How to use HIV/AIDS e-mail lists: an on-line introduction

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E-mail lists are a great source of information and support.

Some of them are at the cutting edge of HIV treatment. At least six months

before clinicians had first defined the lipodystrophy syndrome, people taking

Glossary

syndrome

A group of symptoms and diseases that together are characteristic of a specific condition. AIDS is the characteristic syndrome of HIV.

 

lipodystrophy

A disruption to the way the body produces, uses and distributes fat. Different forms of lipodystrophy include lipoatrophy (loss of subcutaneous fat from an area) and lipohypertrophy (accumulation of fat in an area), which may occur in the same person.

peer review

The process of subjecting a scientist’s research to the scrutiny of other scientists working in the same field. Studies published in medical journals are usually peer reviewed, whereas conference presentations are not.

protease inhibitors had begun to itemise all the symptoms for themselves through

an on-line e-mail list called Crix-List.

E-mail lists also offer daily delivery of news and summaries of peer-reviewed

journal articles.

A very useful on-line introduction by John La Bella of HIV Infoweb, with the

facility to sign up to any of the lists whilst on-line, is available

at

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