Injection Drug Users (IDU) / Substance Abuse / Smoking / Alcohol

Study Finds Smoking Cessation Leads to Improved Quality of Life - 10/16/07

Methamphetamine Use Associated with Lower CD4 Cell Counts in People with HIV   - 7/25/07

A Decade of Data Shows Needle Exchange Programs Reduce HIV Risk in Australian Injection Drug Users   - 7/25/07

HIV Positive Smokers Have Higher Levels of Cancer-Causing HPV  - 3/27/07

Three Studies Examine Syringe Exchange Programs in the U.S.   2/13/07

Characterization of an Aging U.S. Injection Drug User Population   2/13/07

Frequent Methamphetamine Use Is Associated with Primary NNRTI Resistance 2/02/07

Alcohol Use as a Risk Factor for Poor Adherence and Treatment Failure  1/12/07

Cigarette Smoking Is Associated with Faster HIV Disease Progression in Women on HAART - 7/07/06

HIV Positive Patients Have Significant Impairment of Endothelial Function, especially Injection Drug Users and Those with Elevated HIV Viral Load - 4/25/06

Gender Differences among HIV Patients on Methadone Maintenance and Enrolled in an Antiretroviral Adherence Trial - 10/12/05

Amphetamine Users among Men Who Have Sex with Men in San Francisco Have a 3-fold Higher Rate of HIV Infection than Non-users - 8/24/05