There are a number of new developments in the fight against the HIV epidemic. New drugs are being developed, results are being reported from a number of clinical trials, and there are some new strategies in disease management. Currently, there are eleven approved medications for HIV. Several new drugs or studies are highlighted: adefovir dipivoxil (preveon), which is now available under an expa...

Abstract Aim The last 30 years has demonstrated a steady increase in drug-related deaths, with opioids implicated at least 2,219 deaths 2021 England and Wales1. Inpatient opioid prescribing surgery been to correlate long term use post-discharge2. We aim improve stewardship our DGH reduce ‘opioid-load’ the community, thereby reducing likelihood of long-term post-operative use. Method Interventio...

In recent years, buffalograss, Buchloë dactyloides (Nuttall) Engelmann has gained popularity as a turfgrass because of its low maintenance requirement, drought tolerance, and limited pests and diseases. Within the last decade, however, the western chinch bug Blissus occiduus Barber has emerged as important pest of buffalograss. Considerable progress has been made toward identifying buffalograss...

background chronic hepatitis b (chb) is accompanied by inflammation of liver because of infection with hepatitis b virus (hbv). previous studies revealed an inverse association between vitamin d and hbv dna levels. objectives the current study aimed to investigate the levels of 25 (oh) d3 (the steady form of vitamin d), mir-378 and hbv dna in the patients with chb. patients and methods one hund...

© Lippincott Williams & Wilkins S1 From the aDepartment of Zoology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA and bSAIC Frederick, Frederick Cancer Research & Development Center, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, USA. Sponsorship: This work was supported by a James A. Shannon Award, an Alfred P. Sloan Award, and NIH grant #R01 HD34350-01A1. Correspondence to Dr Keith A. Crandall,...