Now online at AIDS Treatment News:

*** Saving AIDS Conferences Online: Interview with Sister Mary
Elizabeth, Founder of AEGiS
Some of the most important AIDS conferences are not online, and even
the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the conference organizers do
not have a paper or electronic copy of the abstracts presented. Some
may be lost forever. But they could be saved if a copy can be found,
and you might be able to help. Here we interview the founder of AEGIS
(www.aegis.org), the well-known AIDS database that has done critically
important work in preserving conferences as well as making AIDS news
and other information available around the world.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/11/aegis-conferences.html

*** Warning on Two Specific 3-Drug Regimens: Viread + Didanosine +
Either Sustiva or Viramune
Two more three-drug antiretroviral regimens have unexpectedly failed
to control HIV in many patients. But some related regimens do seem to
be working well.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/11/bad-regimens.html

*** New Treatment Guidelines Published October 29
This edition of the guidelines includes information for special
populations, as well as other changes to HIV treatment recommendations.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/11/new-guidelines.html

*** Retroviruses Conference: Community Deadlines, Nov. 23
Those planning to attend the Retroviruses conference in Boston in
February must pay attention to its many deadlines.
Full article:
http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/11/retroviruses-deadlines.html

*** World AIDS Day, December 1: Women and Girls
While the U.S. fights over abstinence vs. condoms, neither one is an
option for many women, due to sexual violence -- throughout the world,
from a fifth to half of all girls and young women report that their
first sexual experience was forced. Women are twice as likely as men to
be infected through a single act of unprotected sex. In parts of
Africa, more than a third of all teenage girls have HIV. But going to
school is protective. These are just a few of the facts about HIV and
gender that need to be more widely known.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/11/aids-day.html

*** Prison Health Care: Activist Campaign Targets Hepatitis, HIV Care
for Prisoners, and Continuity of Care After Release
A new activist group wants to force medical practices in prisons to
meet national standards for treatment and care, especially for
hepatitis C and HIV.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/11/prison-health.html

*** After the Election
It is too early to know exactly how the recent elections will affect
people with AIDS. But clearly the community will have to do more to
improve and support advocacy for treatment and care, and for policies
that work.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/11/after-election.html


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John S James
AIDS Treatment News
www.aidsnews.org