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Year: 2010
Video about injections of PMMA for Facial Wasting in HIV
From Facial Lipoatrophy https://picasaweb.google.com/NelsonVergel/FacialLipoatrophy?feat=directlink#5551808798499067522
Mitochondrial damage in adipose tissue of untreated HIV-infected patients.
Naive patients not on treatment also have some changes in their mitochondria. So boys and girls, take your carnitine, coenzyme q-10 and B vitamins to protect your tiny energy factories that seem to be affected by the virus and its treatments. Decrease in mitochondria or its DNA has been linked to aging and other diseases. …
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My Dream Agenda for an Aging Conference in 2011
This would be a great agenda for an aging conference (HIV or non HIV related). I hope someone sees this and picks it up as a possibility! Advances in Testosterone Replacement for Men and Women Basic Home – Based Exercise Prescription for the Aging Population Preventing and treating bone loss associated with aging Vitamin D Research …
What NOT to do when prescribing testosterone to older men
I covered the results of the study mentioned below in my book. It is so strange to me that they did not even mention or monitor hemoglobin and hematocrit in these older men. It is a well known fact that older men have more testosterone to estradiol conversion and more red blood cell increases with the …
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Second Bioplasty Congress in Mexico- PMMA for facial and buttock lipoatrophy
I attended the second International Congress on Bioplasty in Guadalajara last week. Here is the program in Spanish: https://www.bioplastia.org.mx/es/programa.php Cosmetic and dermatology physicians from Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia came to share experiences on the use of PMMA (polymethylacrylate) to treat HIV related facial and buttock lipoatrophy and other non HIV related physical abnormalities. Bioplasty …
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Brief Update from Bioplasty Conference in Guadalajara today
I was invited by Dr Casavantes from Mexico to speak in front of 200 physicians from Mexico and Brazil about the impact of HIV lipoatrophy on patients' quality of life. I also spoke about the role of activists in lipoatrophy in the United States.It has been an amazing day. Doctors from Brazil and Mexico have …
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Review of aTalk by Nelson Vergel: “Survivor Wisdom: Advances in Managing Side Effects, Living Well, and Aging with HIV” – New York City, November 9, 2010
Thanks to the New York Buyers’ Club for sponsoring my lecture in New York. Here is their review: https://nybc.wordpress.com/2010/11/17/nelson-vergel-survivor-wisdom/
Egrifta Gets Approved for the Treatment of Abdominal Fat Accumulation in HIV- Activists Ask Serono to Price it Affordably
Fat busting, but at what cost?: https://blogs.poz.com/tim/archives/2010/11/fat_busting_but_at_w.html Press Release from Serono: https://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/emdserono/47019/ Here’s a link to the full prescribing info via Serono’s website: https://www.emdserono.com/cmg.emdserono_us/en/images/FULL%20PRESCRIBING%20INFORMATION_tcm115_59676.pdf?Version= A Closer Look at Egrifta, a Newly Approved Treatment for HIV-Associated Belly Fat Gain (Lipohypertrophy) https://www.thebody.com/content/art59340.html For physicians interested in learning more about EGRIFTA™ and the process for prescribing EGRIFTA™, call the AXIS …
Risk of MI May Go Up With Calcium Supplements
Risk of MI May Go Up With Calcium Supplements MedPage Today Published: July 29, 2010 Effect of calcium supplements on risk of myocardial infarction and … Jul 29, 2010 … Recently, the Women’s Health Initiative reported that calcium and vitamin D had no effect on the risk of coronary heart disease or stroke.41 … www.natap.org/2010/newsUpdates/081110_05.htm …
Vitamin D Deficiency in EuroSIDA Linked to All-Cause Mortality and AIDS
Vitamin D Deficiency in EuroSIDA Linked to All-Cause Mortality and AIDS Vitamin D Deficiency in EuroSIDA Linked to All-Cause Mortality and AIDS Tenth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection, November 7-11, 2010, Glasgow Mark Mascolini Analyzing almost 2000 cohort members, EuroSIDA investigators found a higher risk of a new AIDS diagnosis or death …
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