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4th Intl Lipodystrophy Workshop
Reported by Jules Levin
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The Workshop this year is in San Diego at Coronado Beach just prior to the
ICAAC Meeting in San Diego starting in a few days. NATAP will be providing
comprehensive, timely reporting by our writers from these conferences. As
soon as I got off the plane I commented how beautiful the weather is here-
sunny and comfortable, not hot. And the cab driver said its like this year
round. I took a glance through the program abstract book and found some
interesting studies. Here is a brief rundown of apparently interesting
studies here.
--there are several interesting studies on insulin resistance and glucose
metabolism
--atazanavir is in a new which appear not to raise lipids & glucose & there
are a few studies here regarding that including a switch study to atazanavir
--there are a couple of interesting bone studies
--heart disease and HIV
--ACTG 384 which compared AZT/3TC to d4T/ddI and nelfinavir to efavirenz
reports from lipodystrophy substudy here on fat loss at week 80
--nukes and leg fat loss
--lipid disorders associated with drugs
--HCV and death rates in Spain; hepatotoxicity
--reduced diarrhea and nelfinavir with supplements
--niacin study
NATAP website posts daily Reuters and other newswire news updates. Here are
most recent reports posted on NATAP front page.
--Folic acid and cobalamin aid coronary endothelial function 09/19/02
--Study suggests PCP not transmitted person to person, but experts uncertain
09/19/02
--Smoking associated with increased cervicalcancer risk in women with HPV
09/19/02
--One in ten veterans in New York City area infected with HCV 09/19/02
--California Gov Signs HIV Treatment Access Bill (California agrees to
provide care coverage for HIV-infected prior to developing AIDS)
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