhibitors: First Clear Success in Human TrialTen-day trial showed clear reduction of viral load in volunteers. [2005-12-14]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/12/integrase-inhibitors.htmlCCR5 Entry Inhibitor Problems: No Clear Answers YetThis new class of antiretrovirals is alive and well despite recent problems. [2005-12-14]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/12/ccr5-problems.htmlFailure of Tenofovir + Abacavir + 3TC Combination; Full Report Published, More InsightMany researchers suspect that low genetic barrier to resistance allowed HIV to adapt to this seemingly powerful three-drug combination. [2005-12-14]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/12/regimen-failure.htmlXVI International AIDS Conference, August 2006 in Toronto; Deadlines Approaching; Reduced Registration FeesImportant deadlines start February 22 for the world's largest and oldest AIDS conference. [2005-12-14]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/12/international-conference.htmlAIDS Vaccine History on PBS Documentary; DVD, Book AvailableExcellent 56-minute documentary explains HIV vaccine research to non-technical audience. [2005-12-14]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/12/vaccine-documentary.htmlC2EA (Campaign to End AIDS): Statewide Organizing after the November Caravans"The next step is state-wide coalitions in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C." [2005-12-14]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/12/c2ea-statewide.htmlInternational Drug Access: NGOs Urge Countries "Reject Bad Deal on Medicines"The World Trade Organization may make permanent drug-export rules that have failed to help a single patient in the two years they have been in effect. [2005-12-14]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/12/wto-export.htmlPrison Health Crisis -- What You Can DoSome basics on informing oneself and helping others, in prison or after release. [2005-12-14]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/12/prison-health.htmlModern HIV May Be Slightly Less Virulent, Laboratory Study SuggestsWe use this well-publicized research finding as a starting point for discussion of different kinds of immune-based therapy.[2005-10-16]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/10/less-virulent.htmlMajor U.S. Treatment-Access Problems Likely: Inadequate Political Response2006 could be the worst year for U.S. access to HIV medical care since the development of lifesaving drugs. Our community needs to respond more effectively to this threat.[2005-10-16]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/10/access-problems.htmlRetroviruses Conference Deadlines Start October 2005If you are going to the Retroviruses conference February 5-9 in Denver, you must pay attention to deadlines that start in October.[2005-10-16]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/10/retroviruses-deadlines.htmlU.S. Treatment Guidelines: New Version, October 2005The new edition has a small number of revisions, which may be most important to treatment-experienced patients.[2005-10-16]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/10/treatment-guidelines.htmlNew California Law: Insurers Cannot Deny Organ Transplants Solely Because of HIVCalifornia has become the first state to decide that a health insurer cannot refuse to pay for a liver or other organ transplant solely because the patient has HIV.[2005-10-16]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/10/transplant-hiv.htmlOne-Day HIV Treatment Meeting Near Boston, November 11This meeting on new drugs, treatment strategies, and clinical trials will include talks by leading HIV physicians and researchers.[2005-10-16]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/10/sfac-meeting.htmlHIV Treatment in Resource-Limited Settings: Call for InformationAIDS Treatment News needs fact sheets for people with HIV in resource-limited settings, such as developing countries, where many drugs and tests commonly used in rich countries are not available. Despite vast geographical and political differences in treatment and access, some critically important background and suggestions can be provided to people directly, or for local experts and organizations to change as they wish. We are asking readers for advice on what has proved useful.[2005-10-16]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/10/resource-limited.htmlGot Medicare? What People Living with HIV Need to Know about the New Medicare Drug Benefit - "Part D" - Starting January 1, 2006Here is practical background on the new drug benefit, for persons on Medicare or eligible for it -- including details on who can qualify for the major low-income help in paying the fees.[2005-10-16]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/10/medicare-d.htmlALERT: Two Weeks to Save Key Programs for People with HIV/AIDSCall Congress this week on Medicaid, AIDS programs [Action alert from C2EA, others].[2005-10-16]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/10/save-medicaid.htmlOnline-Payment, Fundraising Design MovedOur design for online financial accounts that can reproduce, inherit potentially hundreds of automatic services and options, and evolve independently for fundraising and other purposes has moved to www.smart-accounts.org [2005-10-16]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/10/smart-a.htmlHurricane Katrina HIV-Related InformationWe compiled some Web links and telephone numbers for HIV-relevant information, especially on medical care. Check online at www.aidsnews.org/katrina/ for the latest version. [2005-09-17]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/katrina/Communication in a Disaster: Success of Text MessagesText messages on cell phones got through when other communication was out -- as it has in other disasters. Governments, companies, and individuals should build on this success for future emergencies. [2005-09-17]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/katrina/#communicationKatrina: Disaster NotesNotes on race, on how to respond when government does not, on ineffectual fundraising, and on misleading "official" figures. [2005-09-17]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/09/disaster-notes.htmlCampaign to End AIDS Postpones Most Caravans, Some EventsThe Campaign to End AIDS (C2EA) postponed many but not all of its scheduled events, at the request of local organizers affected by Hurricane Katrina. [2005-09-17]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/09/c2ea-katrina.htmlU.S. Conference on AIDS Will Go Forward in Houston; New Scholarships, September 16 DeadlinesThe National Minority AIDS Council extended the registration deadline and announced new scholarships in response to the disaster, and decided to go forward with its U.S. Conference on AIDS in Houston, September 27 to October 2. [2005-09-17]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/09/usca-katrina.htmlMedicare HIV Fact Sheet: Caution re January 2006About 20 percent of people in HIV care are on Medicare, and will need to decide on a Medicare drug plan by January 2006. It will be especially important for those who are also on Medicaid to avoid interruption of treatment in early 2006, when Medicaid will no longer cover their drugs and people might not be signed up for the Medicare drug benefit in time. A revised two-page fact sheet from the Kaiser Family Foundation provides a brief overview of the Medicare program -- helpful background for understanding the additional information needed for selecting a plan. [2005-09-17]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/09/medicare-kaiser.htmlPA-457, New Kind of Antiretroviral: Ten-Day Clinical Trial ResultsA new kind of antiretroviral, called a maturation inhibitor, worked well in reducing viral load in a ten-day trial with HIV-positive volunteers. [2005-09-17]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/09/pa-457.htmlCampaign to End AIDS (C2EA) -- New National MobilizationA new campaign seeks to empower AIDS activism by organizing networks in every U.S. state and territory; already it has trained at least 100 volunteers. Seven caravans will travel to Washington, DC to raise awareness across the country, and take part in five days of action in Washington, October 8-12, 2005. [2005-07-31]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/07/end-aids.htmlMajor Treatment Conference in Rio, July 24-27 The IAS Conference on Pathogenesis and Treatment has rapidly become an important international meeting; the third conference is happening in Rio de Janeiro. [2005-07-31]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/07/ias-rio.htmlNew Publications: Announcements in AIDS Treatment NewsWe are starting a new section to tell our readers about articles and other materials that may be important to them. In this issue we look at medical-journal articles, but we will include other kinds of publications in the future. The last three articles noted below examine industry influence and other problems affecting medical journals and what they publish. [2005-07-31]Major Study of "Discordant" Response -- Viral Control but Incomplete CD4 ResponseImmunology Study Finds Decreased Activation Markers Related to Better Viral ControlFour Antiretrovirals Reduced to Three After 48 WeeksUK HIV Liver Transplant Guidelines PublishedHIV Protease Inhibitors vs. MalariaHepatitis C and Unsafe Sex: There Is Some Risk"Medical Journals Are an Extension of the Marketing Arm of Pharmaceutical Companies"Major Medical Journals Will Require That Randomized Trials Be RegisteredJournal Will Require Clinical Trials to Summarize Earlier ResultsFull article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/07/new-publications.html [2005-07-31]Fundraising New Idea: Online Payment "Smart Codes" That Can ReproduceWhile exploring better ways to sell information online, we developed a design that we believe will be important in online commerce generally -- financial accounts each with its own Web control center, allowing each account to have its own settings for dozens or hundreds of options and services offered by the server, and also to reproduce children accounts without limit, through any number of generations. Each new account will inherit the options and services of its parent, and allow owners to make inherited changes if they wish -- leading to family trees of related accounts that can evolve through practical use. This article shows how organizations can let people give as much or as little as they choose, without breaking out of the moment to do all the steps usually necessary to pay money. [2005-07-31]Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2005/07/smart-codes.htmlTipranavir (Aptivus): Approval Cautiously RecommendedA new protease inhibitor active against most HIV that is resistant to other protease inhibitors is likely to be approved in the U.S. soon, after an 11-3 vote of an advisory committee. [2005-06-20]Full article: |
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