New program will track HIV treatments and outcomes.A new, federally financed electronic network will provide "the first formal way to track HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome treatments and outcomes on a broad, comprehensive scale," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the project's principal investigator. (1) Seven medical centers will participate in the network, which will contain information on about 15,000 people with HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. or AIDS. Data will be collected at kiosks in medical center waiting rooms and will cover a range of topics, including symptoms, body image and adherence to medical regimens. The pooling of information should enable physicians to compare the actual effectiveness of various treatments with their effectiveness in clinical trials, and to examine how treatments for HIV and AIDS interact with those for conditions related to aging. Under the project grant, another five centers can be added to the network. (1.) Altman LK, Electronic network to pool information about HIV, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times. Oct. 10, 2006, p. F7. FYI "For your information." See digispeak. FYI - For Your Information is compiled and written by Dore Hollander; executive editor of Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. |
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