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The two Australian DJs who pranked two British nurses into revealing Kate Middleton's medical condition last week have been fired, after one of the nurses was found dead in what was apparently a suicide.
But it sounds like there's some hypocrisy happening at the station, since the duo's superiors have signed off on other stunts over the years that had the potential to cause just as much damage.
In 2009, 2DayFM's "Kyle and Jackie O" show aired a segment called "Desperate Acts," during which a listener was given $1,000 to call her sister and convince her their mother was injured, bleeding, and in need of medical attention.
Nice. Hopefully she needed the money for medical attention after her sister punched her.
Anyway, the prank worked. The sister called 911 and sent paramedics speeding to the mother, who was fine. That hoax prompted a police investigation.
Later that same year, according to TMZ, Kyle and Jackie O hooked up a teenager to a lie detector while her mother grilled her about her sex life. The stunt blew up in their faces when the girl suddenly revealed she had been raped when she was 12.
Wow. What wacky morning show material that is. They were probably scoffing about that for months.
That segment led to another police investigation, and got the DJs a weeklong suspension.
Additionally, 2DayFM has reportedly been on probation multiple times for violating Australia's broadcast rules.
Yet Michael Christian and Mel Greig still got the go ahead from bosses for the Kate prank.
2DayFM's response to the nurse's death has been that "no one could have predicted" the tragedy, which is likely true. But it's not like hurt feelings and freaking people out hasn't been the goal before.
The company that owns the station says it has "terminated" the show and will implement "a companywide suspension of 'prank' calls."
Southern Cross Austereo (SCA) issued the statement this morning saying it still feels "deep regret" for the death of hospital nurse Jacintha Saldanha following the prank ... and "take the events of the last few days very seriously."
Contact Tony Hicks at firstname.lastname@example.com or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/BayAreaNewsGroup.TonyHicks.


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10 Minute Veggie Soup
By Fruits & Veggies - More Matters
From the Cool Fuel for Kids Cookbook
- Prep Time: 10 minutes; allow to rest for 5 minutes before serving
Serves: 6
Cups of Fruits & Vegetables per Serving: 1/2
- 2 29-oz.cans low-sodium chicken broth
- 1 14.5-oz. can diced tomatoes – no salt added
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 3/4 cup macaroni, dry
- 3 cups frozen mixed vegetables
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
DirectionsCombine chicken broth, diced tomatoes, basil, and onion powder. Bring to a simmer and add pasta and frozen vegetable mix (broccoli, cauliflower, and carrot mix is great in this recipe). Cook for 6 minutes and remove from heat.
Note: Pasta will not be cooked all the way through. Let soup sit for 5 minutes, and pasta will become soft. Soup will then be ready to serve.
From the Cool Fuel for Kids Cookbook
Nutritional Information
- Calories: 112
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Total Fat: 0.5g
- Cholesterol: 3mg
- Saturated Fat: 0.3g
- Dietary Fiber: 4g
- % of Calories from Fat: 4%
- Sodium: 244 mg
- Protein: 6g
- Recipe Credit
Recipe was developed for Produce for Better Health Foundation by Chef Mark Goodwin, CEC, CNC. This recipe meets PBH and Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) nutrition standards that maintain fruits and vegetables as healthy foods.
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They met when they were little kids. It might be true, depending on your preferred definition of the word, that Jahlil Okafor and Tyus Jones still are kids, but there is no society in which they would qualify as little.
So they've known each other a while now, long before Jones grew to 6-2 and Okafor shot up to 6-11, long before each became one of the world's best high school basketball players.
When they were in each other's company for extended periods, though, first as members of the United States U16 national team and a year later, as roommates, at the U17 world championship, they realized that even though Jones was from Minnesota and Okafor lived in Illinois there was no reason they should not be close friends.
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"We came out for USA, and we just kind of reconnected," Okafor told Sporting News. "We just clicked. First, we clicked on the court. Off the court, it was really just as good. He's one of my best friends."
So now as each prepares to begin his senior year of high school—Okafor at Whitney Young in Chicago and Jones at Apple Valley near Minneapolis—it is time to confront the question of where to attend college. And they have decided they would like to play for the same school.
Okafor lists Arizona, Baylor, Duke, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State and Ohio State as possible college destinations. Jones lists Baylor, Duke, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan State, Minnesota and Ohio State. Notice some overlap there?
This is being referred to in many venues as a "package deal," a term that both cheapens the decision by Jones and Okafor and blatantly miscasts it. The package deal concept has been around in college athletics for decades, but at best it has involved a school accepting one supposedly inferior player to attract a decidedly superior one. At worst the "deal" part of the equation is of greater consequence than the "package."
This is nothing like that. Every college coach in the NCAA, every single one from the pinnacle of Division I to the depths of Division III, would accept either Okafor or Jones without the other. Okafor is a center who is being compared to NBA superstar Tim Duncan. One NBA scout told Yahoo! Sports that Okafor is the most skilled high school center he has evaluated in a multi-decade career. Okafor is ranked the No. 1 prospect for the 2014 basketball recruiting class by ESPN. Jones is a point guard commonly compared to Chris Paul, leaving little doubt about his potential. He is ranked the No. 1 prospect for the 2014 class by 247 Sports. They are no more a package deal than the Lopez twins or the Collins twins or Mick and Keith.
MORE: Eight Peach Jam standouts | Okafor among U19 tournament's stars
Instead, this is a very modern story of college recruitment, about how the wider world of the basketball prospect can change his preferences, his relationships and even his life trajectory.
Because those who attend college are indelibly impacted by the choices they make. A student at any university might end up with a new interest, an enduring friendship, perhaps even a spouse. For Jones and Okafor, the school they choose will determine how they are coached as basketball players, and likely how they are perceived.
Three decades ago, it's unlikely they would have met while in elementary school; athletics were so much more local then. Two decades ago, they would not have become as known to each other on the travel-team circuit because that circuit still was developing. Even a decade ago, the U16 competition that brought them together in 2011 did not exist.
And the technology that allows them to stay in touch now and deepen their friendship is entirely an advancement of the 21st century; not cellular communications, but certainly the text messaging and low-cost wireless phone calls.
Okafor was a member of the U19 national team that brought the world title back to the United States earlier this month. Jones was supposed to be on the team, but a family illness made it more prudent for him to remain closer to home. But Okafor still stayed in regular contact with Jones during the tournament in Prague, a mere 4,500 miles from Minneapolis.
"I talked to him a lot, actually, when he was over there," Jones said. "They said the time change messed them up a lot, so they'd be up throughout the middle of the night, when it was daytime here. I talked to him pretty much after every game, I think.
"That's like my brother. We're great friends. That's the main reason why we want to do this. Set aside from how well we play on the court is how well we have a bond off the court. That's why we want to do something special."
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When they played with the U17s last summer in Lithuania, they were roommates. They grew closer than Jones might have preferred.
"Everything is smaller in Europe. The beds were right next to each other, so it was like he had 1½ beds, and I only had half a bed," Jones said.
"You get close with those guys when you're in a different country and no one's speaking your language. It kind of forces you to bond with your teammates."
What also is wholly modern about their collective recruitment is that it will represent a short-term association. They will be together at the school of their choice for one year, and then, if all goes as expected, both will enter the NBA draft and be chosen among the first several picks in 2015.
That one year could be extraordinary, given the presence and skill Okafor provides in the frontcourt and Jones' dexterity running an offense. "He's a great leader," Okafor said. "He has an amazing IQ. I usually go by his lead. He usually makes the right decisions. Whatever he tells me to do, I do it." There is some discussion that fellow U17 teammate Justise Winslow, a 6-6 small forward from Houston, might join them as college freshmen. But he'll make his decision independently.
Jones and Okafor haven't really discussed the mechanism for their college decision. Each said he wants to make the call before high school basketball season starts, presumably before the November letter of intent signing period. But does one make up his mind and then sell the other? Do they get on the phone and hash it out?
"We haven't looked that deep into it," Jones said. "We'll have to wait and see."
It will be a decision, not a deal. They are not a package, but a tandem. They'll be friends longer than they'll be teammates, but what they accomplish as collegians could last forever.


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Spilled hot liquids are the major cause of infant burns. Hot coffee is 175F. Even with milk in it, it is more than hot enough to burn your baby seriously. It takes a baby only a split-second to grab for a coffee cup from a table, or even from your hand while you are talking or your attention is elsewhere. If it happens, quickly remove any clothing that could keep the hot liquid in contact with the baby's skin.
If your water heater is turned up all the way, your hot water is dangerously hot. Turn down the thermostat. 140F is plenty hot enough for washing clothes and dishes. Even at 140F, hot water can burn a baby. The skin goes on "cooking" for some time afterward. If it happens, use plenty of cool water on the burned area right away.
One dangerous thing about radiators, space heaters, fireplaces, and stoves is that they are not always hot. Baby can touch them one time with perfect safety, yet the next time be severely burned. Until babies are old enough to understand that cool objects can become hot, they should be protected from those objects when hot. If the baby come in contact with a hot surface, quickly flush the skin with cool water.
What baby can resist pulling at an electric cord? The simplest way to prevent the baby from pulling a hot coffee pot, frying pan, or crock pot down on him or herself is to put the baby in a high chair or playpen so that all cords and appliances are out of reach.
A wall outlet is an eye-level temptation for a baby's exploring fingers, and an intriguing place to insert a metal toy or fork. You can buy inexpensive plastic inserts for unused outlets (and the ends of extension cords).
Babies put everything in their mouths. If an electric cord is lying around, that will be popped in, too. Always disconnect an appliance from the wall outlet before removing the plug from the appliance.
If you have ever held detergent powder in a wet hand, you know how much heat it can generate. Other chemicals are even more dangerous: drain openers, oven cleaners, lye, bleaches, ammonia, flashlight batteries. Keep them stored away from baby's explorations, preferably in high cupboards, and, best of all, with the cupboard doors locked or, at least securely fastened shut.
All fabrics will burn, but some provide more protection than others. Polyester and nylon are less flammable than wool, and wool is less flammable than untreated cotton. Tight weaves are more flame-resistant than loose ones, shiny finishes more resistant than fluffy ones. All children's sleepwear up to size 14 is required by law to be flame retardant. Flame-retardant clothing other than sleepwear is available in some stores. The washing care instructions should be followed to maintain the maximum effectiveness of the flame retardant. Flame-retardant does not mean fireproof, but it does mean that your baby will be far safer than wearing fabrics that are notflame-retardant.
Review this burn safety checklist with the babysitter. Do not allow babysitters to smoke on the job or to do any unnecessary cooking. Make sure they know where the fire extinguisher and alternate exits are, and that they have emergency phone numbers.
Older brothers and sisters, for instance, enjoy playing parent. They must be made aware of the hazards of burns, both to themselves and to the baby. Unless you are sure they are as burn-safety conscious as you yourself are, you should not leave them unsupervised with the baby.
A common source of fire in the kitchen is burning grease. If it happens:
A family fire drill a couple of times a year can give you great peace of mind. Plan escape routes from your house in case of fire, and practice using them. Review and practice with your children how to stop, drop, and roll if clothing catches fire. Talk about the dangers of playing with matches, smoldering cigarette butts, and how to call for emergency help (from the house or a street call box). In Onondaga County and many other areas, call 911 for emergency help. If you live in an area that does not have 911 service, make sure you keep the phone numbers of the fire department, police or sheriff department, and ambulance next to your telephone
Smoke detectors give ample warning of fire even though you may not be able to see or smell anything. Install smoke detectors on every level of your home, including the basement and outside each sleeping area. Test smoke detectors every month and replace batteries once a year or whenever a detector "chirps" to signal low battery power. Replace detectors that are more than 10 years old. It is a state law that every home have a working smoke detector.


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Don't miss out on a lower price on this hotel
Get an overview of this hotelBudapest luxury hotel near Ferenc Liszt Square
Popular property highlights
Oktogon: 4 blocks
Situated in Budapest, this hotel is 2 blocks from Franz Liszt Academy of Music, 3 blocks from Ferenc Liszt Square, and 4 blocks from Oktogon. Hungarian State Opera House is 10 minutes away.
Garden, indoor pool
Queen's Court Hotel & Residence features international cuisine at Chess restaurant and bar. A 24-hour fitness facility overlooks a heated indoor pool and a spa tub, and a solarium wall provides garden views.
Fully equipped kitchens
Queen's Court Hotel & Residence offers individually decorated, air-conditioned suites with separate sitting areas. Fully equipped kitchens include refrigerators and microwaves. TVs come with satellite channels.
Guest Highlights
- Central, quiet location
- Pool
- Overall value of stay
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- Overall room comfort
Queen's Court Hotel &Residence
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
Queen's Court Hotel & Residence is located in the heart of Budapest, within easy reach of area landmarks. Amenities include a retro-classical spa area with indoor pool, as well as Chess restaurant and bar, which serves daily breakfast buffets with hot items (surcharge), international cuisine and fine wines, while swing tunes play in the background. Room service is available during limited hours. A 24-hour fitness facility overlooks a heated indoor pool and a spa tub. Next to the pool, an 8-meter high solarium wall provides garden views.
This 5-star hotel includes a 24-hour business center and a conference/meeting room, as well as secretarial services and complimentary wireless Internet access in public areas. The hotel offers a 24-hour front desk, a concierge desk, a computer station, and multilingual staff. Garage parking (surcharge) and limo/town car service are available. Baby sitting is also available for a surcharge.
The hotel has designated smoking areas, fines apply for smoking outside of these areas.
- 24-hour front desk
- Babysitting or childcare (surcharge)
- Number of floors - 7
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Elevator/lift
- Express check-in
- Express check-out
- 24-hour fitness facilities
- Computer station
- Designated smoking areas (fines apply)
- Luggage storage
- Total number of rooms - 74
- Laundry facilities
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Multilingual staff
- Porter/bellhop
- Restaurant
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Conference space size (feet) - 388
- Self parking (surcharge)
- Sauna
- Indoor pool
- Designated smoking areas
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Free WiFi
- One meeting room
- Garden
- 24-hour business center
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Self parking (surcharge)
Room Amenities
- Pay movies
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Balcony
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Phone
- Refrigerator
- Minibar
- Coffee/tea maker
- Microwave
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Slippers
- Bathtub or shower
- Satellite TV service
- Desk
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Free WiFi
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- In-room massage available
- Individually decorated
- Pillow menu
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Room service (limited hours)
Where to Eat
Chess restaurant and bar offers international cuisine and fine wines, as well as classic swing music in the background. Al fresco dining is also offered at this restaurant. A breakfast buffet with hot items is served daily from 6:30 AM to 11 AM.
Room service is available during limited hours.
Nearby Things to Do
This Budapest hotel features a fitness facility with cardio machines overlooking a heated indoor pool.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Segway rental/tour nearby
Spa Services
Queen's Spa includes a swimming pool, Jacuzzi, sauna, and gym.
- Massages
Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 5:30 AM
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is noon
Payment types
Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of EUR 25 per pet, per night
- 1 per room
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
- Resort fee
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 12 per person (approximately)
- Self parking fee: EUR 20 per day
- Pet fee: EUR 25 per pet, per night
- Early check-in fee: EUR 30
- Late check-out fee: EUR 30
Hotel Name
- Queen's Court Hotel &Residence
- Queen's Court Hotel &Residence Budapest
- Queen's Court Residence
- Queen's Court Residence Budapest
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This property offers transfers from the airport. Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. A resort fee is included in the total price displayed. Only registered guests are allowed in the guestrooms.


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Do Perl programmers just stick with the "standard" or is InsideOut being used more?
DISCLAIMER: I am biased [cpan.org], and all my "facts" come secondhand from people who have switched to Moose, so take it with a big giant grain of salt.
I have been seeing some blowback with Inside-Out objects, mostly centered around the difficulties with dumping them and the need for them to be DESTROY-ed to properly manage them. Most of the helper modules tend to try and fix these issues, but in doing so, they tend to break t
As the author of Class::InsideOut, I would say that people should only use inside-out objects if they have a particular need for doing so and understand the implications. No one should use inside-out objects "just because" or because they think it's a best practice.
I still refer people to my YAPC talk [dagolden.com] as a good articulation of the issues.
I've only recently had the opportunity to work with Moose and I'm very impressed with it -- though I found a bit of a steep learning curve trying to understand type co
I used to worry how much magic is going on behind the scenes in the dependency chain,
The most magical bit is Sub::Name, followed by some of the XS we have in Class::MOP now (only about 20-30 lines of XS in total too). And recently some of the BestPracticalistas have been looking to make a Pure Perl alternative to that as well. In general we do our very best to keep core Moose as clean and easy to install as possible, and all the crazier stuff (see also MooseX::Compile) is in a different distro.
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Wearing this Apron I Can Teach You The Dark Side Of Anyin proves to everyone that you really CAN cook. I mean, who else would put on an apron for no other reason? And everyone knows that a Barbeque is a messy (and yummy) ordeal. I Can Teach You The Dark Side Of Anyin might even protect you from extra heavy duty splatters and spills.
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Topic: H. Pylori as a cause of bile duct cancer....has anyone researched this
I have none of the "usual and known" definite risk factors for CC. And, being someone who wants to know the hows and whys, I've been looking into what could have caused this other than a purely random event I don't think any of the CC is purely random. My surgeon is doing research on the underlying cause of Bile duct cancer ...the basis of which she believes is mostly from inflammation from whatever source. That said...what is the source? In some cases, like cirrhosis of the liver or hepatitis B and C...the connection is pretty strong. But what about us for whom there is no strong risk factor.
In my case, I had C-Diff early 2013 that was treated with three separate antibiotic rounds, two of which were vancamiacin, an antibiotic which is a controlled drug, since it's the current super-dug kept in reserve for only the most drug resistant bacterial infections. But, after the treatments, a diarrhea continued...not as bad as the C-Dff....but none-the-less, it was a cause of concern. I also had a colonoscopy, (almost due anyway) to look for another cause of the continued diarrhea and to take some colon biopsies of the lining to look for C-Diff. There was nothing in the colon and biopsies showed the C-Diff was gone.
My little grandson, who I babysat, kept giving me upper resp. infections, and for one on Oct 3 last year, I went to the doctor and she gave me a Z-Pack for bad bronchitis. On day 5 of the Z-pack, the diarrhea went away and stayed gone for two months, when it returned over 4-6 days in early December. I was tested again for C-Diff the end of Dec, and it was still negative.
Then, in late Jan 2014, the grandson again gave me another upper resp. infection that cause me to immediately get pneumonia. Again my doctor gave me a Z-pack...and again, the diarrhea went away on day 5 of the same antibiotic. However, at the initial appt, my doctor asked how the diarrhea was...if it was gone....and when I said no, she thought and then said she wanted to get a CT scan of my pelvic organs. That was done the following day and is when the tumor in my liver was found,.
The diarreha had no returned a month later when I A=had the resection on Feb 28th to renove a good hunk of the left liver node and the diarrhea has not returned since.
I immediately began questioning whether there was some connection between the diarrhea....the Z-pack making it go away....and the bile duct cancer. But, all doctors said it didn't seem likely....that it was a fluke.
When I met with my oncologist here locally last week, I presented this to him. He thought for a minute and mumbled something about H. Pylori, but then discounted it. It was hard to understand his accent, so I didn't pursue the conversation.
BUT...of course, being someone who is curious and a researching kind of gal, I got on the web...put some search parameters into Google for H. Pylori and Bile Duct Cancer...and darned if it didn't pop up with a number of hits.
H, Pylori, a bacteria , is normally found in the stomach and is known for causing ulcers and eventually sometimes, stomach cancer. It is thought not to be able to survive the environment of the bile fluid so it shouldn't be there. However, studies of bile duct cancer patients have shown that it does indeed manage to move into the bile ducts. Since it's a bacteria....which can develop into an infection and thus inflammation.....the potential is there for being a cause of bile duct cancer.
And....a further search for H.Pylori and Z-pack, showed that the active antibiotic in the Z-pack is something used in the treatment of H. Pylori....(which is probably why my oncologist mentioned H. PYlori). However it usually takes more than one back to back round of the antibiotic to kill it off....and sometimes along with a couple other drugs. Of course, like a lot of bacteria...it's getting resistant to antibiotics and has become harder to kill,
So why did the H Pylori cause diarrhea?.....when it isn't one of it's usual symptom.....????....because I'm speculating that once the H. Pylori got into the bile ducts....it then went into the colon where it can cause diarrhea.
So, my theory is now...that H. Pylori was allowed to proliferate following either the antibiotic that caused the C-Diff...or the antibiotics that were used to treat it.....and that it settled only in the left node of the liver, where my tumors grew...one 5.3 cm and one pea sized small one. I further speculate that when the surgeon did the resection, she cut away enough of the node with the tumors with an unusually large 2.2 clean margin, that she in effect, cut away the liver/bile duct cells that had been damaged by the H. Pylori that allowed the cancer to start. And that is why the diarrhea has not returned...because there is no H. Pylori in the bile ducts to feed into the colon.
Thus, I believe that unless the bigger tumor seeded, I will not see a return of the CC. I had a huge clean margin, no lymph node mets or mets anywhere, no neural or vascular invasion identified. I'm starting chemo next week, just in case the big tumor had seeded and there are microscopic cells lurking and the chemo can hopefully kill them off.
So, the bigger question, past my own case.....is if this is the underlying cause of a lot of CC without obvious risk factors? I read another article that talked about a counter in Honduras, where a region had 35% of the population with gastric cancer of some sort...and most all were under the age of 50. From what I could gather, the only common denominator that could be found was that there was an extremely high incidence of H. PYlori in the group.
I ran this by my GP.....and amazingly enough, she didn't discount the idea and when I asked if we could do an H. Pylori test, she agreed to have one run today. It may show up positive even if the infection is no longer there.....or it may show up negative even though there IS still an infection. The blood test isn't very accurate, but the breath and poo tests available, aren't available here locally.
But, nonetheless, if it comes back positive, I am going to ask to be treated as long as it doesn't interfere with the chemo. If my hunch is right about an infection settling in just the left liver node, I don't want to risk it doing it again in the right node and going through this all over again.
I was going to present this to my Mayo doctor at my next visit...but that could be 3 months from now. Instead, I am considering writing a letter to both him and the surgeon doing the research on CC and inflammation, so that it can cut down on the clinic time during my next visit.
Any thoughts anybody?
Wish I was a lotto winner to fund some research on this. It wouldn't probably be a factor to cure anybody, but it certainly might be a factor in stepping up screening for H. PYlori to treat that problem and possibly prevent some cases.
Anyway, it's speculation and theory, but in my case, it seems to make sense to explain the unexplained diarrhea most of last year which went away twice with the same antibiotic on the same day of treatment. Even if my H. Pylori test comes back negative, it may just mean that the last antibiotic actually did kill it off finally.
If anyone else has heard of this possibility, let me know.
Julie T.


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If you've never heard of the Aprilia Mana 850 GT, you're not alone. People either assume it's just another sport-touring bike or get confused when they realize there's no clutch lever. Despite that and the fact that it has a very scooter-like CVT (automatic) transmission, it's definitely still a motorcycle. HFL's favorite feature? The gas tank is under the passenger seat, which means you can flip up the cover to the 'tank.' Do so, and you have a 130mph beer cooler.
You read that right, beer cooler. It swallows seven pounds of ice and a twelve pack of PBR without even breaking a sweat. Just pop the cover open, pull out the liner and drain-plug and you're good to go. As the ice melts, it drains right out the bottom. Crappy American beer will stay drinkably cold for a full 24 hours, even in 80+ degree weather. The waterproof lid appears to provide excellent insulation.
Prefer to drink real beer? You'll have no problem fitting two 750ml bottles of Stone Subliminally Self Righteous, as we did, and an additional 20oz bottle of Triple Karmeliet too.
Condensation is the only thing that will give you away
Water drains out the bottom as the ice melts and leaves no mess and nothing else behind. The Mana started up mere seconds after we scooped the remaining ice out of what Aprilia mistakenly refers to as the "helmet compartment."


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The obstacle concerns the bad things that happen to one in this life that are a result of previous bad kamma. In several books on Buddhism I have read it makes it seem as if whatever bad happens to you in this life you deserve. How can an innocent child that is raped or woman who is burned alive be held accountable for what was done in a past life? How can such horrible acts bring any kind of a lesson to the victim? Especially, if you are an infant who dies before the age of reason.
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I got into radio when I was about 15, some DJ let me on his show and that was it.
After that I spent that last 2 years of high school working, interning and doing random things at KID-FM in Idaho Falls, ID.
Yeah, I graduated HS in Idaho. But right after high school I moved to where my true home to be, East Texas. When I finished at Kilgore College I was planning on going on to get my bachelors but for some reason or another decided it was time to do something different.
The year was 2002, I was 20 years old and I was joining the Army. I left for basic training in September 2002. The Army wasn't bad, I met a lot of great friends, and got to see some different places. I was stationed in Friedberg Germany, which is where Elvis was stationed during his enlistment, before finishing up at Fort Hood. I spent 2 tours (nearly 29 months) in Iraq, from May '03 through June '04 and October '06 through January '08. I was honorably discharged in April 2008 with the rank of Sergeant and an intimate understanding of how great this country is.
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That was a little too much for an end of the day Friday.
When you have a guy dominating down low like Hibbert was tonight, you HAVE to get him more touches.
there is so much to learn from tonight - managing the time outs, learning to run the p-n-r more efficiently should become the main priorities
Worst 3-0 team ever?
... and this my friends, is the difference between having a good coach vs having a mediocre coach..
Frank done a good job on the coaching end..
There were a few times I was scratching my head concerning subbing Roy, but I know and understand the logic of WHY he did it...
I also like seeing Lance being slowly brought in and fed a little more minutes each game here and there...
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I personally come away more satisfied with a hard fought battle...
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Hey everyone! We are 3-0! It doesn't matter who we played, its the NBA!
David West owns Jamison.
I think George Hill was our best player tonight
Hibbert, West and Hansbrough got double double again tonight!
Irving missed the layup in the final second. We are so lucky!
We had already gotten in trouble for chanting "Donaghy" at the refs by this point in the game.
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A RETIRED Gwent water polo player wrestled and sat on a suspected raider for more than 20 minutes while his pet dog raised the alarm.
Cwmcarn resident Phil Rees, 59, was taking his dog round the back of his house for a walk on Sunday, August 17 when he says he spotted a man in his neighbour's back garden.
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Mr Rees, a former large goods vehicle driver who will turn 60 in February, said: "I knew my neighbour had gone camping for the weekend so I crept up there. I heard a man in the yard, snip snipping away with some cutters.
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Mrs Rees called the police at 6.17am and waited with her husband, who sat and talked with the man, for just over 20 minutes.
Steve Perkins, 50, who owns the house and garden where the man was discovered, is a lumberjack.
Mr Perkins, who has lived next door to Mr Rees for 26 years, said: "I only found out about what had happened when I returned from camping mid-morning on Sunday. I was most worried about my tools."
Mr Perkins, who is known to residents in Cwmcarn as Ernie, gave Mr Rees a truckload of redwood timber for his log fire as a thank you for what happened.
l Gwent Police said they were called to a report of a burglary at the house on Newport Road.
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TADCASTER Albion and Pickering Town have landed home ties in the extra preliminary round of the FA Cup.
The Brewers will host Barnoldswick Town on Saturday, August 16, while the Pikes entertain Washington on the same day.
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Last Thursday, Harris was playing a gig at Miami's LIV nightclub when a woman in the crowd started giving him a hard time. But rather than ignore her, he actually gave her a live mic to speak her piece — during which she called him a "sellout" and demanded he "play something original."
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Daniels touted Indiana for having what he called the best business climate and lowest taxes in the country, and he said his administration and the state legislature achieved more reforms in eight years than he ever imagined possible before taking office.
He mentioned education reforms, the turnaround of the state budget and overhauls of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and Department of Child Services.Daniels said big issues at the national level – particularly a slow economic recovery, the $16 trillion debt and President Obama's health care law – will pose challenges for the next governor.
"This is a pathetically weak recovery now, and we have big problems looming," he said. "The health care law is going to be extraordinarily difficult to implement and is already causing problems of its own."
Daniels pointed to reports that some companies are cutting employees back to part-time work to avoid being required to provide health insurance.
At the state level, Daniels left his successor with the decision on whether to opt for federal government-run insurance exchanges or set up a different system, and whether to put more individuals on the Medicaid rolls. He said it wouldn't have been fair for him to make a decision just months before leaving office and saddle his successor with the job of making it happen.
"This law is going to be a nightmare to implement," he said.When asked about Mitt Romney's loss and how the Republican Party can reverse its fortunes, Daniels said he tends not to think of politics strictly along party lines. Using his two terms as governor as an example, Daniels said the GOP should not just turn out its base but reach out to everyone who believes in free market-oriented reforms.
"I never use the words 'conservative' and 'liberal,' and you seldom hear me talking in party terms," he said, adding that Republicans should be inviting to anyone who believes in reform. "If you leave the door unlocked, a lot of nice people might drop in."
He expressed optimism about the GOP's bench of possible presidential candidates in 2016. Daniels jokingly said the fact that he was asked to run for president showed how thin the options were, but he said Republicans found themselves "between generations" this year, with a new slate of strong options in four years. He mentioned only Texas Senator-elect Ted Cruz by name.
Daniels also pushed back against the notion that Indiana public school Superintendent Tony Bennett's loss to Democrat Glenda Ritz in last week's election amounted to a rejection of education reforms.
Daniels said Ritz did not campaign against Bennett's policies, but rather on personal criticism against the Republican incumbent and false claims that Bennett would eliminate all funding for arts programs. He pointed out that pro-reform Republicans won the governor's race and big majorities in the legislature.
"You've got a pro-reform governor, a pro-reform House, a pro-reform Senate, and they were all identified with these policies, by the way, and they won," he said.
He attributed Bennett's loss to a weaker-than-expected showing toward the top of the ticket by Republicans Richard Mourdock and Pence, saying each would need to poll better to give their party's down-ballot candidates a better chance.Daniels also addressed some of his administration's worst moments, including the failed attempt to privatize the state's Medicaid database by outsourcing its management to IBM and two big glitches in the revenue department that led to the misplacement of about $500 billion.
The governor pointed to the IBM episode as his biggest failure, admitting that the plan didn't work but also pointing out that his time as governor has always been marked by big ideas – which can sometimes fall flat.
"You are not going to hit the bulls-eye in the first try every time," he said. "If you make no mistakes, you've been too timid. Just don't make the same mistake twice."When his term expires in January, Daniels will take a new job as president of Purdue University, where he said his goal will be to provide an "unquestionably excellent education that any kid can afford."
Because of his new job at Purdue, Daniels has said he will withdraw from talking about politics after eight years as the de facto leader of the Indiana Republican Party. While Daniels said he will miss some aspects of politics, he said he wanted to get out while he was ahead.
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Scott Thomas Dead, Bethany Arceneaux In Stable Condition
DUSON, La. (KPEL) — Scott Thomas, the man who allegedly kidnapped the mother of his child, Bethany Arceneaux, is dead.
Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office spokesperson Captain Kip Judice said family of members of Arceneaux apparently killed Thomas while trying to protect her from further harm. The exact details of his death are still being investigated.
"Family members are walking through a pasture with an abandoned home…and heard a yell from inside the home," Judice said. "Those family members entered the home and confronted Mr. Scott Thomas…who began to harm the victim. At that point, a confrontation ensued between the family member and Mr. Thomas."
"A SWAT team was sent into the home," Judice said, "and upon entry into the home, we found him dead."
Arceneaux, who was kidnapped Wedneday, was found alive at a home on Anderson Road, Lafayette Police Cpl. Paul Mouton said. She was being taken to a local hospital, where she is in "good condition other than some injuries that she had received," according to Mouton.
Arcenaux was found inside an abandoned home with Thomas. Family members tell KATC TV-3 they exchanged gunfire with Thomas at the house, though Mouton could not confirm this.
"The friends and family actually came into contact with the victim and the suspect in or out of the house," Mouton said. "There was a confrontation at that point. During that confrontation, the victim was freed."
Thomas "retreated into the house," Mouton said, which the sheriff's office Special Reponse Team quickly surrounded.
Arceneaux's uncle addressed members of the media Friday afternoon with a word of thanks.
Friends and family of Arceneaux flooded her Facebook page Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday–first in concern and then in relief when news surfaced that she was found alive.
Thomas is facing a charge of kidnapping for forcing Bethany into his car Wednesday evening at their child's daycare on Madeline Avenue.
Thomas is accused of abducting Arcenaux as she was leaving a daycare center with her little boy. She managed to hand the boy off to another person nearby, to avoid his abduction as well.


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DENVER — The last ride for Ray Lewis will last a little longer. The offseason for Peyton Manning could feel like an eternity.
Winning a classic playoff game in the second period of overtime, the Baltimore Ravens advanced to the AFC championship game by outlasting the Denver Broncos, 38-35, Saturday. Manning made the crucial mistake, throwing late across the middle and having his pass intercepted by Corey Graham late in the first period of overtime. That set up the Ravens in Broncos territory, and rookie Justin Tucker won it for the Ravens with a 47-yard field goal.
It was a thrilling playoff game that featured overtime, big plays, high drama, and controversial officiating. It had a smorgasbord of pivotal plays, including two touchdown returns on special teams by Trindon Hollliday of the Broncos, making him an unlikely star.
However, it was not enough for the Broncos, who suffered a bitter defeat as the AFC's No. 1 seed.
Here are three things we learned, as the Ravens awaited to visit either the New England Patriots or Houston Texans for the AFC championship:
1. The Ravens are resilient.
A team that has endured many heartbreaking losses just refuses to quit. The Ravens looked all but beaten, until Joe Flacco connected with Jacoby Jones for a 70-yard touchdown pass with just 31 seconds left in regulation that forced overtime. This was a major statement by the Ravens—underdogs on the road, against the No. 1 seed riding an 11-game winning streak. But the much-maligned Flacco made huge plays, and Baltimore still has a chance to cap Lewis' career with a Super Bowl. It remains to be seen if the Ravens can break through and reach New Orleans, but they have shown the heart of champions already.
2. The Broncos' secondary was awful.
Broncos safety Rahim Moore made a terrible play on Jones' tying touchdown, misjudging Flacco's pass in the air and allowing Smith to get behind the Broncos' secondary. Even if Smith makes the catch, at least make the tackle. Moore did neither.
Meanwhile, Champ Bailey was consistently burned by Ravens wide receiver Torrey Smith, who had two catches for touchdowns at Bailey's expense and almost hit on several other big plays. Bailey has been one of the best cover corners in history, but he did not look like it Saturday.
3. John Fox coached like Jake Delhomme was still his quarterback.
Fox got too conservative just after the two-minute warning in the fourth quarter, with the Broncos holding a seven-point lead. Facing a third-and-7, the Broncos called a running play and were stopped, forcing the punt that led to the Flacco-to-Jones touchdown play. If the Broncos had made a first down on that third-and-7, the game would have been over.
Why not trust an all-time great quarterback in that situation? Fox did not, and then Manning failed in overtime, throwing the interception that set up the Ravens for the winning field goal.
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Triple-A prospect Castro named to PCL All-Star team
MILWAUKEE -- Memphis Redbirds right-hander Angel Castro was named to the Pacific Coast League All-Star roster, replacing Jimmy Nelson of the Nashville Sounds.
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He was 8-5 with a 3.48 ERA last season with Albuquerque, the Dodgers Triple-A farm team. Castro has not pitched in a Major League game.
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The do's (and don'ts) of DIY promotional videos
Operating a small business is fraught with challenges. Just ask anyone running one. Even if you have the perfect product or service, getting customers to part with their hard-earned cash is never easy. And if your company is brand new, it's even more difficult. Having a marketing plan is extremely important. You need a vehicle that shows your customers what your product or service is all about or what problem it solves; and while you can write about it until you're blue in the face, showing is usually much more effective. That's why video should be a part of every business marketing mix. The good news is you have options! The bad news? You have options.
Sure, you can do it yourself. You can shoot some simple video and edit the piece at home using Picasa's movie editor software. You can ask your son to ask his friend's cousin (the one in film school) to help. It'll all work — especially if you keep things simple. We do recommend buying or renting a high-quality video camera, however, if you decide to do anything beyond a casual, off-the-cuff video. Flip cams are fine for more casual videos, especially for uploading to your company's Facebook wall and other informal channels. Ideas for casual videos include:
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Casual videos can be charming and fun. But for a video that you plan on using extensively to represent and promote your brand, doing it yourself with a flip cam just isn't going to cut it in terms of quality, and it'll end up making you look unprofessional. And let's be honest. How many folks have the time or resources to really pull it off? And you have to pull it off well. Anything less falls into the 'waste of your time' bucket, and we don't know any business owners who have a moment to waste.
Video is one of the most flexible of media, and is worth the investment. In addition to adding a "sticky" element to your own web site that attracts – and engages – visitors, you can also re-purpose videos in a variety of ways:
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Nearly two weeks after the debut of Covered California, the state's online health insurance marketplace, its website still doesn't offer a way to find out which doctors and hospitals are included in each health plan.
The website tool designed to help shoppers cross-reference tens of thousands of doctors and hundreds of hospitals that belong to the networks of Covered California's 12 insurance providers finally launched last week after earlier promises that it would be available on Oct. 1, the day similar exchanges opened for business nationwide under the new federal health care law.
But when it finally appeared on Tuesday, a hard-to-find online tool was only in place about 48 hours before it was removed from the site because of what exchange officials called "uneven" performance.
Since the new online insurance marketplaces opened 12 days ago, many websites across the country have been plagued by technical glitches. But Covered California's site seems to be less balky and more user-friendly than most.
As a result, the struggle to get the much-needed tool up and running has been an embarrassing issue for exchange officials and led to consumer frustration.
Moreover, once consumers are able to see which medical providers are part of the insurance networks, they might be in for a bit of a surprise: In an effort to keep premiums low, some major insurance companies are limiting the numbers of doctors and hospitals they are offering consumers.
Blue Shield of California confirmed to this newspaper that it will offer only 50 percent of its network doctors and 75 percent of its network hospitals to those who sign up for its exchange plans. Anthem Blue Cross of California will offer 95 percent of its hospitals to exchange customers -- but only 60 percent of its network doctors to consumers, said company spokeswoman Leslie Porras.
After studying the preferences of tens of thousands of its customers, Porras said, "what we learned was that people are willing to make trade-offs in order to have access to affordable health care."
Porras said the lower-cost Blue Cross plans were achieved by "refining our networks to be less broad and ... more focused."
Similarly, Blue Shield spokeswoman Lindy Wagner said the company is confident that its network will be adequate for its Covered California customers. "We want to keep our exchange product affordable," Wagner said.
The thinning of health care networks is exactly what some critics of the 2010 health law had predicted would happen.
At least one prominent health care consultant believes Covered California is misleading consumers about the kinds of plans they are buying.
Robert Laszewski, who heads Health Policy and Strategy Associates in Virginia, accuses Peter Lee, Covered California's executive director, of consistently downplaying the shortcomings of some of the new health plans.
"He has not been telling them that the cheaper health insurance plans only cover half the doctors and hospitals that are used under employer plans," Laszewski said.
Covered California spokesman Dana Howard disputed the charge that Lee hasn't been forthright. Howard said the exchange is "continually working with health care companies to expand and enhance the number of providers that are within their plans."
The health care law is designed to make affordable insurance available to at least 40 million Americans who now lack health care coverage. The law provides federal subsidies to help pay for insurance but also mandates that most legal U.S. residents purchase a plan by March 31 or pay a minimum $95 penalty. Those who sign up for policies before Dec. 15 will see them take effect on New Year's Day.
Howard said if knowing whether certain physicians or hospitals are in a particular plan is a big part of someone's decision, it's best to hold off from enrolling until the online tool is functioning -- which he said would be sometime this week.
Some insurers' websites, including those of Blue Shield and Health Net, allow consumers to check to see if their doctors and hospitals are on an exchange plan. And Anthem Blue Cross says it's working on a similar tool. Still, Covered California has long advertised that it would offer "one-stop shopping" so that customers would not have to check out several insurance sites.
"We recognize that the consumer experience has not been the best for everyone, and we apologize for that,'' said Larry Hicks, an exchange spokesman.
Covered California customers have reacted with a mixture of exasperation and understanding. By now, many are well aware that the sign-up deadline is still two months away.
When Glenn Stewart, a 63-year-old retired telecom executive from Mountain View, used the website tool last week, it told him there was no hospital within 100 miles of his ZIP code.
But Stewart attributed the snafus to the exchange "just not being ready."
"So I was not agitated about that," he said. "I was expecting it."
Meanwhile, not all providers are reducing the size of all of their plans. Health Net, for example, cut by 25 percent the number of doctors in its HMO plan, which is offered only in Southern California. But spokesman Brad Kieffer said the company's PPO plan in the Bay Area will continue to offer Health Net's full slate of doctors and hospitals.
Kieffer, however, also pointed out that full network plans are becoming dinosaurs in the industry.
"During the recession, lots of employers found it challenging to continue to offer those full benefit plans,'' he said. "They were demanding that health plans come up with ways to save money."
The cost-cutting move by California's major insurers is putting Kaiser Permanente -- renowned for its comprehensive system of doctors and hospitals -- at a competitive disadvantage in some regions. That's because the health care giant cannot carve out a portion of its system and exclude it for a particular group of people in order to lower premiums, said Kaiser spokesman Marc Brown.
The reduction of health providers in some of Covered California's insurance plans worries some medical professionals.
While it applauds Covered California's mission, the California Medical Association, which represents about 38,000 licensed doctors in the state, says the leaner exchange networks could lead to major problems.
"Our biggest concern is: Will there be enough doctors in the network to see the new patients?" said Lisa Folberg, the CMA's vice president of medical and regulatory policy. "It's something we're carefully watching."


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Bard re-joins Red Sox bullpen
BOSTON -- Daniel Bard, who was once the top setup man for the Red Sox, re-joined the club in time for Wednesday's 4:05 p.m. ET contest against the Oakland Athletics.
Bard had been pitching for Double-A Portland after being optioned toward the end of Spring Training.
Red Sox manager John Farrell announced after Tuesday night's game that knuckleballer Steven Wright was optioned back to Triple-A Pawtucket and added that a corresponding roster move would be made Wednesday.
That move was used to summon Bard, who was one of the top relievers in the American League from 2009-11.
Bard tried to make the transition to a starting role last season but got lost mechanically. That experiment ended in early June, and Bard had trouble regaining his feel and confidence both in Triple-A and when he was recalled by the Red Sox late in the season.
The power righty made some strides during Spring Training, but he was not consistent enough to make the team.
It is unclear if Bard's stint in Boston will be temporary while the Red Sox are short on relievers or if he will stay for an extended period.
Bard pitched a scoreless sixth inning for Portland on Tuesday. He was unscored on in his last five outings and has a 4.00 ERA over eight outings. In nine innings, Bard has four strikeouts and four walks.
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Four-Drug Combination Therapy With Zidovudine, Lamivudine, 1592U89 (Abacavir), and 141W94 (Amprenavir) in HIV-Infected Patients
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The purpose of this study is to see if the multidrug combination of zidovudine (ZDV), lamivudine (3TC), 1592U89 (abacavir [ABC]), and 141W94 (amprenavir [APV]) is a safe and effective treatment for HIV-infected patients and if there is a reduction of active HIV in blood and other tissues.
HIV infection is a life-changing illness and new HIV treatments must be tested. This study will test if a 4-drug combination will reduce HIV virus activity in blood and other tissues and if it is safe and well tolerated. Doctors also want to know if the multidrug combination is able to decrease viral activity over a long time period.
|HIV Infections
|Drug: Abacavir sulfate Drug: Amprenavir Drug: Lamivudine Drug: Zidovudine
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|Study Design:
|Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
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|An Open-Label, Single Center Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Quadruple Chemotherapy (Zidovudine, EPIVIR, 1592U89, and 141W94) in Subjects Infected With HIV-1 (GW QUAD)
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|Study Completion Date:
|June 2007
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|June 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
With effective combination ART, there is a decrease in HIV-1 RNA in plasma after 2 to 3 weeks. A second, slower phase of viral decay is thought to occur in long-lived macrophages, with a minimal contribution from lymphocytes. This study addresses whether there is a third reservoir such as the central nervous system. Additionally, the study aims to provide a better understanding of the type and length of ART required to suppress HIV-1 replication in multiple reservoirs.
Patients receive treatment with ZDV, 3TC, ABC, and APV daily for 24 weeks. Clinic visits occur weekly until Week 4, then every 2 weeks until Week 12, then monthly. Blood and urine samples are collected and patients are monitored for clinical or laboratory abnormalities. Laboratory tests to assess side effects and virologic and immunologic parameters, including viral quantification of CSF on all chronically infected patients and selected consenting acutely infected patients, are determined. In a pharmacoeconomic component of this study, patients have interviews and complete questionnaires at 5 clinic visits.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria
Patients may be eligible for this study if they:
- Are at least 18 years old.
- Have a chronic (long-term) HIV infection (greater than 90 days) or a recent HIV infection.
- Have a plasma viral load (level of HIV in the blood) of at least 5,000 copies/ml (for chronically infected patients only).
- Are able to follow study requirements.
- Agree to practice reliable forms of birth control such as barrier or surgical methods, starting 1 month prior to entry and while enrolled in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients will not be eligible for this study if they:
- Have had prior anti-HIV treatment (for recently infected patients only).
- Have a history of blood-clotting problems.
- Have ever received treatment with protease inhibitors or 3TC.
- Are at high risk for developing an infection in the heart.
- Are critically ill.
- Are mentally disabled, a prisoner, or confined in an institution.
- Are breast-feeding or pregnant.
- Have gastrointestinal problems that might interfere with drug absorption or are unable to take medicines by mouth.
- Need regular blood transfusions.
- Have had an unexplained fever higher than 38.5 C for more than 14 days within 30 days of enrollment.
- Have an opportunistic (AIDS-related) infection that requires treatment (treatment must be completed 30 days before the start of the study).
- Are taking certain medications that may interfere with the study.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00006617
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|Principal Investigator:
|Martin Markowitz
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|NCT00006617 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|December 6, 2000
|Last Updated:
|May 14, 2015
Keywords provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID):
Drug Therapy, Combination
Lymphoid Tissue
Gastrointestinal System
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Lymphocyte Subsets
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Anti-HIV Agents
Viral Load
Cerebrospinal Fluid
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Retroviral Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Anti-HIV Agents
Antibiotics, Antitubercular
Antitubercular Agents
Anti-Bacterial Agents
HIV Protease Inhibitors
Protease Inhibitors
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017