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ShareBone Disorders & HIV/AIDS
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| In this patient-friendly interview, Todd Brown, M.D., Ph.D., and Ben Young, M.D., Ph.D., focus on the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of bone disease in HIV-infected people. |
Overview
- Endocrine Society Calls for Medicare Coverage of DXA Bone Density Testing to Be Extended to Men With Testosterone Deficiency (August 11, 2009)
New society position statement endorsed by National Osteoporosis Foundation.
From The Endocrine Society - Break No Bones About It (May/June 2009)
A look at recent studies on bone problems and HIV, some of the risk factors patients should be aware of and recommended treatment options.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network - Continuous HAART Associated With Decreased Bone Mineral Density, SMART Substudy Finds (October 27, 2008)
In one of ICAAC/IDSA 2008's most talked-about studies, a SMART substudy suggests that participants who remained on HAART continuously experienced a significantly greater reduction in bone marrow density than patients on intermittent therapy. (An interview with Birgit Grund, Ph.D.)
In The 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting, from The Body PRO - Women, HIV and Aging: An Overview of Heart and Bone Risks (Winter 2005/2006)
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation - Osteonecrosis, Osteopenia and Osteoporosis (May 2005)
[Archived Article]
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From AIDSinfo - Osteonecrosis and HIV Disease (Winter 2002)
[Archived Article]
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation - Bone Disease and HIV (September 2002)
[Archived Article]
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project - When Hips Fail (August/September 2001)
[Archived Article]
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles - The Buzz: Dem Bones -- Reports of Abnormal Changes in HIV (July/August 2001)
[Archived Article]
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network - Abnormal Glucose Metabolism and Bone Disease in HIV-Infected Patients by Kimberly Y. Smith, M.D., M.P.H. (June 2005)
PowerPoint presentation from the 8th Annual Clinical Conference for Ryan White CARE Act.
From International AIDS Society-USA
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