August / September 1995 Women on the Verge by Carol Keeley The needs of HIV positive women are not being addressed Several hundred pissed-off women on the steps of the Food and Drug ... a microphone around to point out that though women are the fastest growing group of people with AIDS, the FDA still restricts women's access to treatments and won't ...
http://www.poz.com/articles/258_1844.shtml
... Ocamb Until AIDS drugs are tested in enough women, one in five PWAs won't know if ... a medical lecture at the National Conference on Women and HIV in Pasadena, California last May, when a voice cried out: "How many women are in that study?" The audience bristled. "Yeah ... PWA from Huntington Beach, California, ended up joining women from ACT UP in protesting the failure of ... the pharmaceutical industry to endure the inclusion of women in research and health care. Given a ...
http://www.poz.com/articles/women_aids_drugs_246_12711.shtml
February 16, 2006 -
... Which HIV drugs are recommended for HIV+ pregnant women? To help make sense of what is and ... together treatment guidelines to help HIV-infected pregnant women and their doctors determine which medications to use ... of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal ... the body) of various HIV drugs in pregnant women, safety concerns associated with each drug and the ... same during pregnancy as they are in nonpregnant women. The standard dose of Retrovir can be ...
http://www.aidsmeds.com/articles/Pregnancy_4907.shtml
... gets policymakers interested in in the lives of women with HIV -- pregnancy Didn't we win this ... even want to force all pregnant HIV positive women to take AZT, which one study has shown ... long-term consequences for the child? Once again, women's bodies have become the battlefield of choice ... in 45 states to help track the epidemic. Women and newborns are being targeted in particular because ... HIV population. The number of AIDS cases among women increased by about 17 percent last year, ...
http://www.poz.com/articles/258_1845.shtml
February 13, 2008 -
Transcript: Prevention and Women, HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative February 13, 2008 ... about the challenges and opportunities in working with women, both HIV-positive and HIV-negative, to prevent ... She s also the medical director of the Women s HIV/AIDS Program at Mass General Hospital ... of different issues today, but mostly issues affecting women who are HIV positive. My first question is ... things at this CROI that are applicable to women in America, in terms especially of prevention ...
http://www.aidsmeds.com/articles/hiv_aids_women_2151_14016.shtml
September 26, 2007 -
Transcript: Wisdom for Women: An Expert's Take on HIV and Gender ... ICAAC), Peter Staley asks Dr. Sharon Walmsley what women need to know about HIV and antivirals; how the drugs work differently in women than they do in men; and gender differences ... PS: And your expertise is largely focused on women and HIV, and we’re going to be ... in that? Do you have a lot of women in your practice? SW: Yeah, well obviously ...
http://www.aidsmeds.com/articles/women_hiv_aids_2076_13113.shtml
February 29, 2008 -
Transcript: Women & HIV Treatment February 29, 2008 At the 15th ... Currier, MD, about treatment and research advances in women living with HIV, and learns that many women are doing quite well. Click here to watch ... I are going to talk about HIV in women. My first question, Dr. Currier, is, can you ... that have happened recently in studying HIV in women? Judith Currier, MD: Well I think there’ ...
http://www.aidsmeds.com/articles/hiv_treatment_women_2151_14149.shtml
June 15, 2007 Several Factors Raise Women's Bone Loss Risk (AIDSmeds.com) by Kenyon ... is both highly prevalent and severe among underweight women with HIV, according to a new study published ... Massachusetts General Hospital and compared 152 HIV-positive women – 124 with normal body weight and 28 ... 10% of each woman's ideal body weight; women who had lost 10% or more of their ... factors for osteopenia and osteoporosis in HIV infected women – like body mass, low [hormones], and ...
http://www.poz.com/articles/761_12144.shtml
Treatment By Wendy Johnson, MD, MPH Treatment for women and prevention for infants: Can't we do both? The rate of new infections among women is growing at alarming rates. Although women make up about half of those living with ... proportion of people living with HIV who are women is nearly 60% of adults and an astonishing ... of gender inequality and the particular vulnerability of women in all societies. Women have less access ...
http://www.poz.com/pdfs/gmhc_treatmentissues_2009_03.pdf
June 15, 2007 -
Kenyon Farrow -
June 15, 2007 Several Factors Raise Women's Bone Loss Risk (AIDSmeds.com) by Kenyon ... is both highly prevalent and severe among underweight women with HIV, according to a new study published ... Massachusetts General Hospital and compared 152 HIV-positive women – 124 with normal body weight and 28 ... 10% of each woman's ideal body weight; women who had lost 10% or more of their ... factors for osteopenia and osteoporosis in HIV infected women – like body mass, low [hormones], and ...
http://www.aidsmeds.com/articles/1667_12144.shtml
