Issue No. 15

RSS Feeds Now Available on AIDSinfo

Last week’s issue of At-A-Glance featured an article about a study using valprioc acid to treat HIV/AIDS-related dementia. We provided a link to the AIDSinfo valproic acid drug record in the AIDSinfo Drug Database.

As of today, you can receive AIDSinfo’s health professional version of drug records via Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feed.  RSS is an XML-based format for Web content distribution. RSS allows AIDSinfo to provide access to the very latest drug records which are continually updated. You’ll always be up-to-date with an RSS feed of AIDSinfo drug records.

Look for new AIDSinfo RSS feeds in the coming months. AIDSinfo is committed to offering current technology to provide reliable and up-to-date HIV/AIDS information free of charge.

The Impact of HAART on Women’s Quality of Life

In the latest issue of AIDS Research and Therapy, Chenglong Liu et al. report the results of a study of HAART’s impact on the quality of life of HIV-infected women. The study analyzed data gathered in the Women’s Interagency Health Study (WIHS), the largest HIV/AIDS prospective cohort study of U.S. women (read more about WIHS here and here). Study results indicated that in the short term, HAART users had improved quality of life scores in areas such as role functioning, social functioning, pain, and perceived health. However, HAART did not have any long-term effect on any of the quality of life measure. The full text of the research report, Assessing the Effect of HAART on Quality of Life Among HIV-Infected Women is also available. Those interested in women’s HIV/AIDS treatment issues may also wish to consult the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration’s A Guide to the Clinical Care of Women with HIV, is available free of charge. AIDSinfo links to additional resources on women and HIV.

2006 AIDS Community Information Outreach–Request for Proposals   

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is soliciting proposals from community-based organizations and libraries to design and conduct projects that will improve access to HIV/AIDS-related health information. This outreach effort will serve people living with HIV/AIDS, their communities, and their caregivers. Proposals are due to NLM on Friday, June 16, 2006.

Solicitation for the 2006 AIDS Community Information Outreach Projects is posted at http://www.sis.nlm.nih.gov/hiv/hivaidsrfq06097.html.

For more information about this request for proposals, please contact Robin Hope-Williams at (301) 496-6546 or email to: rhwilli@mail.nih.gov.