AIDS Health information topics about AIDS: Alternative Therapy 1. Alternative and Complementary Therapies New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center http://www.aidsinfonet.org/articles.php?articleID=700&newLang=en 2. AIDS Research Center Bastyr University http://www.bastyr.edu/research/buarc/ Children 1. HIV and AIDS Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/infection/hiv.html 2. Children with HIV Have Increased Need for Treatmen Nemours Foundation http://kidshealth.org/research/HIV_mental_health.html Clinical Trials 1. TrialScope University of California, San Francisco http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/tscope?page=ts-01-00 2. ClinicalTrials.gov: Acquired Immunodeficiency Synd National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D000163&recruiting... 3. HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials AIDSinfo http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/clinical_trials/ 4. HIV/AIDS Vaccine Trials AIDSinfo http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/vaccines/ 5. ClinicalTrials.gov: HIV Infections National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D015658&recruiting... Diagnosis/Symptoms 1. FDA Approves First Oral Fluid Based Rapid HIV Test Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2004/NEW01042.html 2. Testing Yourself for HIV-1, the Virus that Causes Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research http://www.fda.gov/cber/infosheets/hiv-home2.htm 3. OraQuick Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/PUBS/faq/oraqckfaq.htm 4. HIV Antibody Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/hiv_antibody/test.html... 5. Testing HIV Positive â?? Do I Have AIDS? AIDSinfo http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/other/cbrochure/english/01_en.html 6. p24 Antigen Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/p24/test.html Dictionaries/Glossaries 1. Glossary of HIV/AIDS-Related Terms AIDSinfo http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ed_resources/glossary/ Directories 1. Guide to NIH HIV/AIDS Information Services National Library of Medicine http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/HIV/611803.pdf Disease Management 1. HIV Resistance Testing New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center http://www.aidsinfonet.org/articles.php?articleID=126&newLang=en 2. HIV and Plasma Viral Load Testing American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/654.xml 3. Genotypic Resistance Testing American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/genotypic/test.html 4. HIV Viral Load American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/viral_load/test.html 5. CD4 Count American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/cd4/test.html Financial Issues 1. Medicaid and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (A Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services http://www.cms.hhs.gov/hiv/hivfs.asp Genetics 1. Scientists Discover Key Genetic Factor in Determin National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jan2005/niaid-06.htm Men 1. What Do You Know about Men's Health? Sexually National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/mens/men.cfm?page=116&mtitle=HIV/AIDS%20and%20STDs National Institutes of Health 1. HIV Infection and AIDS National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/hivinf.htm Organizations 1. AIDS Treatment Data Network http://www.atdn.org/ 2. CDC Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/ 3. AIDS Education Global Information System http://www.aegis.com/ 4. American Social Health Association http://www.ashastd.org/ 5. National Institutes of Health, Office of AIDS Rese http://www.nih.gov/od/oar/index.htm 6. NIAID Division of AIDS National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/daids/ 7. AIDSinfo Dept. of Health and Human Services http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ 8. Project Inform http://www.projinf.org/ Overviews 1. AIDS Frequently Asked Questions Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.ashastd.org/nah/tty/ttyfaq.html 2. HIV/AIDS Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=DS00005 3. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about HIV and AI National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/faqs.htm 4. JAMA Patient Page: HIV Infection - The Basics American Medical Association http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZN6UVAG3D&sub_... Prevention/Screening 1. HIV and AIDS: Are You at Risk? National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/brochure/atrisk.htm 2. Can I Get HIV from Getting a Tattoo or through Bod Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/faq/faq27.htm 3. Drug Use and HIV New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center http://www.aidsinfonet.org/articles.php?articleID=154 4. HIV and Its Transmission National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/transmission.htm 5. How to Protect Yourself from AIDS Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/opacom/lowlit/aids.html 6. Right Way to Use a Condom American Social Health Association http://www.ashastd.org/stdfaqs/condom_a.html 7. HIV and AIDS: How to Reduce Your Risk American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/005.xml Related Issues 1. Can I Get HIV from Mosquitoes? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/faq/faq32.htm 2. What Is an AIDS Clinical Trial? AIDSinfo http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/other/clinicaltrial.asp 3. Drug Abuse and AIDS National Institute on Drug Abuse http://www.nida.nih.gov/Infofacts/drugabuse.html 4. Connection between TB and HIV (the AIDS Virus) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/nchstp/tb/pubs/pamphlets/tbandhiv_eng.htm 5. FDA Approves Sculptra for HIV Patients Food and Drug Administration http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/news/2004/NEW01100.html 6. HIV Vaccines Explained--Making HIV Vaccines a Real National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/publications/pdf/HIVvaccinebrochure.pdf 7. Occupational Exposure to HIV: Advice for Health Ca American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/004.xml 8. Oral Polio Vaccine and HIV / AIDS National Immunization Program http://www.cdc.gov/nip/vacsafe/concerns/aids/poliovac-hiv-aids-qa.htm Research 1. Scientists Discover New Approaches to Manipulating National Cancer Institute http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/aug2004/nci-16.htm 2. Scientists Discover HIV Medication May Preserve Bo National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases http://www.niams.nih.gov/ne/highlights/spotlight/2004/hiv_med_bone.htm 3. Scientists Discover Enzyme Crucial to HIV Replicat National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/oct2004/niaid-28.htm 4. Relationship of Pre- and Post-Treatment Laboratory American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/140/4/I-45 5. International Trial of Two Microbicides Begins National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/feb2005/niaid-11.htm 6. How HIV Causes AIDS National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/howhiv.htm 7. HIV Patients Get Long-Term Boost with Short, Inter National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/apr2004/niaid-26.htm 8. Does Marijuana Affect Viral Loads in People with H American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/139/4/I-44 9. Analysis Shows Infants of Mothers Infected with HI National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/jun2004/nichd-16.htm 10. Alcohol Alert: Alcohol and HIV/AIDS National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/aa57.htm 11. African Americans: Answers about HIV Vaccine Resea National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/Publications/pdf/NIAID_HVAD_AA_FS.pdf Seniors 1. Older People and HIV New Mexico AIDS Education and Training Center http://www.aidsinfonet.org/articles.php?articleID=616&newLang=en Specific Conditions 1. Focus On: The HIV-AIDS Connection National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www2.niaid.nih.gov/newsroom/focuson/hiv00/default.htm 2. HIV: What Is Acute HIV Syndrome? American Academy of Family Physicians http://familydoctor.org/451.xml Statistics 1. HIV/AIDS among Women Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/facts/women.htm 2. HIV/AIDS Statistics National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/aidsstat.htm 3. HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasrlink.HTM 4. Percent of Adults Aged 18 Years and Over Who Had E National Center for Health Statistics http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhis/released200212/figures10_1-10_3.ht... 5. Rates of US HIV/AIDS Diagnoses Are Steady; Racial Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/od/oc/media/pressrel/r041201b.htm 6. 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