AIDS Treatment News
Table of Contents, June 2, 2000

• Treatment Interruption: Free Telephone Conference Call June 20
  You can ask experts about the latest information on planned treatment interruption -- or listen later to a recording of the call.

• New Oral DNA Vaccine Funded for Trials
  A new kind of vaccine uses a harmless bacterium to deliver selected parts of HIV to immune cells in the intestinal membranes.

• Frequent Urination, Leg Cramps, Leg Weakness, Erection Difficulties: HIV Myelopathy Amino Acid Study
  Nutritional supplementation with an amino acid is being tested as a treatment for a common but often undiagnosed complication of AIDS.
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• Clinical Trials and Industry Influence: Major Report
  A study published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine raises alarm about how pharmaceutical companies influence clinical trials in order to increase drug sales.

• "Mental" Issue Threatens Medical Care
  Restrictions on "psychiatric" care mean that many patients with organic brain disease cannot be treated in the hospital wards equipped to manage the behavioral problems which may result from the illness.

• World Issues Today: Interview with Peter Piot, Executive Director of UNAIDS
  The head of the United Nations AIDS program outlines how to move forward, and calls for international solidarity among activists.

• Global Health Council 2000 Conference, June 14-16 Near Washington
  This year's conference focuses on children, and includes a session on working with traditional healers in AIDS care.

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