Panel Backs Routine HIV Screenings for Teens, Adults

Published November 22, 2012

Panel Backs Routine HIV Screenings For Teens, Adults

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But in this instance, the weight of medical evidence has already been trending in favor of screening and earlier treatment of people with HIV (Burton and McKay, 11/19). The Associated … Under the task force's previous guidelines, only people at …
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Portland's Fluoridation Opponents Could Learn a Lot from Fairbanks

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Fluoride is a drug. It's not an essential nutrient, like vitamin D or calcium, which are required for health. And it's not a water treatment, like chlorine, used to kill bacteria that could make us sick. It's both surprising and disturbing that the FDA …
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SW Ind. county gets M for drug treatment program

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — A southwestern Indiana county is getting nearly $ 1 million to expand its successful drug treatment court programs. The financial boost from grants and state reimbursements will allow Vanderburgh County to nearly double the size …
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