And advocates say transgender people can find it difficult to change gender on their birth certificates because many states require proof of gender treatment surgery.

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There's also no proof from randomized trials that more frequent treatment saves lives or prevents hospitalizations.

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"At the physical examination for the army, he provided proof of an illness that required a psychiatric treatment, " Mr Mahler told a news conference.

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There is no reason to believe that these new treatment regimens wouldn't work with PEG-Intron, but there is also no proof.

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At the turn of this century, however, the expansion of the AIDS pandemic, the corresponding fortitude of AIDS activists, and proof that AIDS drugs could be successfully deployed even in poor settings, put such concerns on the back burner and treatment in front.

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