HIV and AIDS
Human Immunodeficiency Virus and
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Articles and Brochures
2006
- First of a Kind in HIV Treatment.
Atripla, a new 3-in-1 tablet simplifies the drug regimen for adults infected
with HIV-1. FDA Consumer, November-December 2006
- Cracking Down on Health Fraud.The
FDA teams up with other agencies to protect consumers from fraudulent devices
and other products. FDA Consumer, November-December 2006
- HIV and AIDS
Medicines to Help You, a simple language publication from the FDA Office of
Women's Health describing HIV and its treatment.
- Women and HIV, a simple language description of HIV and how it affects
women.
- The FDA Speeds Medical
Treatments for Serious Diseases (FDA Consumer Magazine, March-April
2006). Highlights differences between three commonly confused mechanisms
to help speed access to promising therapies: Fast Track, Accelerated
Approval, and Priority
Review.
- From Test Tube to Patient:
Protecting America's Health Through Human Drugs, 4th edition, a special report from FDA Consumer magazine and the FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research. (January 2006). The articles examine various aspects of drug development, including the increasingly important area of post-market surveillance.
2004
- Preventing Listeria Contamination
in Foods (FDA Consumer Magazine, January-February 2004)
To avoid being infected by Listeria bacteria, especially dangerous
to those with weakened immune systems, take special precautions when handling
or preparing food.
2003
- Inside Clinical Trials: Testing
Medical Products in People, (FDA Consumer Magazine, September-October
2003)
The risks and potential benefits involved in joining a clinical trial.
2001
- Living With AIDS--20 Years
Later (FDA Consumer Magazine, November/December 2001)
As the AIDS epidemic enters its third decade, the battle worldwide is focused
on prevention, more effective treatments, improving the quality of life for
people infected with HIV, and development of a vaccine.
- The Last Word, Commentary: Living
with the Enemy: Never Letting Our Guard Down. By Jeffrey S. Murray,
M.D., M.P.H., FDA Consumer Magazine, November/December 2001
Lifelong treatment of an infectious disease is a new reality ushered in by
HIV/AIDS.
- Home Diagnostic Tests: The Ultimate
House Call?, (FDA Consumer Magazine, November/December
2001)
Home diagnostic tests offer convenience and privacy. However, health-care
professionals warn that the tests have limitations and are not a replacement
for regular visits to your health-care provider.
2000
- How to Protect Yourself from AIDS (FDA 00-1296, brochure)
Explains the most common ways of contracting the disease and the HIV virus.
- The Truth About Choosing Medical
Treatments (FDA 00-1248, Easy-to-Read brochure)
1999
- Attacking AIDS with a 'Cocktail'
Therapy, Drug Combo Sends Deaths Plummeting, John Henkel, FDA Consumer, July-August 1999
1998
1997
- Thalidomide Brochure: Important Patient
Information 9/15/97
- Giving Thalidomide a Second
Chance (FDA Consumer, September-October 1997)
The source of tragedy in the middle of this century, thalidomide may now be
the source of hope for people with AIDS, cancer, and other illnesses,
- Why Should FDA Regulate Drugs? (FDA Consumer, September-October 1997)
That's a question many people raise as FDA strives to maintain a delicate
balance between too much regulation and not enough. The answer is explained
in an interview with the director of FDA's drug center,
- Equality In Clinical Trials, Drugs and Gender,
by Judith Levine Willis, September 1997
- New Ways to Prevent and Treat
AIDS, FDA Consumer, Mike Kubic (May 1997)
1996
- Food and Drug Law Institute Annual Meeting,
Washington, DC, David A. Kessler, Commissioner of Food and Drugs, December
10, 1996
- When a Patient Speaks... Patient
Representatives to FDA Advisory Committees, February 1996
1995
1994
- IOM 25th Anniversary Lecture
Seattle, Washington, David A. Kessler, Commissioner
of Food and Drugs, November 7, 1994
1993
- Women and AIDS (FDA Consumer, October 1993)
1992
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