Medscape HIV/AIDS Headlines

Icyou: How Social Media Is the New Resource for Online Health Information

Fri, 9 May 2008 09:16:25 EDT

Prerna Mona Khanna, MD, MPH, Medical Editor, Icyou.com, Charleston, South Carolina, describes another promising use of the health Internet.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine

Universal Rapid HIV Testing During Labor Feasible in Developing Countries

Sun, 11 May 2008 23:07:33 EDT

Rapid oral-fluid testing for HIV, counseling, and mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) prophylaxis in all women at the time of delivery are feasible and cost-effective in resource-poor settings, according to the results of a study from India.
Reuters Health Information

Free Antiretroviral Therapy Cuts Mortality in Malawi

Fri, 9 May 2008 04:27:05 EDT

Since free antiretroviral therapy was offered to more than 80,000 HIV-infected adults in Malawi a few years ago, mortality has fallen by up to 35%, according to a report in the May 10th issue of The Lancet.
Reuters Health Information

How to Treat Skin Infections, Including MRSA, in 2008

Mon, 5 May 2008 08:46:39 EDT

Erik Schraga, MD, with Stanford-Kaiser Santa Clara Emergency Medicine in California, explains the correct way to treat skin abscesses in 2008.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine

Rosuvastatin Interacts With Lopinavir and Ritonavir

Tue, 6 May 2008 11:50:54 EDT

The results of a pharmacokinetic study in HIV-seronegative volunteers identified "unexpected and statistically significant" increases in rosuvastatin (Crestor) plasma concentrations when co-administered with the combination of lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra), a researcher involved in the study told Reuters Health.
Reuters Health Information

Russia Must Grab Chance to Beat AIDS Epidemic: UN

Tue, 6 May 2008 11:51:56 EDT

Russia will undo good progress in combating HIV/AIDS and miss the chance to stem the epidemic if it does not offer more help to people who inject themselves with drugs, U.N. AIDS chief Peter Piot said on Saturday.
Reuters Health Information

Current and Future Treatments of HIV-Associated Dyslipidemia

Fri, 9 May 2008 15:56:02 EDT

The dyslipidemia associated with HIV is common and is attributed to HIV itself and/or the antiretroviral therapy used to treat HIV. What will the updated guidelines suggest to help these patients?
Future Lipidology