Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . August 10th, 1998
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AIDS Therapies - Drug Treatment Can Be Cost Effective For HIV+ Pregnant Women
Breast Cancer (Screening) - Enrollment Reopens For State Breast and Cervical Cancer Program
Cardiovascular Disease (Screening) - Radio Signals Give New Spectrum for Cholesterol Lipoprotein Readings
Conference Coverage (12th World AIDS) - Ethics and Vaccine: Consensus Elusive
Editorial - Between What Is and What Can Be: The Real AIDS Gap
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior - Study Links Homophobia, Self-Esteem, and HIV Risk Among African-American Gays
Policy (HCV) - Spotlight on Hepatitis C Should Boost Funding
Smoking - African-American Smokers Have Higher Levels of Metabolized Nicotine than Others
Socioeconomics (Mortality) - Income Inequality's Death Toll: 140 Per 100,000 Population
Transmission (HCV) - 300,000 Blood Recipients to be Notified of Possible HCV Infection
At Risk Populations - Risk Behavior Among Young Gay Men in U.S. Points to Need for Prevention
Disease Markers - CDC Data Point to Lethal Combination of TB and HIV
Drug Resistance - Difficulties with HIV Treatment Adherence Raise Concerns
Education and Prevention - Evidence that HIV Prevention Saves Lives and Dollars Presented
Immunology - Findings May Help Explain Immunity To HIV in Thai Female Prostitutes
Immunology - Scientists Find Piece in HIV Puzzle
Transmission (HIV) - Data Confirm Short-Course AZT Can Reduce Perinatal Transmission
Transmission (HIV) - Study Helps Explain How STDs May Increase Risk of HIV
Transmission (Vertical) - Perinatal HIV Prevention A Success But Challenges Remain
Treatment (STDs) - Improved Treatment Could Impact HIV Spread but Barriers Must Be Overcome
Pathogenesis (Chemokines) - "Adaptation to Promiscuous Usage of CC and CXC Chemokine Coreceptors In Vivo Correlates with HIV-1 Disease Progression."
Diagnoses (Asthma) - "Changes in Hospital Discharge Diagnoses Attributable to Asthma, US, 1979-1994."
Epidemiology (HIV-1) - "Distribution of HIV-1 Subtypes among HIV-1 Positive Tuberculosis (TB) Patients in the Interior of Cote d'Ivoire."
Arthritis - "Cost-Effectiveness of the Arthritis Self-Help Course."
Laboratory Medicine - "A System to Monitor a Portion of the Total Testing Process in Medical Clinics and Laboratories: Feasibility of a Split-Specimen Design."
Laboratory Medicine - "Assessment of the Impact of a CD4+ T-Cell Testing Laboratory Improvement Program."
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