HIV-related wasting can have long-term consequences People who suffered wasting in the past more vulnerable to frailty in later life Michael Carter Published: 30 November 2015 HIV-associated wasting can have a long-term impact on physical function and quality of life, according to research from the United States published in the online edition of AIDS. The research …
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Men who have anal sex with men (MSM) are more likely to get anal HPVthan men who only have sex with women. Researchers estimate that the prevalence of anal HPV among men who only have sex with women is around 15% while anal HPV prevalence for MSM is around 60%. If you add HIV into the mix, infection risk …
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Forum on Aging With HIV: H. Pylori and HIV: What Do I Need to Know? (Editor’s Pick) Forum on Aging With HIV: H. Pylori and HIV: What Do I … I am very familiar with H. Pylori. I was diagnosed with it using a urea breath test 2 …
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By Nelson Vergel. SalvageTherapies.org No one can deny that many patients can now suppress their HIV with effective antiretrovirals (ARVs) that cause fewer side effects. However, a vulnerable and often forgotten minority of people are still struggling with multi-drug resistant HIV (MDR-HIV) while they anxiously wait for access to lifesaving ARVs that would finally control …
Webcast : Beyond the Berlin Patient- How Researchers Are Now Trying to Cure More HIV+ People By Nelson Vergel We all read headlines almost weekly about the latest HIV cure. After years of being exposed to these inflamed news reports, we may get desensitized to the fact that there is actually progress being made in …
TRANSCRIPT FROM GOOGLE HANGOUT ON HIV PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PrEP) WITH DAMON JACOBS AND NELSON VERGEL Scott: Hello everybody. Scott Sillary here with Viral Marketing. I’m here with Nelson Vergel and Damon Jacobs. Welcome to the Power Hangout. It’s going to be fantastic. Nelson, tell us a little bit about what we’re going …
The HIV Prevention Pill: A Free Webcast on July 29, 6:30 PM (EDT) Activists and educators Damon Jacobs and Nelson Vergel will answer questions about the use of Truvada for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) covering research facts, misconceptions and access of this highly effective prevention tool. This webcast is of interest to the lay person …
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Impaired sperm motility in HIV-infected men: an unexpected adverse effect of efavirenz? Frapsauce C, et al. Hum Reprod. 2015. Authors Frapsauce C1, Grabar S2, Leruez-Ville M3, Launay O4, Sogni P5, Gayet V6, Viard JP7, De Almeida M8, Jouannet P8, Dulioust E1. Author information 1Laboratoire de Biologie de la Reproduction, Hôpital Broca-Cochin-Hôtel Dieu, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de …
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Video: HIV Activist Raises Hope and Warnings in New Attachment Inhibitor Trial. Leading HIV activist Nelson Vergel raises hopes but also warns HIV salvage patients and their physicians about functional monotherapy risks in the Bristol-Meyers Squibb (BMS) new attachment inhibitor study (Fostemsavir, BMS-663068) currently enrolling (2015-2016). This innovative drug, along with Taimed’s ibalizumab, can be the …
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Clin Infect Dis. (2015) doi: 10.1093/cid/civ171First published online: March 3, 2015 Impact of the Earliness of Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation During Primary HIV-1 Infection on the Decay of Cell-Associated HIV-DNA Moussa Laanani1,2, 1Inserm, CESP Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, U1018, Paris-Sud University, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France 2APHP, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Bicêtre Hospital, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France …
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From Jules Levin: perhaps the biggest stories out of CROI from my perspective are the development of 2 new HIV therapies – the new attachment inhibitor & the new maturation inhibitors, as well as the safety & efficacy of TAF, and an important message out of CROI is that TAF can also be used in HCV coinfected patients as a replacement …
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January 29, 2015 Janssen Therapeutics, Division of Janssen Products, LP (Janssen), today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved PREZCOBIX™ (darunavir 800 mg/cobicistat 150 mg) tablets, an HIV-1 protease inhibitor combined with a CYP3A4 inhibitor, for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) in combination with other antiretroviral agents for treatment-naive and …
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