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May 31st 2024
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Background and Key Concepts in Biosimilars: Improving Awareness and Addressing Common Concerns
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Clinical Conversations With the Cancer Care Team: Striving for Equitable Access to Oral Anticancer Medications
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Child Abuse: Responsibilities and Protection of the Reporter
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Treatment Decision-Making for Complex Patients With HIV: Drug Resistance, Adverse Effects, Comorbidities and P...
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Navigating the HIV Treatment Frontier: Equipping Managed Care Professionals With Strategies for Innovation, Ac...
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Study: People Living with HIV/AIDS at Significantly Higher Risk of Suicide
July 8th 2021Despite significant medical advancements related to HIV treatment and quality of life, the risk of suicide in patients is high and health care providers should prioritize mental health screenings in this population.
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Novel Biomarkers May Predict Likelihood, Timing of HIV Viral Rebound, Remission
July 7th 2021Investigators have identified metabolic and glycomic signatures in blood samples of post-treatment controllers, a rare population of HIV-infected individuals who can naturally sustain viral suppression after antiretroviral therapy.
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Gilead Submits New Drug Application for Lenacapavir for the Treatment of HIV
June 30th 2021Lenacapavir was granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation in May 2019 and is a potential first-in-class capsid inhibitor for the treatment of HIV-1 infection without overlapping resistance with any currently approved antiretroviral therapy.
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Combination Immunotherapy Provides Potential Benefits in Controlling, Reducing HIV
May 19th 2021A combination immunotherapy of interleukin-21 (IL-21) and interferon alpha (IFN-alpha) in combination with antiretroviral therapy (ART) is effective in generating highly functional natural killer (NK) cells that can help control and reduce simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in animal models.
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More Than 100 Patient Groups Advocate for Affordable Prescription Drugs
April 27th 2021Patient and provider organizations urge the Department of Health and Human Services and the Biden administration to enact policies and protections that improve prescription drug affordability for people in the United States.
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Choice of Blood Pressure Medications Impacts Long-Term Heart Disease Risk in Patients With HIV
April 12th 2021Among patients with HIV who had not been diagnosed with heart disease at the beginning of the study, the risk of developing heart disease, heart failure, or stroke for the first time was 90% higher among those taking beta-blockers.
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Certain High Blood Pressure Medications May Alter Heart Risk in People With HIV
April 8th 2021Study is the first to examine how the choice of blood pressure medications influences the long-term risk of heart disease, stroke, and heart failure in a patient population with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease.
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How Pharmacists Can Support Health Care Access and Engagement for Black Same-gender-loving Men
April 1st 2021Russell Brewer, DrPH, a research associate professor at University of Chicago Medicine, discusses the value of the pharmacist in improving access and engagement in care for Black same-gender-loving men.
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Expert: Health Care Disparities Show ‘Commonalities Between HIV and COVID-19’ in BIPOC Communities
March 30th 2021Russell Brewer, DrPH, a research associate professor at University of Chicago Medicine, discusses the lessons from both the HIV epidemic and the COVID-19 pandemic in regard to how health systems can more effectively address health care disparities in BIPOC communities.
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Russell Brewer, DrPH, a research associate professor at University of Chicago Medicine, and P.J. Moton-Poole, a senior manager at ViiV Healthcare, discuss the expansion of the accelerate initiative, which funds projects that support the health and wellbeing of Black same-gender-loving men throughout the United States.
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