Increased risk of low birth weight and adverse pregnancy outcomes among women living with HIV
1. In this cohort of women living with HIV (WLWH) in Rwanda, there was an increased risk of delivering a ...
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The Scan by 2 Minute Medicine®: Tremendous Blood Tests, Protecting Against HIV, Skin Cancer Scare and Health at the Olympics:
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The 2 Minute Medicine Podcast Episode 6
Welcome to the 2 Minute Medicine Podcast, summarizing the latest medical studies, curated and written by practicing physicians. On this ...
Several factors influence health programs conducted in the African American Church
1. This systematic review identified several facilitators and barriers to health programs conducted in the African American Church, such as ...
Targeted screening not superior to nontargeted screening for human immunodeficiency virus in the emergency department
1. Targeted versus nontargeted HIV screening in the emergency department resulted in a similar number of new HIV diagnoses, yet ...
2 Minute Medicine Rewind December 14, 2015
Mass Drug Administration for Scabies Control in a Population with Endemic Disease Scabies is an underrecognized and common disease ...
On-demand preexposure prophylaxis decreases HIV infection in high-risk men
1. HIV-1 acquisition rates were significantly lower in men who used tenofovir-disoprovil fumarate (TDF) and emtricitabine (FTC) preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP). ...
Lopinavir-ritonavir prophylaxis not superior to lamivudine in preventing HIV in breastfeeding infants [ANRS 12174 trial]
1. This randomized controlled trial showed that prophylaxis with lopinavir-ritonavir was not superior to lamivudine in preventing HIV infections through breastfeeding ...
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) effective in preventing HIV infection in high-risk gay men
1. In this randomized open-label trial, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with once daily tenofovir-emtricitabine was found effective in preventing HIV-1 infection ...
Early superior to deferred treatment of asymptomatic HIV-positive, high-CD4 adults
1. Asymptomatic, HIV-positive adults with CD4 cell counts above 500 who were initiated on antiretroviral therapy (ART) immediately had significantly ...
