October 2009

Pulse

Briefs

HIV in rural Minnesota, immunity and the gut, STD trends

Casting a Wide Net

Minnesota is the hub of an international research effort that has changed out thinking about the link between HIV and cardiovascular disease.

Clues from Uganda

Local researchers are studying why some patients with AIDS get sicker with treatment.

End Notes

Cover Story

Clinical and Health Affairs

The Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in Minnesota: Current Trends

By Shulamith Bonham, M.D., Ogechika K. Alozie, M.D., M.P.H., and W. Keith Henry, M.D.

Management of HIV: A Swing Back to the Future

By Ogechika K. Alozie, M.D., M.P.H., Shulamith Bonham, M.D., and W. Keith Henry, M.D.

Peering into the Future: Searching for Answers to Old and New Questions about HIV/AIDS

By W. Keith Henry, M.D., Ogechika K. Alozie, M.D., M.P.H., and Shulamith Bonham, M.D.

Expedited Partner Therapy: A New Strategy for Reducing Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Minnesota

By Candy Hadsall, R.N., M.A., Melissa Riedesel, M.P.H., Peter Carr, M.P.H., and Ruth Lynfield, M.D.

Commentary

Why HIV Still Matters in Minnesota

More than 300 new cases are diagnosed each year in the state. Have we become complacent?

By Peter Carr, M.P.H., and Ruth Lynfield, M.D.

Let's Not Forget the Third World

A physician shares why HIV is still such a problem in developing countries.

By Frank Rhame, M.D.

Special Report

Performance-Based Bundled Payments

Benefits and burdens of this pay-for-performance strategy.

By David J. Satin, M.D., and Justin Miles

Editor's Note

Physicians Set Policy at MMA Annual Meeting
MMA Elects New Officers
Whitten Inaugurated as MMA President
2009 Annual Meeting
Doctors Honor Their Peers
Terence Cahill, M.D. Receives Distinguised Service Award

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