HIV/AIDS CME (Continuing Medical Education)

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CME Library

CME library features up-to-date, searchable, collection of HIV/AIDS CME and CE activities for infectious disease specialists and other physicians interested in HIV and AIDS. The un-biased collection is gathered and updated daily from several major medical informational and educational websites.

CME Library

Medicare Pay Freeze May Still Leave Physicians in Bad SGR "Fix"
Experts warn that physicians could feel additional financial pain because private insurers often peg their rates to Medicare's.
Medscape Medical News

Resistance to Maturation Inhibitors -- Will Bevirimat Find a Role?
Which HIV-infected patients are most apt to benefit from bevirimat?
Journal Watch

HHS Expands National Disaster Medical System in Haiti
The DHHS has activated additional components of the National Disaster Medical System to help US hospitals provide care to critically ill survivors of the Haiti earthquake.
Medscape Medical News

Illness Increases the Risk of in Utero HIV Transmission
Illness during pregnancy and bacterial vaginosis are associated with increased in-utero HIV transmission, US and African researchers report in the February 1st issue of AIDS.
Reuters Health Information

Surgeons Help With Earthquake Recovery in Haiti: An Expert Interview With David B. Hoyt, MD, FACS
More than 800 physicians have responded to the ongoing critical need for surgeons to treat Haitians with serious injuries, and recruitment is ongoing.
Medscape Medical News

More Than Half of Americans Use Internet for Health
More than half of Americans looked up health information on the Internet last year, U.S. government researchers reported on Tuesday.
Reuters Health Information

Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) -- Important for Patients on Antiretrovirals?
Identifying high-risk, nonadherent HIV patients may be much more important than considering DOT for all patients on HAART. Paul E. Sax, MD, comments in this video blog.
Medscape HIV/AIDS

Volunteers Headed for Haiti Need Appropriate Disaster Training
Disaster response training is advisable for potential healthcare volunteers; volunteers should be prepared for heat, no running water or electricity, and minimal shelter.
Medscape Medical News

A Hospital Field Trip for the US Congress
In this video blog, Dr. John Marshall suggests that clinicians invite their senators and congressmen to their hospitals to get a first-hand view of what needs fixing in the US healthcare system.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology

APA Calls for Removal of the Military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Policy
The American Psychiatric Association says that men and women should be allowed to serve without consideration of their sexual orientation.
Medscape Medical News

Longer Needle May Be Preferred for HBV Vaccination of Obese Teens
In a randomized study, use of a longer needle resulted in significantly higher titers in response to hepatitis B virus vaccine among obese adolescents.
Medscape Medical News

Simple Measures to Reduce Bloodstream Infections Successful After 3 Years
ICUs that participated in an 18-month project to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections continued to show significantly reduced infection rates 18 months after the initial project ended.
Medscape Medical News

Hepatitis C Virus-Infected Patients With a Persistently Normal Alanine Aminotransferase: Do They Exist and is This Really a Group With Mild Disease?
Do HCV-Infected patients with a persistently normal alanine aminotransferase warrant the same consideration with regard to treatment as other HCV-infected patients?
Journal of Viral Hepatitis

The Neurological Assessment in Young Children Treated With Artesunate Monotherapy or Artesunate-Mefloquine Combination Therapy for Uncomplicated Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria
What are the effects on the central nervous system of artesunate-mefloquine combination therapy in children with uncomplicated malaria? Do they differ from adults?
Malaria Journal

Resistance to Maturation Inhibitors -- Will Bevirimat Find a Role?
Which HIV-infected patients are most apt to benefit from bevirimat?
Journal Watch

Mortality Rate Exceeds Epidemic Threshold as H1N1 Virus Persists, Says CDC
The mortality trend runs counter to the below-normal rate for influenza-like illness activity.
Medscape Medical News

London Health Officials Issue Heroin Anthrax Alert
British health authorities issued an alert to drug users on Friday after a drug injecting heroin user in London tested positive for anthrax infection.
Reuters Health Information

PML Risk Increases With Repeated Natalizumab Infusions: FDA
The Food and Drug Administration released new safety information gleaned from the 31 cases of PML to date, but still conclude the clinical benefit for patients outweighs the risks.
Medscape Medical News