And The Top 10 Food Stories Of 2008

. . . according to QSR Magazine's article, "The Top 10 Food Stories of 2008," include some concerning food safety items. If you're in the food chain supply, or are just interested as a consumer, here's the quick list of the stories . . .

1. The rise in food prices around the world
2. China's tainted milk scandal
3. The salmonella outbreak in raw tomatoes
4. Supermarket Chains Offer More Locally Grown Food
5. New USDA Labeling Laws
6. Big Food Companies Adopt Nutrient Standards
7. Jalapeno Peppers Test Positive for Salmonella
8. Paul Newman Dies
9. NYC Restaurant Trans Fat Regulations
10. New Levels of Alarm Associated With High Salt Intake

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More Than 90 Free Podcasts - International AIDS Conference 2008

What a treasure trove of free podcasts! If you couldn't make it to Mexico City for the 17th International AIDS Conference, held August 3-8, 2008, then check out this massive collection. Keep reading to see the complete listing of podcasts below . . . Here's some information about the folks making this podcast collection available. The mission of the Kaiser Family Foundation is to provide timely, reliable, and non-partisan information on national health issues to policymakers, the media, and the general public. To advance that mission, the Foundation established kaisernetwork.org in November 2000. KaiserNetwork.org makes the following podcasts, in English, available to you. 

TIP: some of the podcasts start with an introduction in Spanish, then are delivered in English. 

Pedro Cahn, M.D., Ph.D., IAS Conference Co-Chair Late Breaker Track C Rapporteur Summary Session Craig McClure, IAS Executive Director Press Conference: The Role of the AIDS Epidemic in Black America in the Global AIDS Epidemic Reaching Millions - Youth, AIDS and the Digital Age Closing Session Official Press Conference Linda Richter, Ph.D., Executive Director, Child Youth Family & Social Development (South Africa) Friday, August 1 Allyson Leacock, Executive Director, Caribbean Broadcast Media Partnership on HIV/AIDS Luis Soto-Ramirez, M.D., IAS Conference Co-Chair Elisabet Fadul, AIDS 2008 Youth Programme Co-Chair Ceci Connolly, Correspondent, Washington Post Food Security, Nutrition and HIV Regional Session: Middle East and North Africa Late Breaker Track B Session 2 The Future of Microbicides: From Vaginal ART to PREP Plenary Session, Day 4 Understanding the Numbers: from HIV Surveillance to HIV National and Global HIV Burden Estimates MenEngage: Developing a Global Movement to Work with Boys and Men for Gender Equality Plenary: Panel Discussion on the State of the Epidemic Official Press Conference Is Religion a Barrier to HIV Prevention? REAL TIME: New Models of Private Sector Engagement Food Security, Livelihoods and HIV: Challenges and Responses HIV and Human Resources: Competing Priorities or Interconnected Solutions? Opening Press Conference Kevin Fenton, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention CDC's Kevin Fenton Discusses HIV Incidence in the United States HIV Transmission under ART Scaling up Comprehensive Prevention of Mother-to-child Transmission Programmes: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Adapting Global Recommendations to Country Situation Opening Session Universal Access of TB Services to PLHIV: Harnessing Collaboration and Coordination Zonibel Woods, Programme Manager, Ford Foundation Gregg Gonsalves, AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa Tachi Yamada, M.D., President, Global Health Program, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Regional Session: Sub-Saharan Africa HIV/AIDS and Health System Reform: Achieving Universal Coverage Learning by Doing: Scaling up HIV Operations Research in Resource-Limited Settings Monday, August 4 Reclaiming our Lives: Developing Accountability for Positive (PLHIV) Leadership and our Advocacy Priorities Newer Antiretroviral Agents Women's Rights Equal Women's Lives: Violence Against Women and HIV The Lancet Series on HIV Prevention Travel Restrictions on People Living with HIV: Going Against the Grain of Human Rights and Public Health Prevention Working Group Press Conference Official Press Conference Regional Session: Asia-Pacific Where Are We In Achieving UNGASS Targets? Former President Festus Gontebanye Mogae, Botswana Tuesday, August 5 Phill Wilson, CEO, Black AIDS Institute Mark Dybul, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, U.S. Department of State Indigenous People, First Nations and Afrodescendants Confronting HIV/AIDS: Breaking the Silence Regional Session: Latin America Financing for Sustainable National Health Care Looking to the Future--The Epidemic in 2031 and New Directions in AIDS Research Moving from Promises to Actions: Building Global and National Commitment for Evidence-Based Approaches to Addressing Stigma and Discrimination Forgotten Truths, Hidden Realities: Addressing the Dynamics of HIV and MSM in Unfavorable Environments Human Security and HIV Achieving Universal Access for Young People Universal ARV Scale Up: Delivering the Second Wave Beyond Barriers: Disabilities and AIDS Beyond the Orphan Crisis: Findings of the Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS The New Frontiers of Harm Reduction Late Breaker Track B Session 1 AIDS Ambassadors Strengthening Health Systems Through the AIDS Response Regional Session: Eastern Europe and Central Asia Plenary Session, Day 2 Country-Level Advocacy Initiatives that Support Children and AIDS New Frontiers in HIV Prevention Sciences Best Practices for HIV/AIDS Implementers: Highlights from Kampala IAS 20th Anniversary From Commitment to Action: Implementing Effective Responses on Gender and AIDS New Insights Into HIV Transmission and Pathogenesis Positive Synergies Between Health Systems and Global Health Initiatives Vaccines and Microbicides: Where Do We go from Here? Global Financial Architecture Scaling-up HIV Testing and Counseling: A Human Rights and Public Health Imperative Wednesday, August 6 Globalization, Development and Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) The USA HIV Epidemic in 2008 AIDS Vaccines - 2010 and Beyond: Charting a Course for the Future of AIDS Vaccine Research Official Press Conference Universal Access/Universal Crises/Universal Prices Regional Session: Caribbean - Creative Caribbean Approaches to the HIV Epidemic Human Rights, HIV and Sex Work Policy Male Circumcision: To Cut or Not to Cut Kevin De Cock, M.D., Director of HIV/AIDS Department, World Health Organization Plenary Session, Day 3 Official Press Conference Mobile Populations and Globalization Thursday, August 7 Plenary, Day 5 

Additional reading about HIV/AIDS: The First Year: HIV: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed (First Year, The) 

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Earlier Treatment of HIV Warranted in Some Patients

Updated June 16, 2025

The original link is out of date.

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I just heard about this through an ASHP Newslink email, "Earlier Treatment of HIV Warranted in Some Patients." The email summarized the findings in this way, "New guidelines for the treatment of HIV infection in adults address evolving issues in care, such as initiating therapy early in the course of disease in asymptomatic patients. The guidelines, from the International AIDS Society--USA Panel, discuss starting treatment before CD4+ T-cell levels fall to 350 per microliter in patients with certain comorbid conditions or health risk factors. Recommended initial antiretroviral regimens include efavirenz or a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor plus two nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitors."

For the full details, read the source JAMA article, "Antiretroviral Treatment of Adult HIV Infection 2008 Recommendations of the International AIDS Society–USA Panel."

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