http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art60462.html HIV Care Today is a multi-author blog featuring people on the frontlines of HIV treatment, prevention and patient/client care. This blog serves as a platform for these health care professionals to discuss the everyday challenges of their jobs, recent developments in their fields and issues relevant to the evolution of HIV/AIDS care. http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art60462.htmlhttp://img.thebody.com/thebody/blogfeeds/bluehands_140x140.gif HIVCareTodayhttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/EwASwokTFOc/advisory-meeting-may-10-on-tenofovirftc-for-prep-a.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">As I've mentioned before, I have no doubt whatsoever that TDF/FTC works for PrEP, provided the person actually takes the med. And while it's not yet approved for this indication, nothing has stopped clinicians from prescribing it already. There's even a CDC "Guidance" on the practice that's now over a year old. Remember, we give TDF/FTC all the time for post-exposure prophylaxis.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/67106/advisory-meeting-may-10-on-tenofovirftc-for-prep-a.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=EwASwokTFOc:xg_R2qMLWPc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=EwASwokTFOc:xg_R2qMLWPc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=EwASwokTFOc:xg_R2qMLWPc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=EwASwokTFOc:xg_R2qMLWPc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=EwASwokTFOc:xg_R2qMLWPc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=EwASwokTFOc:xg_R2qMLWPc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=EwASwokTFOc:xg_R2qMLWPc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=EwASwokTFOc:xg_R2qMLWPc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=EwASwokTFOc:xg_R2qMLWPc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=EwASwokTFOc:xg_R2qMLWPc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=EwASwokTFOc:xg_R2qMLWPc:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=EwASwokTFOc:xg_R2qMLWPc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/EwASwokTFOc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/67106/advisory-meeting-may-10-on-tenofovirftc-for-prep-a.html Thu, 10 May 2012 12:00:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/67106/advisory-meeting-may-10-on-tenofovirftc-for-prep-a.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/S2WFMNnt2xI/do-we-really-need-primary-prophylaxis-for-ois-anym.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">I'm currently on the inpatient consult service and just saw a guy who fits the typical profile of many hospitalized HIV patients in 2012.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66935/do-we-really-need-primary-prophylaxis-for-ois-anym.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=S2WFMNnt2xI:d7qdEosp9pg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=S2WFMNnt2xI:d7qdEosp9pg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=S2WFMNnt2xI:d7qdEosp9pg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=S2WFMNnt2xI:d7qdEosp9pg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=S2WFMNnt2xI:d7qdEosp9pg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=S2WFMNnt2xI:d7qdEosp9pg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=S2WFMNnt2xI:d7qdEosp9pg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=S2WFMNnt2xI:d7qdEosp9pg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=S2WFMNnt2xI:d7qdEosp9pg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=S2WFMNnt2xI:d7qdEosp9pg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=S2WFMNnt2xI:d7qdEosp9pg:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=S2WFMNnt2xI:d7qdEosp9pg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/S2WFMNnt2xI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66935/do-we-really-need-primary-prophylaxis-for-ois-anym.html Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:23:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66935/do-we-really-need-primary-prophylaxis-for-ois-anym.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/PMbUeQvaRv8/an-answer-to-a-commonly-asked-question-is-treatmen.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">The excitement about "treatment as prevention", and the results of <a href="http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1105243" target="_blank">Study 052</a>, have led to many patients asking the question (if not in these words, than using others with a less medical slant), "So if I'm on treatment and doing well, just what is the risk of my transmitting HIV to others?"</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66937/an-answer-to-a-commonly-asked-question-is-treatmen.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=PMbUeQvaRv8:k7mZUwM06u0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=PMbUeQvaRv8:k7mZUwM06u0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=PMbUeQvaRv8:k7mZUwM06u0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=PMbUeQvaRv8:k7mZUwM06u0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=PMbUeQvaRv8:k7mZUwM06u0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=PMbUeQvaRv8:k7mZUwM06u0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=PMbUeQvaRv8:k7mZUwM06u0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=PMbUeQvaRv8:k7mZUwM06u0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=PMbUeQvaRv8:k7mZUwM06u0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=PMbUeQvaRv8:k7mZUwM06u0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=PMbUeQvaRv8:k7mZUwM06u0:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=PMbUeQvaRv8:k7mZUwM06u0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/PMbUeQvaRv8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66937/an-answer-to-a-commonly-asked-question-is-treatmen.html Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:56:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66937/an-answer-to-a-commonly-asked-question-is-treatmen.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/OAmR0t17AXc/a-skeptical-look-at-test-and-treat.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">Over in <i>Journal Watch AIDS Clinical Care</i>, Abbie Zuger has written a <a href="http://aids-clinical-care.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2012/409/1?q=featured_ac" target="_blank">fascinating perspective</a> on the recent enthusiasm for universal HIV treatment.<br><br>Her take? Let's just say she doesn't share the enthusiasm of public health officials and members of guidelines committees. Well, that's a <i>huge </i>understatement.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66598/a-skeptical-look-at-test-and-treat.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=OAmR0t17AXc:86R7hAsGY10:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=OAmR0t17AXc:86R7hAsGY10:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=OAmR0t17AXc:86R7hAsGY10:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=OAmR0t17AXc:86R7hAsGY10:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=OAmR0t17AXc:86R7hAsGY10:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=OAmR0t17AXc:86R7hAsGY10:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=OAmR0t17AXc:86R7hAsGY10:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=OAmR0t17AXc:86R7hAsGY10:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=OAmR0t17AXc:86R7hAsGY10:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=OAmR0t17AXc:86R7hAsGY10:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=OAmR0t17AXc:86R7hAsGY10:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=OAmR0t17AXc:86R7hAsGY10:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/OAmR0t17AXc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66598/a-skeptical-look-at-test-and-treat.html Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:56:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66598/a-skeptical-look-at-test-and-treat.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/gqaPvc2V0Y0/latest-guidelines-recommend-hiv-treatment-for-all.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">From the key <a href="http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/guidelines/html/1/adult-and-adolescent-treatment-guidelines/0/" target="_blank">"What's New in the Guidelines" section</a> of today's Department of Health and Human Services update:<br><br>ART is recommended for all HIV-infected individuals. The strength of this recommendation varies on the basis of pretreatment CD4 cell count.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66494/latest-guidelines-recommend-hiv-treatment-for-all.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=gqaPvc2V0Y0:HUWeyf-gr5s:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=gqaPvc2V0Y0:HUWeyf-gr5s:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=gqaPvc2V0Y0:HUWeyf-gr5s:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=gqaPvc2V0Y0:HUWeyf-gr5s:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=gqaPvc2V0Y0:HUWeyf-gr5s:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=gqaPvc2V0Y0:HUWeyf-gr5s:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=gqaPvc2V0Y0:HUWeyf-gr5s:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=gqaPvc2V0Y0:HUWeyf-gr5s:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=gqaPvc2V0Y0:HUWeyf-gr5s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=gqaPvc2V0Y0:HUWeyf-gr5s:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=gqaPvc2V0Y0:HUWeyf-gr5s:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=gqaPvc2V0Y0:HUWeyf-gr5s:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/gqaPvc2V0Y0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66494/latest-guidelines-recommend-hiv-treatment-for-all.html Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:51:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66494/latest-guidelines-recommend-hiv-treatment-for-all.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/qfRfD2UIFK4/positive-living-15-connecting-hearts-and-minds.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/david_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W." align="right">Several attendees drove fifteen hours from St. Louis. Others came by caravan from Atlanta. In the hotel lobby there were happy reunions of friends who hadn't seen each other since last year. Overall nearly four hundred and fifty people made their way from 22 states to the white sandy beaches of the Florida panhandle in early March. It was spring break, but their purpose was much more a matter of life and death. They were gathering for Positive Living 15, the largest conference in the nation specifically for people living with HIV.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66400/positive-living-15-connecting-hearts-and-minds.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=qfRfD2UIFK4:1gRwSm_kK2I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=qfRfD2UIFK4:1gRwSm_kK2I:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=qfRfD2UIFK4:1gRwSm_kK2I:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=qfRfD2UIFK4:1gRwSm_kK2I:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=qfRfD2UIFK4:1gRwSm_kK2I:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=qfRfD2UIFK4:1gRwSm_kK2I:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=qfRfD2UIFK4:1gRwSm_kK2I:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=qfRfD2UIFK4:1gRwSm_kK2I:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=qfRfD2UIFK4:1gRwSm_kK2I:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=qfRfD2UIFK4:1gRwSm_kK2I:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=qfRfD2UIFK4:1gRwSm_kK2I:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=qfRfD2UIFK4:1gRwSm_kK2I:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/qfRfD2UIFK4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66400/positive-living-15-connecting-hearts-and-minds.html Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:29:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66400/positive-living-15-connecting-hearts-and-minds.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/LY6154yOPcc/more-confusion-on-anal-cancer-screening.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">Screening for anal cancer in men who have sex with men (MSM) -- with pap smears, high resolution anoscopy, with whatever test -- is quite the quagmire.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66495/more-confusion-on-anal-cancer-screening.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=LY6154yOPcc:OQOhR78Cj-0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=LY6154yOPcc:OQOhR78Cj-0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=LY6154yOPcc:OQOhR78Cj-0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=LY6154yOPcc:OQOhR78Cj-0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=LY6154yOPcc:OQOhR78Cj-0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=LY6154yOPcc:OQOhR78Cj-0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=LY6154yOPcc:OQOhR78Cj-0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=LY6154yOPcc:OQOhR78Cj-0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=LY6154yOPcc:OQOhR78Cj-0:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=LY6154yOPcc:OQOhR78Cj-0:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=LY6154yOPcc:OQOhR78Cj-0:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=LY6154yOPcc:OQOhR78Cj-0:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/LY6154yOPcc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66495/more-confusion-on-anal-cancer-screening.html Thu, 22 Mar 2012 12:23:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66495/more-confusion-on-anal-cancer-screening.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/cipvUVTLMHg/croi-2012-really-rapid-review--with-croi-2013-date.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">Some highly subjective highlights -- a Really Rapid Review&trade; -- from this year's Number One Greatest Super Scientific HIV Conference, the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), which ended last week in Seattle.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66304/croi-2012-really-rapid-review--with-croi-2013-date.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=cipvUVTLMHg:LG4K_dha3mI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=cipvUVTLMHg:LG4K_dha3mI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=cipvUVTLMHg:LG4K_dha3mI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=cipvUVTLMHg:LG4K_dha3mI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=cipvUVTLMHg:LG4K_dha3mI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=cipvUVTLMHg:LG4K_dha3mI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=cipvUVTLMHg:LG4K_dha3mI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=cipvUVTLMHg:LG4K_dha3mI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=cipvUVTLMHg:LG4K_dha3mI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=cipvUVTLMHg:LG4K_dha3mI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=cipvUVTLMHg:LG4K_dha3mI:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=cipvUVTLMHg:LG4K_dha3mI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/cipvUVTLMHg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66304/croi-2012-really-rapid-review--with-croi-2013-date.html Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:17:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/66304/croi-2012-really-rapid-review--with-croi-2013-date.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/dYFl_kCzOWQ/a-truly-bizarre-systematic-review.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">You know that tenofovir, emtricitabine, and efavirenz HIV regimen? The one that's universally listed as one of the "Preferred," or "Recommended" or "First-line" options in all HIV treatment guidelines in the universe? And the regimen that is easily the most widely used in the USA today? Well, here's a <a target="_blank" href="http://summaries.cochrane.org/CD007276/effectiveness-and-safety-of-first-line-tenofovir--emtricitabine--efavirenz-for-patients-with-hiv">surprising review from Cochrane Summaries</a>, entitled "Effectiveness and safety of first-line tenofovir + emtricitabine + efavirenz for patients with HIV" ...</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65954/a-truly-bizarre-systematic-review.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=dYFl_kCzOWQ:585w8lCrDgg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=dYFl_kCzOWQ:585w8lCrDgg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=dYFl_kCzOWQ:585w8lCrDgg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=dYFl_kCzOWQ:585w8lCrDgg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=dYFl_kCzOWQ:585w8lCrDgg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=dYFl_kCzOWQ:585w8lCrDgg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=dYFl_kCzOWQ:585w8lCrDgg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=dYFl_kCzOWQ:585w8lCrDgg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=dYFl_kCzOWQ:585w8lCrDgg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=dYFl_kCzOWQ:585w8lCrDgg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=dYFl_kCzOWQ:585w8lCrDgg:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=dYFl_kCzOWQ:585w8lCrDgg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/dYFl_kCzOWQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65954/a-truly-bizarre-systematic-review.html Sun, 26 Feb 2012 14:43:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65954/a-truly-bizarre-systematic-review.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/BanGCQWlkkU/hepatitis-c-and-the-retooling-of-hivid-specialists.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">The news that hepatitis C (HCV) has passed HIV as a cause of death in the United States got quite a bit of attention when it was first presented last year at ICAAC -- and no doubt the published paper, in this week's <a target="_blank" href="http://www.annals.org/content/156/4/271.abstract"><i>Annals of Internal Medicine</i></a>, will also cause a stir. In fact, I boldly predict that going forward, (approximately) 94.2% of HCV-related research grants, journal articles, and lay press articles will cite this paper, making it (for now) the "<a target="_blank" href="http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199803263381301"><i>Palella NEJM 1998</i></a>" of HCV.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65955/hepatitis-c-and-the-retooling-of-hivid-specialists.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=BanGCQWlkkU:Wwkwd0whotQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=BanGCQWlkkU:Wwkwd0whotQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=BanGCQWlkkU:Wwkwd0whotQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=BanGCQWlkkU:Wwkwd0whotQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=BanGCQWlkkU:Wwkwd0whotQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=BanGCQWlkkU:Wwkwd0whotQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=BanGCQWlkkU:Wwkwd0whotQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=BanGCQWlkkU:Wwkwd0whotQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=BanGCQWlkkU:Wwkwd0whotQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=BanGCQWlkkU:Wwkwd0whotQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=BanGCQWlkkU:Wwkwd0whotQ:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=BanGCQWlkkU:Wwkwd0whotQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/BanGCQWlkkU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65955/hepatitis-c-and-the-retooling-of-hivid-specialists.html Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:45:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65955/hepatitis-c-and-the-retooling-of-hivid-specialists.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/X1L0u-7koM4/nurse-what-did-the-doctor-say.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/bethsheba_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Bethsheba Johnson, G.N.P.-B.C., A.A.H.I.V.S." align="right">As providers, we spend time in hospitals, clinics and offices attempting to educate our patients on prevention and treatment of disease. But how many times have we heard that, after the patient walked out of exam room, he or she stated to the nurse, "I don't understand what the doctor just said to me about my health. Can you tell me?" The patient probably heard what Charlie Brown hears when his teacher is speaking to him. "You should do this and you shouldn't do that, <i>mwa mwa, blah, blah, wah, wah</i>. Have a nice day." Total gibberish!</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65882/nurse-what-did-the-doctor-say.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=X1L0u-7koM4:Uadf7fq0bi8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=X1L0u-7koM4:Uadf7fq0bi8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=X1L0u-7koM4:Uadf7fq0bi8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=X1L0u-7koM4:Uadf7fq0bi8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=X1L0u-7koM4:Uadf7fq0bi8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=X1L0u-7koM4:Uadf7fq0bi8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=X1L0u-7koM4:Uadf7fq0bi8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=X1L0u-7koM4:Uadf7fq0bi8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=X1L0u-7koM4:Uadf7fq0bi8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=X1L0u-7koM4:Uadf7fq0bi8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=X1L0u-7koM4:Uadf7fq0bi8:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=X1L0u-7koM4:Uadf7fq0bi8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/X1L0u-7koM4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65882/nurse-what-did-the-doctor-say.html Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:03:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65882/nurse-what-did-the-doctor-say.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/T77685jxrJA/boceprevirpi-interaction-a-dear-doctor-letter-we-d.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">By now I'm sure that most of you ID folks out there have received the following <a target="_blank" href="http://www.merck.com/newsroom/pdf/FINAL_DHCP_2_6_2012.pdf">letter from Merck</a>, the makers of boceprevir ...</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65741/boceprevirpi-interaction-a-dear-doctor-letter-we-d.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=T77685jxrJA:4vtdILDk0Cg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=T77685jxrJA:4vtdILDk0Cg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=T77685jxrJA:4vtdILDk0Cg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=T77685jxrJA:4vtdILDk0Cg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=T77685jxrJA:4vtdILDk0Cg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=T77685jxrJA:4vtdILDk0Cg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=T77685jxrJA:4vtdILDk0Cg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=T77685jxrJA:4vtdILDk0Cg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=T77685jxrJA:4vtdILDk0Cg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=T77685jxrJA:4vtdILDk0Cg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=T77685jxrJA:4vtdILDk0Cg:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=T77685jxrJA:4vtdILDk0Cg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/T77685jxrJA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65741/boceprevirpi-interaction-a-dear-doctor-letter-we-d.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:03:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65741/boceprevirpi-interaction-a-dear-doctor-letter-we-d.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/TaRtFL2Dwmg/more-on-low-but-detectable-viral-loads--is-knowing.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">I have a very smart, very experienced colleague -- clue, his initials are CC, and he doesn't <a target="_blank" href="http://i.cdn.turner.com/sivault/si_online/covers/images/2009/0406_large.jpg">pitch for the Yankees</a> -- who continues to use bDNA testing for HIV viral load monitoring. You know, the assay with a lower limit of detection of 75 copies. He knows that bDNA is less sensitive than PCR. He knows that it's more expensive than PCR.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65682/more-on-low-but-detectable-viral-loads--is-knowing.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=TaRtFL2Dwmg:LHtV0BCk-AM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=TaRtFL2Dwmg:LHtV0BCk-AM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=TaRtFL2Dwmg:LHtV0BCk-AM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=TaRtFL2Dwmg:LHtV0BCk-AM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=TaRtFL2Dwmg:LHtV0BCk-AM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=TaRtFL2Dwmg:LHtV0BCk-AM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=TaRtFL2Dwmg:LHtV0BCk-AM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=TaRtFL2Dwmg:LHtV0BCk-AM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=TaRtFL2Dwmg:LHtV0BCk-AM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=TaRtFL2Dwmg:LHtV0BCk-AM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=TaRtFL2Dwmg:LHtV0BCk-AM:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=TaRtFL2Dwmg:LHtV0BCk-AM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/TaRtFL2Dwmg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65682/more-on-low-but-detectable-viral-loads--is-knowing.html Fri, 3 Feb 2012 13:01:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65682/more-on-low-but-detectable-viral-loads--is-knowing.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/zfmTpQrhws0/avoiding-the-slippery-slope-to-burnout.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/david_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W." align="right">The text alert came in the middle of a session. It was from a colleague and read simply "call asap." I dialed his number between patients, and when he answered, I was surprised at his quiet tone and his admission that he was really shaken. We often utilized each other for consultation and support, but on this day he sounded defeated. He told me that a patient had just died.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65527/avoiding-the-slippery-slope-to-burnout.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=zfmTpQrhws0:FgdJjeQpHHQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=zfmTpQrhws0:FgdJjeQpHHQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=zfmTpQrhws0:FgdJjeQpHHQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=zfmTpQrhws0:FgdJjeQpHHQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=zfmTpQrhws0:FgdJjeQpHHQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=zfmTpQrhws0:FgdJjeQpHHQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=zfmTpQrhws0:FgdJjeQpHHQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=zfmTpQrhws0:FgdJjeQpHHQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=zfmTpQrhws0:FgdJjeQpHHQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=zfmTpQrhws0:FgdJjeQpHHQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=zfmTpQrhws0:FgdJjeQpHHQ:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=zfmTpQrhws0:FgdJjeQpHHQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/zfmTpQrhws0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65527/avoiding-the-slippery-slope-to-burnout.html Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:45:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65527/avoiding-the-slippery-slope-to-burnout.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/pMVKca_eUp4/generic-lamivudine-has-arrived.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">An e-mail from a patient last week: "Just got refills. Epivir is now generic??? Refill is simply labeled Lamivudine Tablets by Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc ... but made in India. Should I be concerned about that???"</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65479/generic-lamivudine-has-arrived.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=pMVKca_eUp4:DyMGpytcKHU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=pMVKca_eUp4:DyMGpytcKHU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=pMVKca_eUp4:DyMGpytcKHU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=pMVKca_eUp4:DyMGpytcKHU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=pMVKca_eUp4:DyMGpytcKHU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=pMVKca_eUp4:DyMGpytcKHU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=pMVKca_eUp4:DyMGpytcKHU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=pMVKca_eUp4:DyMGpytcKHU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=pMVKca_eUp4:DyMGpytcKHU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=pMVKca_eUp4:DyMGpytcKHU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=pMVKca_eUp4:DyMGpytcKHU:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=pMVKca_eUp4:DyMGpytcKHU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/pMVKca_eUp4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65479/generic-lamivudine-has-arrived.html Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:36:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65479/generic-lamivudine-has-arrived.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/on5dkpAvPA4/journal-club-in-early-hiv-infection-little-reason-.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">Over in <i>Journal of Infectious Diseases</i>, the so-called Setpoint study -- a randomized strategy trial -- investigated whether a 36-week period of treatment would delay the need to go on continuous HIV therapy, compared with observation. After 130 of a planned 150 patients were enrolled, a Data Safety Monitoring Board elected to stop the study due to this key finding: "... the higher rate of progression to needing treatment in the Deferred Treatment group (50%) versus the Immediate Treatment (10%) group."</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65349/journal-club-in-early-hiv-infection-little-reason-.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=on5dkpAvPA4:AbLszltCAo8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=on5dkpAvPA4:AbLszltCAo8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=on5dkpAvPA4:AbLszltCAo8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=on5dkpAvPA4:AbLszltCAo8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=on5dkpAvPA4:AbLszltCAo8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=on5dkpAvPA4:AbLszltCAo8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=on5dkpAvPA4:AbLszltCAo8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=on5dkpAvPA4:AbLszltCAo8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=on5dkpAvPA4:AbLszltCAo8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=on5dkpAvPA4:AbLszltCAo8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=on5dkpAvPA4:AbLszltCAo8:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=on5dkpAvPA4:AbLszltCAo8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/on5dkpAvPA4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65349/journal-club-in-early-hiv-infection-little-reason-.html Sun, 8 Jan 2012 09:05:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65349/journal-club-in-early-hiv-infection-little-reason-.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/XrTH6W-eyD0/no-hiv-in-pepsi-now-thats-a-relief.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">How reassuring to be treated with the following news: "An SMS has been circulating that Pepsi products are contaminated with HIV but Permanis Sandilands Sdn Bhd has clarified that this is a hoax. Its marketing vice-president Hemalatha Ragavan said there was no truth to it. She urged people not to believe such claims." I have a couple of thoughts about this breaking story.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65350/no-hiv-in-pepsi-now-thats-a-relief.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=XrTH6W-eyD0:64WBEaARGtQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=XrTH6W-eyD0:64WBEaARGtQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=XrTH6W-eyD0:64WBEaARGtQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=XrTH6W-eyD0:64WBEaARGtQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=XrTH6W-eyD0:64WBEaARGtQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=XrTH6W-eyD0:64WBEaARGtQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=XrTH6W-eyD0:64WBEaARGtQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=XrTH6W-eyD0:64WBEaARGtQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=XrTH6W-eyD0:64WBEaARGtQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=XrTH6W-eyD0:64WBEaARGtQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=XrTH6W-eyD0:64WBEaARGtQ:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=XrTH6W-eyD0:64WBEaARGtQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/XrTH6W-eyD0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65350/no-hiv-in-pepsi-now-thats-a-relief.html Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:00:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/65350/no-hiv-in-pepsi-now-thats-a-relief.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/4hbYt7Ij_GQ/a-bad-note-in-hiv-prevention-our-voice-may-be-hoar.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/bethsheba_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Bethsheba Johnson, G.N.P.-B.C., A.A.H.I.V.S." align="right">Another disappointing note was bellowed out this month concerning the discontinuation of part of a significant HIV prevention trial in women. The 1% tenofovir (Viread) gel arm of the VOICE phase 2B clinical trial was halted early by the independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB).</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64898/a-bad-note-in-hiv-prevention-our-voice-may-be-hoar.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=4hbYt7Ij_GQ:RnA-o3dNZu0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=4hbYt7Ij_GQ:RnA-o3dNZu0:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=4hbYt7Ij_GQ:RnA-o3dNZu0:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=4hbYt7Ij_GQ:RnA-o3dNZu0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=4hbYt7Ij_GQ:RnA-o3dNZu0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a 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src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/4hbYt7Ij_GQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64898/a-bad-note-in-hiv-prevention-our-voice-may-be-hoar.html Tue, 29 Nov 2011 09:45:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64898/a-bad-note-in-hiv-prevention-our-voice-may-be-hoar.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/PCBaO_a4SrU/under-the-radar-mental-health-and-hiv-risk.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/david_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W." align="right">Getting the level of new infections down to zero will require breakthroughs not only in medications and improved interventions, but also a broadening of our understanding about the underlying causes of high-risk behaviors which can increase vulnerability for HIV, specifically, mental health concerns.</p> <p><a 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http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64830/under-the-radar-mental-health-and-hiv-risk.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/YLT76Z75f9o/who-should-care-for-the-aging-hiv-patient-everythi.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">Over in <i>Journal Watch AIDS Clinical Care,</i> Carlos Del Rio <a href="http://aids-clinical-care.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2011/1114/1" target="_blank">reviews a couple of remarkable studies</a> on HIV and aging.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64819/who-should-care-for-the-aging-hiv-patient-everythi.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=YLT76Z75f9o:HTYFQfEpFyU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=YLT76Z75f9o:HTYFQfEpFyU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=YLT76Z75f9o:HTYFQfEpFyU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=YLT76Z75f9o:HTYFQfEpFyU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=YLT76Z75f9o:HTYFQfEpFyU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=YLT76Z75f9o:HTYFQfEpFyU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=YLT76Z75f9o:HTYFQfEpFyU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=YLT76Z75f9o:HTYFQfEpFyU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=YLT76Z75f9o:HTYFQfEpFyU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=YLT76Z75f9o:HTYFQfEpFyU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=YLT76Z75f9o:HTYFQfEpFyU:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=YLT76Z75f9o:HTYFQfEpFyU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/YLT76Z75f9o" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64819/who-should-care-for-the-aging-hiv-patient-everythi.html Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:21:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64819/who-should-care-for-the-aging-hiv-patient-everythi.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/B_zfbOxSZ_4/testosterone-replacement-therapy-and-polycythemia-.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/nelson_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A." align="right"><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22008652" target="blank">A research letter recently published in the journal <i>AIDS</i></a> by Vorkas et al determined that testosterone use was associated with polycythemia, and intramuscular administration demonstrated a stronger association than topical (testosterone patch) use. No adverse cardiovascular or thrombotic events were observed. HIV-infected patients taking testosterone should undergo routine hematologic monitoring with adjustment of therapy when appropriate.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64756/testosterone-replacement-therapy-and-polycythemia-.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=B_zfbOxSZ_4:4NQ6-DtuayU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=B_zfbOxSZ_4:4NQ6-DtuayU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=B_zfbOxSZ_4:4NQ6-DtuayU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=B_zfbOxSZ_4:4NQ6-DtuayU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=B_zfbOxSZ_4:4NQ6-DtuayU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=B_zfbOxSZ_4:4NQ6-DtuayU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=B_zfbOxSZ_4:4NQ6-DtuayU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=B_zfbOxSZ_4:4NQ6-DtuayU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=B_zfbOxSZ_4:4NQ6-DtuayU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=B_zfbOxSZ_4:4NQ6-DtuayU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=B_zfbOxSZ_4:4NQ6-DtuayU:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=B_zfbOxSZ_4:4NQ6-DtuayU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/B_zfbOxSZ_4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64756/testosterone-replacement-therapy-and-polycythemia-.html Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:42:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64756/testosterone-replacement-therapy-and-polycythemia-.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/wh10Lr8oRzg/hcv-treatment-studies-at-aasld-wow--and-i-mean-wow.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">I didn't attend "<a href="http://www.aasld.org/LM2011/Pages/default.aspx" target="_blank">The Liver Meeting</a>" (the nickname for the annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, AASLD), but the studies presented there this week on HCV treatment were absolutely mind-boggling.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64702/hcv-treatment-studies-at-aasld-wow--and-i-mean-wow.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=wh10Lr8oRzg:5KRln-xR6Go:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=wh10Lr8oRzg:5KRln-xR6Go:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=wh10Lr8oRzg:5KRln-xR6Go:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=wh10Lr8oRzg:5KRln-xR6Go:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=wh10Lr8oRzg:5KRln-xR6Go:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=wh10Lr8oRzg:5KRln-xR6Go:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=wh10Lr8oRzg:5KRln-xR6Go:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=wh10Lr8oRzg:5KRln-xR6Go:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=wh10Lr8oRzg:5KRln-xR6Go:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=wh10Lr8oRzg:5KRln-xR6Go:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=wh10Lr8oRzg:5KRln-xR6Go:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=wh10Lr8oRzg:5KRln-xR6Go:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/wh10Lr8oRzg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64702/hcv-treatment-studies-at-aasld-wow--and-i-mean-wow.html Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:12:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64702/hcv-treatment-studies-at-aasld-wow--and-i-mean-wow.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/fJgWmw_37Ac/hiv-and-sexual-function-in-women-over-50.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/bethsheba_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Bethsheba Johnson, G.N.P.-B.C., A.A.H.I.V.S." align="right">I recently wrote a <a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62991/keeping-up-with-erectile-dysfuncton-why-are-there.html ">"stand-up" blog (pun intended) on erectile dysfunction</a> in HIV-infected men over age 50, which caused a few tongues to wag. So in order to present "fair balance" between the genders, this "dictates" (oh my) that I must blog on HIV-infected women over 50 and sexual function, or lack thereof.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64680/hiv-and-sexual-function-in-women-over-50.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=fJgWmw_37Ac:1yecEFodL3w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=fJgWmw_37Ac:1yecEFodL3w:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=fJgWmw_37Ac:1yecEFodL3w:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=fJgWmw_37Ac:1yecEFodL3w:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=fJgWmw_37Ac:1yecEFodL3w:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=fJgWmw_37Ac:1yecEFodL3w:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=fJgWmw_37Ac:1yecEFodL3w:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=fJgWmw_37Ac:1yecEFodL3w:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=fJgWmw_37Ac:1yecEFodL3w:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=fJgWmw_37Ac:1yecEFodL3w:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=fJgWmw_37Ac:1yecEFodL3w:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=fJgWmw_37Ac:1yecEFodL3w:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/fJgWmw_37Ac" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64680/hiv-and-sexual-function-in-women-over-50.html Tue, 8 Nov 2011 11:27:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64680/hiv-and-sexual-function-in-women-over-50.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/ZXDwx4WdB54/i-am-tired-of-watching-them-cry-facing-the-emotion.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/lfitzpatrick_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Lisa Fitzpatrick, M.D., M.P.H." align="right">I was a new provider in the clinic, and she was one of my first patients, HIV positive for over 10 years. As I entered the exam room and saw her staring out the window, I made at least half a dozen intuitive assessments about her. She was well-dressed; clearly a strong and authoritative woman; a well-respected professional with very high standards of herself and others. As she began to share her story, I realized I was correct on all counts. Judging by the questions she asked me, I was not spared from her high expectations.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64599/i-am-tired-of-watching-them-cry-facing-the-emotion.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ZXDwx4WdB54:2_q8AmkKt88:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ZXDwx4WdB54:2_q8AmkKt88:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=ZXDwx4WdB54:2_q8AmkKt88:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ZXDwx4WdB54:2_q8AmkKt88:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=ZXDwx4WdB54:2_q8AmkKt88:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ZXDwx4WdB54:2_q8AmkKt88:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=ZXDwx4WdB54:2_q8AmkKt88:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ZXDwx4WdB54:2_q8AmkKt88:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ZXDwx4WdB54:2_q8AmkKt88:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=ZXDwx4WdB54:2_q8AmkKt88:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ZXDwx4WdB54:2_q8AmkKt88:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ZXDwx4WdB54:2_q8AmkKt88:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/ZXDwx4WdB54" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64599/i-am-tired-of-watching-them-cry-facing-the-emotion.html Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:42:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64599/i-am-tired-of-watching-them-cry-facing-the-emotion.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/6fzmPWKzNqY/will-an-antiretroviral-patch-help-adherence-doubtf.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">Preliminary research suggests that a patch could deliver an AIDS drug to patients ... The researchers successfully used transdermal patches to administer 96 percent of an AIDS drug to simulated skin over a week. "Still, the important limitation of pills, regardless of how few there are or even how minimal the side effects, is adherence," Johnston [the investigator] noted. Research has shown that many patients, if not most, don't take their pills all the time.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64607/will-an-antiretroviral-patch-help-adherence-doubtf.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=6fzmPWKzNqY:fZM0qPPFiUQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=6fzmPWKzNqY:fZM0qPPFiUQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=6fzmPWKzNqY:fZM0qPPFiUQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=6fzmPWKzNqY:fZM0qPPFiUQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=6fzmPWKzNqY:fZM0qPPFiUQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=6fzmPWKzNqY:fZM0qPPFiUQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=6fzmPWKzNqY:fZM0qPPFiUQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=6fzmPWKzNqY:fZM0qPPFiUQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=6fzmPWKzNqY:fZM0qPPFiUQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=6fzmPWKzNqY:fZM0qPPFiUQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=6fzmPWKzNqY:fZM0qPPFiUQ:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=6fzmPWKzNqY:fZM0qPPFiUQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/6fzmPWKzNqY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64607/will-an-antiretroviral-patch-help-adherence-doubtf.html Sat, 29 Oct 2011 11:28:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64607/will-an-antiretroviral-patch-help-adherence-doubtf.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/8VacxvoGSrI/supersized-alcopops-the-dangers-of-excessive-alcoh.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/david_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W." align="right">Public apprehension about recreational drugs, especially those that impact HIV, seems to come in waves that swell with increasing alarm and then peak and fade away, always to be replaced by the next "drug du jour." Heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine, each with a well-deserved reputation for putting people at risk for HIV or, if HIV positive, for interfering with their ability to properly manage their health, have all gained notoriety in recent years.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64566/supersized-alcopops-the-dangers-of-excessive-alcoh.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=8VacxvoGSrI:qQx5KbiAR6A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=8VacxvoGSrI:qQx5KbiAR6A:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=8VacxvoGSrI:qQx5KbiAR6A:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=8VacxvoGSrI:qQx5KbiAR6A:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=8VacxvoGSrI:qQx5KbiAR6A:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=8VacxvoGSrI:qQx5KbiAR6A:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=8VacxvoGSrI:qQx5KbiAR6A:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=8VacxvoGSrI:qQx5KbiAR6A:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=8VacxvoGSrI:qQx5KbiAR6A:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=8VacxvoGSrI:qQx5KbiAR6A:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=8VacxvoGSrI:qQx5KbiAR6A:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=8VacxvoGSrI:qQx5KbiAR6A:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/8VacxvoGSrI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64566/supersized-alcopops-the-dangers-of-excessive-alcoh.html Thu, 27 Oct 2011 10:15:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64566/supersized-alcopops-the-dangers-of-excessive-alcoh.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/d9uw2G0TjG0/going-going-gone--hiv-treatment-failure-is-disappe.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">World Series time, hence the baseball reference in the title. (Doesn't take much.) But over in <i>Lancet Infectious Diseases</i> -- which has turned out to be a terrific journal, by the way -- <a href="http://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3099(11)70248-1/abstract" target="_blank">there's a study</a> reminding us that advances in HIV treatment in the late 2000s were truly spectacular.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64600/going-going-gone--hiv-treatment-failure-is-disappe.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=d9uw2G0TjG0:TtnegwbJXlg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=d9uw2G0TjG0:TtnegwbJXlg:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=d9uw2G0TjG0:TtnegwbJXlg:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=d9uw2G0TjG0:TtnegwbJXlg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=d9uw2G0TjG0:TtnegwbJXlg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=d9uw2G0TjG0:TtnegwbJXlg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=d9uw2G0TjG0:TtnegwbJXlg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=d9uw2G0TjG0:TtnegwbJXlg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=d9uw2G0TjG0:TtnegwbJXlg:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=d9uw2G0TjG0:TtnegwbJXlg:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=d9uw2G0TjG0:TtnegwbJXlg:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=d9uw2G0TjG0:TtnegwbJXlg:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/d9uw2G0TjG0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64600/going-going-gone--hiv-treatment-failure-is-disappe.html Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:13:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64600/going-going-gone--hiv-treatment-failure-is-disappe.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/HIn2BqdSBeE/addressing-mature-adult-patients-during-an-initial.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/bethsheba_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Bethsheba Johnson, G.N.P.-B.C., A.A.H.I.V.S." align="right">Introducing yourself to an older adult as a health care provider requires being sensitive to generational issues. It is not appropriate to address clients by their given or first name without requesting their express permission to do so.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64300/addressing-mature-adult-patients-during-an-initial.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=HIn2BqdSBeE:2OmBfhUCS1A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=HIn2BqdSBeE:2OmBfhUCS1A:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=HIn2BqdSBeE:2OmBfhUCS1A:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=HIn2BqdSBeE:2OmBfhUCS1A:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=HIn2BqdSBeE:2OmBfhUCS1A:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=HIn2BqdSBeE:2OmBfhUCS1A:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=HIn2BqdSBeE:2OmBfhUCS1A:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=HIn2BqdSBeE:2OmBfhUCS1A:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=HIn2BqdSBeE:2OmBfhUCS1A:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=HIn2BqdSBeE:2OmBfhUCS1A:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=HIn2BqdSBeE:2OmBfhUCS1A:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=HIn2BqdSBeE:2OmBfhUCS1A:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/HIn2BqdSBeE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64300/addressing-mature-adult-patients-during-an-initial.html Fri, 7 Oct 2011 10:13:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64300/addressing-mature-adult-patients-during-an-initial.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/G0xZyryfyJ0/spanish-hiv-vaccine-story-gets-lots-of-attention--.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">If you're looking for a good way to pass the time while running errands, traveling, or walking to work, I <i>highly</i> recommend the <a href="http://www.freakonomics.com/radio/" target="_blank">Freakonomics podcasts</a>, which have taught me all sorts of interesting things.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64240/spanish-hiv-vaccine-story-gets-lots-of-attention--.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=G0xZyryfyJ0:FvqEOp0Y7iU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=G0xZyryfyJ0:FvqEOp0Y7iU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=G0xZyryfyJ0:FvqEOp0Y7iU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=G0xZyryfyJ0:FvqEOp0Y7iU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=G0xZyryfyJ0:FvqEOp0Y7iU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=G0xZyryfyJ0:FvqEOp0Y7iU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=G0xZyryfyJ0:FvqEOp0Y7iU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=G0xZyryfyJ0:FvqEOp0Y7iU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=G0xZyryfyJ0:FvqEOp0Y7iU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=G0xZyryfyJ0:FvqEOp0Y7iU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=G0xZyryfyJ0:FvqEOp0Y7iU:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=G0xZyryfyJ0:FvqEOp0Y7iU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/G0xZyryfyJ0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64240/spanish-hiv-vaccine-story-gets-lots-of-attention--.html Tue, 4 Oct 2011 16:52:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64240/spanish-hiv-vaccine-story-gets-lots-of-attention--.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/87KmwIFnhV0/where-are-the-dhhs-hiv-treatment-guidelines-for-cl.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/bethsheba_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Bethsheba Johnson, G.N.P.-B.C., A.A.H.I.V.S." align="right">As I just celebrated another birthday and relocated to Houston, Texas, to a nice home with lots and lots of stairs, I couldn't help but think about aging. My knees and back are aching. I'm just plain tired! I know that in the clinical setting you are hearing similar complaints among your older clients. We can be an achy mess as we age! For our clients, is it the untreated/inadequately treated HIV, aging, or both?</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64214/where-are-the-dhhs-hiv-treatment-guidelines-for-cl.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=87KmwIFnhV0:wQxO0ibFdxc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=87KmwIFnhV0:wQxO0ibFdxc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=87KmwIFnhV0:wQxO0ibFdxc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=87KmwIFnhV0:wQxO0ibFdxc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=87KmwIFnhV0:wQxO0ibFdxc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=87KmwIFnhV0:wQxO0ibFdxc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=87KmwIFnhV0:wQxO0ibFdxc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=87KmwIFnhV0:wQxO0ibFdxc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=87KmwIFnhV0:wQxO0ibFdxc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=87KmwIFnhV0:wQxO0ibFdxc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=87KmwIFnhV0:wQxO0ibFdxc:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=87KmwIFnhV0:wQxO0ibFdxc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/87KmwIFnhV0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64214/where-are-the-dhhs-hiv-treatment-guidelines-for-cl.html Mon, 3 Oct 2011 08:41:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64214/where-are-the-dhhs-hiv-treatment-guidelines-for-cl.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/Okxll6WRxWo/cascade-when-to-start-yet-another-take.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">As we await the enrollment, analysis, and results of the START study -- which is randomizing patients with CD4&gt;500 to start HIV therapy vs waiting until the CD4 falls to 350 -- much of the research on "when to start" ART in patients with high CD4's comes from observational studies. Several have already been published (<a href="http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa0807252" target="_blank">NA-ACCORD</a>, <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2670965/?tool=pubmed" target="_blank">ART-CC</a>, <a href="http://www.annals.org/content/154/8/509.long" target="_blank">CAUSAL</a>), but one limitation of each of them is that none could accurately assess duration of HIV infection.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64241/cascade-when-to-start-yet-another-take.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=Okxll6WRxWo:UD1uzKM67qo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=Okxll6WRxWo:UD1uzKM67qo:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=Okxll6WRxWo:UD1uzKM67qo:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=Okxll6WRxWo:UD1uzKM67qo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=Okxll6WRxWo:UD1uzKM67qo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=Okxll6WRxWo:UD1uzKM67qo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=Okxll6WRxWo:UD1uzKM67qo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=Okxll6WRxWo:UD1uzKM67qo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=Okxll6WRxWo:UD1uzKM67qo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=Okxll6WRxWo:UD1uzKM67qo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=Okxll6WRxWo:UD1uzKM67qo:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=Okxll6WRxWo:UD1uzKM67qo:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/Okxll6WRxWo" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64241/cascade-when-to-start-yet-another-take.html Mon, 3 Oct 2011 08:00:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64241/cascade-when-to-start-yet-another-take.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/vxRPq_0EIpg/warning-viral-replication-is-hazardous-to-your-hea.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">When studies evaluate the prognostic importance of measuring HIV viral load, they generally do so by assessing a single measurement rather than values obtained longitudinally. One obvious limitation of this approach is that baseline VL poorly predicts outcome after ART initiation -- a finding in stark contrast to the <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/272/5265/1167.abstract" target="_blank">original description of VL</a> from the MACS cohort prior to effective HIV therapy.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64242/warning-viral-replication-is-hazardous-to-your-hea.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=vxRPq_0EIpg:FlOa_mJTpzY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=vxRPq_0EIpg:FlOa_mJTpzY:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=vxRPq_0EIpg:FlOa_mJTpzY:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=vxRPq_0EIpg:FlOa_mJTpzY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=vxRPq_0EIpg:FlOa_mJTpzY:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=vxRPq_0EIpg:FlOa_mJTpzY:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=vxRPq_0EIpg:FlOa_mJTpzY:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=vxRPq_0EIpg:FlOa_mJTpzY:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=vxRPq_0EIpg:FlOa_mJTpzY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=vxRPq_0EIpg:FlOa_mJTpzY:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=vxRPq_0EIpg:FlOa_mJTpzY:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=vxRPq_0EIpg:FlOa_mJTpzY:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/vxRPq_0EIpg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64242/warning-viral-replication-is-hazardous-to-your-hea.html Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:05:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/64242/warning-viral-replication-is-hazardous-to-your-hea.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/hBQFH9W4U2g/novel-approaches-to-initial-hiv-therapy.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">It's been several years since the "preferred" or "recommended" initial regimens for HIV treatment have been consolidated into <a href="http://www.aidsinfo.nih.gov/Guidelines/GuidelineHTML.aspx?GuidelineID=7&amp;docID=1&amp;NodeID=11" target="_blank">one of the following four</a>:</p> <ol> <li>TDF/FTC + efavirenz</li> <li>TDF/FTC + atazanavir/r</li> <li>TDF/FTC + darunavir/r</li> <li>TDF/FTC + raltegravir</li> </ol> <p>Any room for improvement in this "TDF/FTC + key third drug" approach? With the recent approval of TDF/FTC/rilpivirine, certainly this will have a role in some patients, but the issues of excess virologic failure and resistance in those with high viral loads will likely limit its use.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63820/novel-approaches-to-initial-hiv-therapy.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=hBQFH9W4U2g:R6KQAoHOfoM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=hBQFH9W4U2g:R6KQAoHOfoM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=hBQFH9W4U2g:R6KQAoHOfoM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=hBQFH9W4U2g:R6KQAoHOfoM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=hBQFH9W4U2g:R6KQAoHOfoM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=hBQFH9W4U2g:R6KQAoHOfoM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=hBQFH9W4U2g:R6KQAoHOfoM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=hBQFH9W4U2g:R6KQAoHOfoM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=hBQFH9W4U2g:R6KQAoHOfoM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=hBQFH9W4U2g:R6KQAoHOfoM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=hBQFH9W4U2g:R6KQAoHOfoM:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=hBQFH9W4U2g:R6KQAoHOfoM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/hBQFH9W4U2g" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63820/novel-approaches-to-initial-hiv-therapy.html Tue, 6 Sep 2011 14:49:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63820/novel-approaches-to-initial-hiv-therapy.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/MVx8PfjLIH4/addressing-the-gaping-hole-in-hiv-prevention-a-ple.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/lfitzpatrick_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Lisa Fitzpatrick, M.D., M.P.H." align="right">The CDC has yet again released a report highlighting the growing HIV disparity in young, black men who have sex with men (MSM). Over a decade ago, similar attention was called to what then appeared to be a public health blemish in this population. Because our prevention efforts have been largely cosmetic and woefully inadequate, the 7% increase in the infection rate among black MSM suggests this blemish is now a gushing and gaping wound requiring urgent public health action.</p><p>Why have we made so little progress in addressing what was long ago forecast as a potential public health crisis? My recent evaluation of a newly diagnosed, HIV-infected patient highlights why our cosmetic response to HIV has largely ignored root causes of HIV transmission in young, black MSM.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63819/addressing-the-gaping-hole-in-hiv-prevention-a-ple.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=MVx8PfjLIH4:VtBQxLv4gAk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=MVx8PfjLIH4:VtBQxLv4gAk:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=MVx8PfjLIH4:VtBQxLv4gAk:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=MVx8PfjLIH4:VtBQxLv4gAk:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=MVx8PfjLIH4:VtBQxLv4gAk:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=MVx8PfjLIH4:VtBQxLv4gAk:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=MVx8PfjLIH4:VtBQxLv4gAk:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=MVx8PfjLIH4:VtBQxLv4gAk:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=MVx8PfjLIH4:VtBQxLv4gAk:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=MVx8PfjLIH4:VtBQxLv4gAk:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=MVx8PfjLIH4:VtBQxLv4gAk:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=MVx8PfjLIH4:VtBQxLv4gAk:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/MVx8PfjLIH4" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63819/addressing-the-gaping-hole-in-hiv-prevention-a-ple.html Tue, 6 Sep 2011 11:48:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63819/addressing-the-gaping-hole-in-hiv-prevention-a-ple.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/6dmg0RsEn9c/a-gut-feeling-emerges-in-hiv.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/nelson_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A." align="right">The effects of HIV and highly active antiretroviral therapy [HAART] on gut health were highlighted recently at the <a href="http://www.intmedpress.com/lipodystrophy/" target="_blank">13th International Workshop on Adverse Drug Reactions and Co-Morbidities in HIV</a> in Rome, Italy. </p> <p>There were two gut-related presentations that I'd especially like to make note of: One was given by Collin Ellis on gut bacteria changes before and after HAART initiation. The other was given by Michael Dub&eacute;, M.D., on the effect of microbial translocation on metabolic and body shape measures.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63818/a-gut-feeling-emerges-in-hiv.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=6dmg0RsEn9c:sDCW2Ghmy_g:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=6dmg0RsEn9c:sDCW2Ghmy_g:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=6dmg0RsEn9c:sDCW2Ghmy_g:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=6dmg0RsEn9c:sDCW2Ghmy_g:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=6dmg0RsEn9c:sDCW2Ghmy_g:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=6dmg0RsEn9c:sDCW2Ghmy_g:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=6dmg0RsEn9c:sDCW2Ghmy_g:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=6dmg0RsEn9c:sDCW2Ghmy_g:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=6dmg0RsEn9c:sDCW2Ghmy_g:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=6dmg0RsEn9c:sDCW2Ghmy_g:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=6dmg0RsEn9c:sDCW2Ghmy_g:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=6dmg0RsEn9c:sDCW2Ghmy_g:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/6dmg0RsEn9c" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63818/a-gut-feeling-emerges-in-hiv.html Tue, 6 Sep 2011 11:15:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63818/a-gut-feeling-emerges-in-hiv.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/GfF_B83_u9k/a-reason-to-continue-restrictive-hiv-testing-laws-.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">The pending HIV legislation is much on my mind these days, for reasons I outlined <a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63413/why-the-proposed-massachusetts-hiv-testing-bill-is.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Bottom line is that I don't think it's good for patient care, and we're missing a real opportunity to make things better here in the Bay State.</p><p>But yesterday I heard a perspective on the bill I hadn't considered, and it went something like this:</p><p><i>We still need the laws about HIV testing -- and the added protection of privacy -- because of the disgraceful response of the medical community to AIDS when it first burst on the scene in the 1980s. </i></p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63775/a-reason-to-continue-restrictive-hiv-testing-laws-.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=GfF_B83_u9k:vmvE5f9CFuU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=GfF_B83_u9k:vmvE5f9CFuU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=GfF_B83_u9k:vmvE5f9CFuU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=GfF_B83_u9k:vmvE5f9CFuU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=GfF_B83_u9k:vmvE5f9CFuU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=GfF_B83_u9k:vmvE5f9CFuU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=GfF_B83_u9k:vmvE5f9CFuU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=GfF_B83_u9k:vmvE5f9CFuU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=GfF_B83_u9k:vmvE5f9CFuU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=GfF_B83_u9k:vmvE5f9CFuU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=GfF_B83_u9k:vmvE5f9CFuU:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=GfF_B83_u9k:vmvE5f9CFuU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/GfF_B83_u9k" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63775/a-reason-to-continue-restrictive-hiv-testing-laws-.html Fri, 19 Aug 2011 12:00:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63775/a-reason-to-continue-restrictive-hiv-testing-laws-.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/-ZGtv2OwI04/next-single-pill-hiv-treatment-approved-and-its-no.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">One <a href="http://id.dom.uab.edu/michael_saag.html" target="_blank">famous HIV clinician/clinical researcher</a> likens co-formulated TDF/FTC/EFV (Atripla) to a "Godzilla," so dominant has the treatment become as initial therapy for HIV. He bases his comments on <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20059309" target="_blank">this study</a> done at his institution, showing that in 2007, fully 85% of patients starting treatment in their clinic began TDF/FTC/EFV.</p> <p>Does this big lizard of a regimen now have a competitor? <a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63462/approval-of-complera-emtricitabinerilpivirinetenof.html">Maybe</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>On August 10, 2011, FDA approved Complera, a fixed dose combination (FDC) drug product containing emtricitabine/rilpivirine/tenofovir DF (FTC/RPV/TDF) for the treatment of HIV. The recommended dose of Complera<SUP><FONT SIZE="-1">TM</FONT></SUP> is one tablet, containing 200mg/25mg/300mg of FTC/RPV/TDF, once daily, taken orally with a meal.</p></blockquote><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63470/next-single-pill-hiv-treatment-approved-and-its-no.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=-ZGtv2OwI04:SAE5K5XsrrE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=-ZGtv2OwI04:SAE5K5XsrrE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=-ZGtv2OwI04:SAE5K5XsrrE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=-ZGtv2OwI04:SAE5K5XsrrE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=-ZGtv2OwI04:SAE5K5XsrrE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=-ZGtv2OwI04:SAE5K5XsrrE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=-ZGtv2OwI04:SAE5K5XsrrE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=-ZGtv2OwI04:SAE5K5XsrrE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=-ZGtv2OwI04:SAE5K5XsrrE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=-ZGtv2OwI04:SAE5K5XsrrE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=-ZGtv2OwI04:SAE5K5XsrrE:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=-ZGtv2OwI04:SAE5K5XsrrE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/-ZGtv2OwI04" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63470/next-single-pill-hiv-treatment-approved-and-its-no.html Thu, 11 Aug 2011 11:51:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63470/next-single-pill-hiv-treatment-approved-and-its-no.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/t5jjaMxX8Xk/why-the-proposed-massachusetts-hiv-testing-bill-is.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">As I've written about here multiple times, I'm not a big fan of the HIV testing law in our state.</p><p>First, there's the requirement for written informed consent, something that every state (except a couple) has wisely abandoned. Second, it's more than a testing law -- it's also an HIV <i>privacy</i> law, which is arguably unnecessary in this post HIPAA era and has all sorts of <a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62426/hiv-exceptionalism-and-the-department-of-unintende.html">unintended consequences</a>.</p><p>Last year, two bills were proposed -- one simply removed the requirement for written consent, while the other replaced it with a requirement for verbal consent. The groups backing these respective bills (I was part of the former) didn't work out a compromise, and so no bill was passed.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63413/why-the-proposed-massachusetts-hiv-testing-bill-is.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=t5jjaMxX8Xk:T0D7JZ0qpzM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=t5jjaMxX8Xk:T0D7JZ0qpzM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=t5jjaMxX8Xk:T0D7JZ0qpzM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=t5jjaMxX8Xk:T0D7JZ0qpzM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=t5jjaMxX8Xk:T0D7JZ0qpzM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=t5jjaMxX8Xk:T0D7JZ0qpzM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=t5jjaMxX8Xk:T0D7JZ0qpzM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=t5jjaMxX8Xk:T0D7JZ0qpzM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=t5jjaMxX8Xk:T0D7JZ0qpzM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=t5jjaMxX8Xk:T0D7JZ0qpzM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=t5jjaMxX8Xk:T0D7JZ0qpzM:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=t5jjaMxX8Xk:T0D7JZ0qpzM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/t5jjaMxX8Xk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63413/why-the-proposed-massachusetts-hiv-testing-bill-is.html Tue, 9 Aug 2011 00:01:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63413/why-the-proposed-massachusetts-hiv-testing-bill-is.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/5mIn7Y9RQ6w/really-rapid-review--ias-2011-rome.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">Just back from IAS 2011 (which was followed, I'm thrilled to say, with a visit to perhaps the <a href="http://www.google.com/search?q=tuscany+images&amp;hl=en&amp;prmd=ivns&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbo=u&amp;source=univ&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=MFMxTqmlLITw0gHb5fjxCw&amp;ved=0CCAQsAQ&amp;biw=1270&amp;bih=862" target="_blank">most beautiful region</a> in the world). Here is a Really Rapid Review<SUP><FONT SIZE="-1">TM</FONT></SUP> of the meeting, with apologies ahead of time for lack of organization and (even more likely) leaving out something important. FYI, the abstracts are online <a href="http://pag.ias2011.org/" target="_blank">here</a>; I'm sure there's a place on the meeting <a href="http://www.ias2011.org/" target="_blank">homepage</a> that has the same link, but I can't seem to find it.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63271/really-rapid-review--ias-2011-rome.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=5mIn7Y9RQ6w:jzQiTEMIgaw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=5mIn7Y9RQ6w:jzQiTEMIgaw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=5mIn7Y9RQ6w:jzQiTEMIgaw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=5mIn7Y9RQ6w:jzQiTEMIgaw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=5mIn7Y9RQ6w:jzQiTEMIgaw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=5mIn7Y9RQ6w:jzQiTEMIgaw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=5mIn7Y9RQ6w:jzQiTEMIgaw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=5mIn7Y9RQ6w:jzQiTEMIgaw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=5mIn7Y9RQ6w:jzQiTEMIgaw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=5mIn7Y9RQ6w:jzQiTEMIgaw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=5mIn7Y9RQ6w:jzQiTEMIgaw:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=5mIn7Y9RQ6w:jzQiTEMIgaw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/5mIn7Y9RQ6w" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63271/really-rapid-review--ias-2011-rome.html Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:51:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63271/really-rapid-review--ias-2011-rome.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/f8AEnQDr99c/should-hiv-meds-for-hiv-negative-people-be-a-prior.html <p><IMG SRC="http://www.thebody.com/images/blog/jeannie_biobox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Jeannie Wraight" align="right">Groundbreaking results of two large pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) studies may lead to a new prevention option to reduce HIV transmission. Data released on two PrEP studies showed high levels of protection against HIV infection when tenofovir (Viread) or Truvada (tenofovir and emtricitabine) were taken daily by HIV-uninfected individuals at high risk for infection.</p><p>The <a href="http://pag.ias2011.org/flash.aspx?pid=886" target="_blank">Partners PrEP trial</a>, the largest PrEP study to date, was conducted at nine centers in Kenya and Uganda. A total of 4,758 heterosexual couples, in which one partner was HIV infected and the other HIV uninfected, were enrolled. The HIV-uninfected partner was given either tenofovir, Truvada or placebo. The study was stopped a full 18 months before it was scheduled to end due to a demonstrated high rate of protection against HIV.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63081/should-hiv-meds-for-hiv-negative-people-be-a-prior.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=f8AEnQDr99c:ojoTocEuHCo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=f8AEnQDr99c:ojoTocEuHCo:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=f8AEnQDr99c:ojoTocEuHCo:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=f8AEnQDr99c:ojoTocEuHCo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=f8AEnQDr99c:ojoTocEuHCo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=f8AEnQDr99c:ojoTocEuHCo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=f8AEnQDr99c:ojoTocEuHCo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=f8AEnQDr99c:ojoTocEuHCo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=f8AEnQDr99c:ojoTocEuHCo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=f8AEnQDr99c:ojoTocEuHCo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=f8AEnQDr99c:ojoTocEuHCo:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=f8AEnQDr99c:ojoTocEuHCo:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/f8AEnQDr99c" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63081/should-hiv-meds-for-hiv-negative-people-be-a-prior.html Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:27:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/63081/should-hiv-meds-for-hiv-negative-people-be-a-prior.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/v0QFWwh2GsU/keeping-up-with-erectile-dysfuncton-why-are-there-.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/bethsheba_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Bethsheba Johnson, G.N.P.-B.C., A.A.H.I.V.S." align="right">In my current practice, every day there is at least one man over the age of 50 asking for an erectile dysfunction (ED) medication. It seems to have become an epidemic. Or it is just more openly discussed. Or both. </p><p>So what are the causes of ED? And what can you do as a health care provider to help your patients understand ED medications and use them wisely to have a good quality of life?</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62991/keeping-up-with-erectile-dysfuncton-why-are-there-.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=v0QFWwh2GsU:sqI4R_SHPdQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=v0QFWwh2GsU:sqI4R_SHPdQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=v0QFWwh2GsU:sqI4R_SHPdQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=v0QFWwh2GsU:sqI4R_SHPdQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=v0QFWwh2GsU:sqI4R_SHPdQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=v0QFWwh2GsU:sqI4R_SHPdQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=v0QFWwh2GsU:sqI4R_SHPdQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=v0QFWwh2GsU:sqI4R_SHPdQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=v0QFWwh2GsU:sqI4R_SHPdQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=v0QFWwh2GsU:sqI4R_SHPdQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=v0QFWwh2GsU:sqI4R_SHPdQ:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=v0QFWwh2GsU:sqI4R_SHPdQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/v0QFWwh2GsU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62991/keeping-up-with-erectile-dysfuncton-why-are-there-.html Mon, 18 Jul 2011 15:14:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62991/keeping-up-with-erectile-dysfuncton-why-are-there-.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/ZgttYct5Meg/more-favorable-results-on-prep-but.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">As part of the usual flurry of studies released just before <a href="http://www.ias2011.org/" target="_blank">major scientific meetings</a>, results of two pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) trials in heterosexual men and women have just been made public:</p><ul> <li>In the <a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62915/cdc-trial-and-another-major-study-find-prep-can-re.html">CDC TDF2 study</a>, 1200 HIV-uninfected men and women in Botswana were randomized to take oral tenofovir/FTC or placebo daily. Tenofovir/FTC was found to reduce the risk for HIV acquisition by 63%. The risk reduction was even greater (78%) among individuals believed to be taking the study drugs.</li> <li>In the <a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62919/pivotal-study-finds-that-hiv-medications-are-highl.html">Partners PrEP Study</a>, the uninfected partners in nearly 5000 HIV-serodiscordant couples in Kenya and Uganda were randomized to take oral tenofovir/FTC, oral tenofovir alone, or oral placebo daily. Relative to placebo, tenofovir/FTC was associated with a 73% reduction in risk for HIV acquisition, and tenofovir alone was associated with a 62% reduction in risk. The protective effects were similar for both men and women.</li> </ul><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62932/more-favorable-results-on-prep-but.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ZgttYct5Meg:1rtyO2eatEI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ZgttYct5Meg:1rtyO2eatEI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=ZgttYct5Meg:1rtyO2eatEI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ZgttYct5Meg:1rtyO2eatEI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=ZgttYct5Meg:1rtyO2eatEI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ZgttYct5Meg:1rtyO2eatEI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=ZgttYct5Meg:1rtyO2eatEI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ZgttYct5Meg:1rtyO2eatEI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ZgttYct5Meg:1rtyO2eatEI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=ZgttYct5Meg:1rtyO2eatEI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ZgttYct5Meg:1rtyO2eatEI:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ZgttYct5Meg:1rtyO2eatEI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/ZgttYct5Meg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62932/more-favorable-results-on-prep-but.html Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:39:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62932/more-favorable-results-on-prep-but.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/R-uv5CHpE0E/a-thank-you-to-nice-patients.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">Yesterday I saw one of my favorite long-term patients. She's just wonderful, and it's always a joy to see her. Here are some reasons:</p> <ul> <li><b>She's uniformly nice</b> -- not just to me, but to all the nurses and social workers and other support staff in our clinic.</li> <li><b>She shows up on time for her appointments.</b> Love that.</li> <li><b>She's highly involved in her care, but doesn't try to make all the decisions.</b> Example: when I proposed a medication change a few years back, she asked many thoughtful questions about the pros and cons of the change I was recommending. But she didn't then come back with reams of internet research questioning everything we'd already discussed. In other words, she gets it that I do this full time for a living, which means that she doesn't have to do the same.</li> </ul> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62934/a-thank-you-to-nice-patients.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=R-uv5CHpE0E:Pj319y0WdbE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=R-uv5CHpE0E:Pj319y0WdbE:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=R-uv5CHpE0E:Pj319y0WdbE:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=R-uv5CHpE0E:Pj319y0WdbE:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=R-uv5CHpE0E:Pj319y0WdbE:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=R-uv5CHpE0E:Pj319y0WdbE:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=R-uv5CHpE0E:Pj319y0WdbE:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=R-uv5CHpE0E:Pj319y0WdbE:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=R-uv5CHpE0E:Pj319y0WdbE:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=R-uv5CHpE0E:Pj319y0WdbE:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=R-uv5CHpE0E:Pj319y0WdbE:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=R-uv5CHpE0E:Pj319y0WdbE:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/R-uv5CHpE0E" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62934/a-thank-you-to-nice-patients.html Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:00:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62934/a-thank-you-to-nice-patients.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/45AGKBwt4uQ/the-hivaids-spectrum-project-building-capacity-to-.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/david_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W." align="right">It was the peak time for the cherry blossoms in Washington, D.C. -- or so I was told. I only caught a glimpse of them from the Metro as I was riding in from Reagan National, and a few times out the window of the hotel conference room (along with rain and even a brief burst of hail during that tempestuous spring weekend). But I wasn't in town for sightseeing: I was one of about 15 individuals from around the country selected to participate in the Training of Trainers program, a component of the National Association of Social Workers' <a href="http://www.socialworkers.org/practice/hiv_aids/default.asp" target="_blank">HIV/AIDS Spectrum: Mental Health Training and Education of Social Workers Project</a>.</p><p>This project -- a broad collaboration of NASW chapters, federal and state agencies, national and state associations, universities, and community-based organizations -- aims to build the capacity of mental health workers to effectively address the complexities of the mental health and substance use disorders that are experienced by individuals living with HIV/AIDS in our communities. Having worked at bridging the gap between these disciplines for many years, I was well aware of the broader need for such training among my colleagues. I believed in this project and was excited to participate.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62890/the-hivaids-spectrum-project-building-capacity-to-.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=45AGKBwt4uQ:CYozI4_pgvM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=45AGKBwt4uQ:CYozI4_pgvM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=45AGKBwt4uQ:CYozI4_pgvM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=45AGKBwt4uQ:CYozI4_pgvM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=45AGKBwt4uQ:CYozI4_pgvM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=45AGKBwt4uQ:CYozI4_pgvM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=45AGKBwt4uQ:CYozI4_pgvM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=45AGKBwt4uQ:CYozI4_pgvM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=45AGKBwt4uQ:CYozI4_pgvM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=45AGKBwt4uQ:CYozI4_pgvM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=45AGKBwt4uQ:CYozI4_pgvM:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=45AGKBwt4uQ:CYozI4_pgvM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/45AGKBwt4uQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62890/the-hivaids-spectrum-project-building-capacity-to-.html Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:49:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62890/the-hivaids-spectrum-project-building-capacity-to-.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/ogy9pbXmN18/new-viral-load-technologies-potential-for-a-real-t.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/bethsheba_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Bethsheba Johnson, G.N.P.-B.C., A.A.H.I.V.S." align="right">A while back, after a challenging day in the office, I came home to the pleasure of reading the <a href="http://www.aahivm.org/Upload_Module/upload/Provider%20Resources/HIVSpecialistMagazineWinter2011.pdf" target="_blank">Winter 2011 edition of <i>HIV Specialist</i></a>, the magazine of the American Academy of HIV Medicine. Of particular interest to my weary brain was an article by Bruce J. Packett II entitled, "The Evolution of Viral Load Technologies." </p><p>Well, I have to say: He woke me up with his research and comments. This article discussed the measurement of viral load using real-time PCR technology, and how a small survey of AAHIVM providers (n=233) felt about the recent advances in viral load testing technology.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62864/new-viral-load-technologies-potential-for-a-real-t.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ogy9pbXmN18:79kaqb1QbGQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ogy9pbXmN18:79kaqb1QbGQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=ogy9pbXmN18:79kaqb1QbGQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=ogy9pbXmN18:79kaqb1QbGQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=ogy9pbXmN18:79kaqb1QbGQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a 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TNX-355), a monoclonal antibody currently under development by TaiMed Biologics, and dolutegravir (formerly GSK1349572), a second-generation integrase inhibitor made by ViiV Healthcare).</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62832/how-you-can-help-your-patients-who-are-running-out.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JfwuaoNWXVs:QjIrCPQUCoU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JfwuaoNWXVs:QjIrCPQUCoU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=JfwuaoNWXVs:QjIrCPQUCoU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JfwuaoNWXVs:QjIrCPQUCoU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=JfwuaoNWXVs:QjIrCPQUCoU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a 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Sax, M.D." align="right">The studies on abacavir and its potential association with increased cardiovascular risk have been inconsistent ever since the news first broke at CROI 2008. But recently the data have been swirling around so fast and furious that it seems appropriate to take out <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agonistes" target="_blank">this famous Greek epithet</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62704/abacavir-agonistes.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=NdylWXeuh10:AkFkwP1mcm8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=NdylWXeuh10:AkFkwP1mcm8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=NdylWXeuh10:AkFkwP1mcm8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=NdylWXeuh10:AkFkwP1mcm8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=NdylWXeuh10:AkFkwP1mcm8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=NdylWXeuh10:AkFkwP1mcm8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=NdylWXeuh10:AkFkwP1mcm8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=NdylWXeuh10:AkFkwP1mcm8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=NdylWXeuh10:AkFkwP1mcm8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=NdylWXeuh10:AkFkwP1mcm8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=NdylWXeuh10:AkFkwP1mcm8:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=NdylWXeuh10:AkFkwP1mcm8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/NdylWXeuh10" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62704/abacavir-agonistes.html Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:22:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62704/abacavir-agonistes.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/Jsjz1Rbzhbc/the-endangered-wonder-of-the-positive-living-confe.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/david_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W." align="right">Every spring, on the white, sandy beaches of the Florida Panhandle, an unlikely gathering takes place. On that narrow strip of land, between the Gulf of Mexico and Choctawhatchee Bay, 450 HIV-positive men and women from around the country, but mostly from the Southeast, come together amidst occasional spring breakers for a weekend of socializing, education, some silliness, a few tears, and just plain fun.</p><p>This year, the Positive Living conference turned 14, an extraordinary success by any measure, but even more poignant because it is the only remaining large-scale conference for persons living with HIV.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62641/the-endangered-wonder-of-the-positive-living-confe.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=Jsjz1Rbzhbc:7Fv4mO-_Sr8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=Jsjz1Rbzhbc:7Fv4mO-_Sr8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=Jsjz1Rbzhbc:7Fv4mO-_Sr8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=Jsjz1Rbzhbc:7Fv4mO-_Sr8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=Jsjz1Rbzhbc:7Fv4mO-_Sr8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=Jsjz1Rbzhbc:7Fv4mO-_Sr8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=Jsjz1Rbzhbc:7Fv4mO-_Sr8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=Jsjz1Rbzhbc:7Fv4mO-_Sr8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=Jsjz1Rbzhbc:7Fv4mO-_Sr8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=Jsjz1Rbzhbc:7Fv4mO-_Sr8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=Jsjz1Rbzhbc:7Fv4mO-_Sr8:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=Jsjz1Rbzhbc:7Fv4mO-_Sr8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/Jsjz1Rbzhbc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62641/the-endangered-wonder-of-the-positive-living-confe.html Tue, 21 Jun 2011 06:12:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62641/the-endangered-wonder-of-the-positive-living-confe.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/jhWkIK-IUIQ/more-on-generic-antiretrovirals.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">In the <a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62412/surprise-its-generic-combivir.html">recent post</a> on the approval of generic Combivir -- and the <i>lack </i>of availability of generic Epivir (lamivudine, 3TC), which was both anticipated and likely to be more useful -- I speculated there were several possible causes of this surprising turn of events.</p><p>But ultimately I concluded, "In sum, the <i>real </i>reason there's no generic 3TC remains a mystery."</p><p>Last week, however, I received a fascinating email from an industry representative, who has asked that I summarize the turn of events from their perspective:</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62530/more-on-generic-antiretrovirals.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=jhWkIK-IUIQ:dbYA2WNajIQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=jhWkIK-IUIQ:dbYA2WNajIQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=jhWkIK-IUIQ:dbYA2WNajIQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=jhWkIK-IUIQ:dbYA2WNajIQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=jhWkIK-IUIQ:dbYA2WNajIQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=jhWkIK-IUIQ:dbYA2WNajIQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=jhWkIK-IUIQ:dbYA2WNajIQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=jhWkIK-IUIQ:dbYA2WNajIQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=jhWkIK-IUIQ:dbYA2WNajIQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=jhWkIK-IUIQ:dbYA2WNajIQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=jhWkIK-IUIQ:dbYA2WNajIQ:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=jhWkIK-IUIQ:dbYA2WNajIQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/jhWkIK-IUIQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62530/more-on-generic-antiretrovirals.html Mon, 13 Jun 2011 15:00:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62530/more-on-generic-antiretrovirals.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/oHJiPAFxxOQ/do-no-harm-tips-on-connecting-with-and-helping-you.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/bethsheba_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Bethsheba Johnson, G.N.P.-B.C., A.A.H.I.V.S." align="right">In <a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art60404.html">my article for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day</a>, I forgot to include a very important topic. That important topic is the prevention of HIV and hepatitis transmission through recreational drug use. </p><p>If your patient population is anything like mine, then you see a lot of active drug users. My dear friend, Suzanne Carlberg-Racich, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., reminded me of my <i>faux pas</i> immediately after the article was published. I'd like to share the ensuing conversation with you, because it includes some very good tips.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62472/do-no-harm-tips-on-connecting-with-and-helping-you.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=oHJiPAFxxOQ:nCTxP_KKBE8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=oHJiPAFxxOQ:nCTxP_KKBE8:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=oHJiPAFxxOQ:nCTxP_KKBE8:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=oHJiPAFxxOQ:nCTxP_KKBE8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=oHJiPAFxxOQ:nCTxP_KKBE8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=oHJiPAFxxOQ:nCTxP_KKBE8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=oHJiPAFxxOQ:nCTxP_KKBE8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=oHJiPAFxxOQ:nCTxP_KKBE8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=oHJiPAFxxOQ:nCTxP_KKBE8:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=oHJiPAFxxOQ:nCTxP_KKBE8:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=oHJiPAFxxOQ:nCTxP_KKBE8:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=oHJiPAFxxOQ:nCTxP_KKBE8:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/oHJiPAFxxOQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62472/do-no-harm-tips-on-connecting-with-and-helping-you.html Thu, 9 Jun 2011 15:52:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62472/do-no-harm-tips-on-connecting-with-and-helping-you.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/pmbByJnV1Tk/hiv-epidemiology-and-something-even-many-smart-med.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">Periodically I like to give an informal quiz to the medical students about HIV epidemiology. It's a multiple choice question that goes something like this:</p> <p>Based on the recent epidemiology of HIV in the United States, in what group are new cases of HIV infection rising the fastest?</p> <ol> <li>Men who have sex with men (MSM)</li> <li>Injection drug users (IDUs)</li> <li>Heterosexual women</li> <li>Some other group</li> </ol> <p>(Correct answer: #1.)</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62424/hiv-epidemiology-and-something-even-many-smart-med.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=pmbByJnV1Tk:LTOimIkfhok:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=pmbByJnV1Tk:LTOimIkfhok:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=pmbByJnV1Tk:LTOimIkfhok:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=pmbByJnV1Tk:LTOimIkfhok:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=pmbByJnV1Tk:LTOimIkfhok:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=pmbByJnV1Tk:LTOimIkfhok:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=pmbByJnV1Tk:LTOimIkfhok:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=pmbByJnV1Tk:LTOimIkfhok:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=pmbByJnV1Tk:LTOimIkfhok:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=pmbByJnV1Tk:LTOimIkfhok:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=pmbByJnV1Tk:LTOimIkfhok:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=pmbByJnV1Tk:LTOimIkfhok:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/pmbByJnV1Tk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62424/hiv-epidemiology-and-something-even-many-smart-med.html Sat, 4 Jun 2011 15:11:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62424/hiv-epidemiology-and-something-even-many-smart-med.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/2-oeBayA8BA/surprise-its-generic-combivir.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">After last week's unveiling of the new NNRTI rilpivirine, now we have <a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art62256.html">a different kind of drug approval from the FDA</a>:</p> <blockquote><p>FDA granted approval for a generic formulation fixed dose combination of lamivudine and zidovudine tablets, 150 mg/300 mg, two nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors, indicated in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV-1 infection ... FDA has determined that the generic formulation is bioequivalent and, therefore, therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug, Combivir Tablets...</p></blockquote> <p><i>Combivir? </i></p> <p>Now that's a surprise -- most HIV providers thought that the next generic antiviral would be lamivudine (3TC) on its own. Some were even expecting it last year. After all, 3TC is incredibly safe and effective, has been used in literally millions of patients both here and abroad since its approval in 1995, and already is available as a generic all over the world.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62412/surprise-its-generic-combivir.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=2-oeBayA8BA:TnqdH_HiQCo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=2-oeBayA8BA:TnqdH_HiQCo:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=2-oeBayA8BA:TnqdH_HiQCo:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=2-oeBayA8BA:TnqdH_HiQCo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=2-oeBayA8BA:TnqdH_HiQCo:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=2-oeBayA8BA:TnqdH_HiQCo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=2-oeBayA8BA:TnqdH_HiQCo:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=2-oeBayA8BA:TnqdH_HiQCo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=2-oeBayA8BA:TnqdH_HiQCo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=2-oeBayA8BA:TnqdH_HiQCo:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=2-oeBayA8BA:TnqdH_HiQCo:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=2-oeBayA8BA:TnqdH_HiQCo:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/2-oeBayA8BA" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62412/surprise-its-generic-combivir.html Thu, 26 May 2011 14:07:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62412/surprise-its-generic-combivir.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/JzFlYAIL6P0/rilpivirine-approved--the-ipod-of-nnrtis.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">From the <a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art62097.html">FDA on Friday</a> (it's always on Friday, isn't it):</p> <blockquote><p>FDA approved Edurant (rilpivirine) 25 mg tablets, a new non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) for the treatment of HIV. Rilpivirine is an antiviral drug that helps to block reverse transcriptase, an enzyme necessary for HIV replication. The recommended dose of rilpivirine is one 25 mg tablet once daily taken orally with a meal.</p></blockquote> <p>This approval comes as little surprise, as the <a href="http://www.natap.org/2010/IAS/IAS_57.htm" target="_blank">large ECHO and THRIVE studies</a> clearly demonstrated that rilpivirine (RPV seems to be the preferred abbreviation) was "non-inferior" to efavirenz as initial therapy.</p> <p>More controversial were the details of the aggregate study results, which demonstrated a trade-off between antiviral activity at high viral loads (which favored efavirenz) and the overall safety and tolerability (which favored rilpivirine).</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62425/rilpivirine-approved--the-ipod-of-nnrtis.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JzFlYAIL6P0:9C0Yr0Oj2cA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JzFlYAIL6P0:9C0Yr0Oj2cA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=JzFlYAIL6P0:9C0Yr0Oj2cA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JzFlYAIL6P0:9C0Yr0Oj2cA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=JzFlYAIL6P0:9C0Yr0Oj2cA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JzFlYAIL6P0:9C0Yr0Oj2cA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=JzFlYAIL6P0:9C0Yr0Oj2cA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JzFlYAIL6P0:9C0Yr0Oj2cA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JzFlYAIL6P0:9C0Yr0Oj2cA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=JzFlYAIL6P0:9C0Yr0Oj2cA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JzFlYAIL6P0:9C0Yr0Oj2cA:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JzFlYAIL6P0:9C0Yr0Oj2cA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/JzFlYAIL6P0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62425/rilpivirine-approved--the-ipod-of-nnrtis.html Mon, 23 May 2011 15:37:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62425/rilpivirine-approved--the-ipod-of-nnrtis.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/dFX5WSVbVpk/hiv-exceptionalism-and-the-department-of-unintende.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">Quick question: If there were <i>one</i> piece of information -- clinical or lab -- that you would use to determine the <i>quality of care </i>in an HIV program, what would it be? (Choose one.)</p> <ol> <li>Rates of influenza vaccine administration</li> <li>Receiving PCP prophylaxis with CD4 &lt; 200</li> <li>Adherence counseling before starting antiretroviral therapy</li> <li>Baseline toxoplasmosis serology</li> <li>Proportion of patients on treatment with suppressed viral load</li> </ol> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62426/hiv-exceptionalism-and-the-department-of-unintende.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=dFX5WSVbVpk:mEWiVzheGzM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=dFX5WSVbVpk:mEWiVzheGzM:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=dFX5WSVbVpk:mEWiVzheGzM:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=dFX5WSVbVpk:mEWiVzheGzM:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=dFX5WSVbVpk:mEWiVzheGzM:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=dFX5WSVbVpk:mEWiVzheGzM:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=dFX5WSVbVpk:mEWiVzheGzM:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=dFX5WSVbVpk:mEWiVzheGzM:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=dFX5WSVbVpk:mEWiVzheGzM:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=dFX5WSVbVpk:mEWiVzheGzM:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=dFX5WSVbVpk:mEWiVzheGzM:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=dFX5WSVbVpk:mEWiVzheGzM:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/dFX5WSVbVpk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62426/hiv-exceptionalism-and-the-department-of-unintende.html Wed, 18 May 2011 15:39:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/62426/hiv-exceptionalism-and-the-department-of-unintende.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/X03y3aQFnQE/art61989.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">The results of the HPTN Study 052 -- which randomized 1,763 serodiscordant couples to early vs delayed ART to evaluate whether this reduced the risk of HIV transmission -- <a href="http://www.hptn.org/web%20documents/PressReleases/HPTN052PressReleaseFINAL5_12_118am.pdf" target="_blank">have just been released:</a></p> <blockquote> Findings from the study were reviewed by an independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) ... The DSMB concluded that initiation of ART by HIV-infected individuals substantially protected their HIV uninfected sexual partners from acquiring HIV infection, with a 96 percent reduction in risk of HIV transmission ... Among the 877 couples in the delayed ART group, 27 HIV transmissions occurred. This was in contrast to only one (1) transmission that occurred in the immediate ART group. This difference was highly statistically significant. </blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61989.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=X03y3aQFnQE:cxWWkpTgzDA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=X03y3aQFnQE:cxWWkpTgzDA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=X03y3aQFnQE:cxWWkpTgzDA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=X03y3aQFnQE:cxWWkpTgzDA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=X03y3aQFnQE:cxWWkpTgzDA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=X03y3aQFnQE:cxWWkpTgzDA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=X03y3aQFnQE:cxWWkpTgzDA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=X03y3aQFnQE:cxWWkpTgzDA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=X03y3aQFnQE:cxWWkpTgzDA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=X03y3aQFnQE:cxWWkpTgzDA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=X03y3aQFnQE:cxWWkpTgzDA:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=X03y3aQFnQE:cxWWkpTgzDA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/X03y3aQFnQE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61989.html Thu, 12 May 2011 09:03:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61989.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/UMeUdb7xJPY/art61780.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/nelson_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A." align="right">Most of us have built resistance as we joined study after study that exposed us to functional monotherapy. In fact, I consider many of us who have been struggling with multiple drug resistance to be wounded soldiers from a time when we were recruited into studies we joined out of desperation to access a new drug. Even if we seem invisible due to our lower numbers, we are still here -- and we absolutely hate to be discounted as disposable in the current era of largely successful HIV treatment.</p> <p>It is my opinion, and that of several clinicians that I have worked with, that it is the pharmaceutical industry's duty to provide access to multiple investigational drugs so that so-called "salvage patients" like me can finally construct a regimen that may help us join the rest of the population of virologically controlled patients.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61780.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=UMeUdb7xJPY:60GUJeo6MFc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=UMeUdb7xJPY:60GUJeo6MFc:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=UMeUdb7xJPY:60GUJeo6MFc:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=UMeUdb7xJPY:60GUJeo6MFc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=UMeUdb7xJPY:60GUJeo6MFc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=UMeUdb7xJPY:60GUJeo6MFc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=UMeUdb7xJPY:60GUJeo6MFc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=UMeUdb7xJPY:60GUJeo6MFc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=UMeUdb7xJPY:60GUJeo6MFc:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=UMeUdb7xJPY:60GUJeo6MFc:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=UMeUdb7xJPY:60GUJeo6MFc:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=UMeUdb7xJPY:60GUJeo6MFc:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/UMeUdb7xJPY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61780.html Tue, 3 May 2011 09:26:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61780.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/KRv1tBbCp7w/art61670.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">There's a new antiretroviral option out there, <a href="http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ByAudience/ForPatientAdvocates/HIVandAIDSActivities/ucm248800.htm" target="_blank">a 400-mg extended-release tablet formulation of nevirapine</a> that can be dosed once daily.</p> <p>However, you might not have noticed, since it's not <i>really </i>that new, and it's not clear that this formulation offers any significant advantages over the nevirapine we already have.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61670.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=KRv1tBbCp7w:qT8NPtNH_dw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=KRv1tBbCp7w:qT8NPtNH_dw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=KRv1tBbCp7w:qT8NPtNH_dw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=KRv1tBbCp7w:qT8NPtNH_dw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=KRv1tBbCp7w:qT8NPtNH_dw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=KRv1tBbCp7w:qT8NPtNH_dw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=KRv1tBbCp7w:qT8NPtNH_dw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=KRv1tBbCp7w:qT8NPtNH_dw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=KRv1tBbCp7w:qT8NPtNH_dw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=KRv1tBbCp7w:qT8NPtNH_dw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=KRv1tBbCp7w:qT8NPtNH_dw:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=KRv1tBbCp7w:qT8NPtNH_dw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/KRv1tBbCp7w" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61670.html Mon, 25 Apr 2011 07:37:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61670.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/TPsJQYAbR8M/art61564.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">On the heels of last month's report of <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6010a1.htm" target="_blank">HIV transmission from an organ donor</a> -- covered <a href="http://infectious-diseases.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2011/330/4" target="_blank">here</a> in <i>Journal Watch</i> -- comes <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/11/us/11hiv.html?_r=1&amp;hp" target="_blank">this remarkable article</a> in the <i>New York Times</i> about lifting the ban on organ donation from donors known to be HIV positive.</p> <p>Naturally, the first group of patients slated to receive these HIV positive organs would have HIV themselves.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61564.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=TPsJQYAbR8M:_nFzkx-cxkQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=TPsJQYAbR8M:_nFzkx-cxkQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=TPsJQYAbR8M:_nFzkx-cxkQ:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=TPsJQYAbR8M:_nFzkx-cxkQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=TPsJQYAbR8M:_nFzkx-cxkQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=TPsJQYAbR8M:_nFzkx-cxkQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=TPsJQYAbR8M:_nFzkx-cxkQ:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=TPsJQYAbR8M:_nFzkx-cxkQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=TPsJQYAbR8M:_nFzkx-cxkQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=TPsJQYAbR8M:_nFzkx-cxkQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=TPsJQYAbR8M:_nFzkx-cxkQ:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=TPsJQYAbR8M:_nFzkx-cxkQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/TPsJQYAbR8M" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61564.html Mon, 18 Apr 2011 15:28:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61564.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/glrjr2dHRII/art61474.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/bethsheba_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Bethsheba Johnson, G.N.P.-B.C., A.A.H.I.V.S." align="right">As I look back over the recent past in HIV research, I am impressed at what advancements we have made, yet disturbed at what little we know and have done regarding HIV prevention and treatment in women.</p><p>It seems like only yesterday (actually 1993) that reproductive-age women were allowed to enter clinical trials. That was a banner day! We've come a long way, baby. But as women we have a long way to go to catch up with male enrollment in clinical trials. Most drug trials -- whether regarding diabetes, hypertension or HIV -- have been largely conducted on white, middle-aged men; that data were then generalized to all genders and races. Excuse me, but we aren't all white men!</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61474.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=glrjr2dHRII:E2GqRrCer8o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=glrjr2dHRII:E2GqRrCer8o:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=glrjr2dHRII:E2GqRrCer8o:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=glrjr2dHRII:E2GqRrCer8o:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=glrjr2dHRII:E2GqRrCer8o:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=glrjr2dHRII:E2GqRrCer8o:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=glrjr2dHRII:E2GqRrCer8o:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=glrjr2dHRII:E2GqRrCer8o:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=glrjr2dHRII:E2GqRrCer8o:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=glrjr2dHRII:E2GqRrCer8o:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=glrjr2dHRII:E2GqRrCer8o:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=glrjr2dHRII:E2GqRrCer8o:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/glrjr2dHRII" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61474.html Tue, 12 Apr 2011 00:10:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61474.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/l08P8A0Vhys/art61426.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">Two papers just published in <i>AIDS</i> with relevance to the "when to start" antiretroviral therapy question.</p> <p>Both apply to certain patients in whom we might consider waiting to start treatment -- but both these studies suggest we do otherwise.</p> <p>The first applies to the patients with slooooow CD4 decline. Perhaps so slow that both you and your patient are very comfortable watching it drift down over the years, from initially normal -- let's say 900 -- to 700, then 500 over a 10-year period. After all, with such a slow decline, what could the harm be in waiting?</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61426.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=l08P8A0Vhys:-UZVC_2aK4M:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=l08P8A0Vhys:-UZVC_2aK4M:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=l08P8A0Vhys:-UZVC_2aK4M:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=l08P8A0Vhys:-UZVC_2aK4M:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=l08P8A0Vhys:-UZVC_2aK4M:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=l08P8A0Vhys:-UZVC_2aK4M:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=l08P8A0Vhys:-UZVC_2aK4M:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=l08P8A0Vhys:-UZVC_2aK4M:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=l08P8A0Vhys:-UZVC_2aK4M:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=l08P8A0Vhys:-UZVC_2aK4M:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=l08P8A0Vhys:-UZVC_2aK4M:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=l08P8A0Vhys:-UZVC_2aK4M:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/l08P8A0Vhys" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61426.html Fri, 8 Apr 2011 13:19:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61426.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/lw92PVG4x_k/art61341.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/bethsheba_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Bethsheba Johnson, G.N.P.-B.C., A.A.H.I.V.S." align="right">We marked U.S. National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on March 10. The theme this year was <i>"Now it's time for you to decide: What can you do?"</i> Although the day is meant to raise awareness among the general population, and although it passed weeks ago, in my opinion we need to have that awareness every day as health care providers. We regularly see people in our HIV agencies/organizations that, if health education had reached them the way it should, would have never walked through the door in the first place.</p><p>This year, I had the honor of speaking at the inaugural "Sisters with Voices (SWV): Empowering Health Living," sponsored by St. Hope Foundation in Houston, Texas, on March 9. Ninety women from the community came together at United Way of Greater Houston for a brilliant evening of empowerment and health education. A diverse group of women was in attendance, spanning many races and ages and including HIV-positive women, attorneys, public health workers, health care providers and YWCA workers who care for young women.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61341.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=lw92PVG4x_k:A7p_7NvgTwU:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=lw92PVG4x_k:A7p_7NvgTwU:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=lw92PVG4x_k:A7p_7NvgTwU:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=lw92PVG4x_k:A7p_7NvgTwU:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=lw92PVG4x_k:A7p_7NvgTwU:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=lw92PVG4x_k:A7p_7NvgTwU:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=lw92PVG4x_k:A7p_7NvgTwU:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=lw92PVG4x_k:A7p_7NvgTwU:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=lw92PVG4x_k:A7p_7NvgTwU:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=lw92PVG4x_k:A7p_7NvgTwU:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=lw92PVG4x_k:A7p_7NvgTwU:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=lw92PVG4x_k:A7p_7NvgTwU:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/lw92PVG4x_k" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61341.html Tue, 5 Apr 2011 09:40:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61341.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/JaY0HrJ5d60/art61242.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/david_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W." align="right">When I was going through clinical supervision before licensure, my mentor pointed out that one's particular therapeutic modality, be it cognitive, behavioral, psychodynamic, Gestalt or whatever, is often not as important for good clinical results as simply being present with the patient. Because at that time I was very focused on mastery of particular skills, I was somewhat incredulous. But I have since come to understand that beneath good technique there is indeed a realm of energetic exchange with a patient that is often non-verbal and that has great power for healing. I call it being present at both physical and emotional levels.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61242.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JaY0HrJ5d60:t-PVQDrIz6A:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JaY0HrJ5d60:t-PVQDrIz6A:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=JaY0HrJ5d60:t-PVQDrIz6A:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JaY0HrJ5d60:t-PVQDrIz6A:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=JaY0HrJ5d60:t-PVQDrIz6A:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JaY0HrJ5d60:t-PVQDrIz6A:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=JaY0HrJ5d60:t-PVQDrIz6A:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JaY0HrJ5d60:t-PVQDrIz6A:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JaY0HrJ5d60:t-PVQDrIz6A:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=JaY0HrJ5d60:t-PVQDrIz6A:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JaY0HrJ5d60:t-PVQDrIz6A:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=JaY0HrJ5d60:t-PVQDrIz6A:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/JaY0HrJ5d60" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61242.html Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:53:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61242.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/QPx8haqGXR0/art61133.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">Today's ID/HIV comments and links are named after every ID specialist's <a href="http://cid.oxfordjournals.org/content/52/5/e103.full?ijkey=Evn1QGFzwH8Xrj3&amp;keytype=ref/" target="_blank">favorite new toy</a> for UTIs.</p> <ul> <li>This <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6010a1.htm?s_cid=mm6010a1_w/" target="_blank">HIV transmission from a kidney donor</a> is getting quite a bit of media play, as such complications always do. I was at a meeting this AM when one of my colleagues (an endocrinologist) commented how horrible she thought it was. Yes ... but here's what I told her: the risk of some sort of infectious complication from transplantation, despite all our vigilance, no matter what tests we use, will <i>never </i>be zero. The only way to make transplants 100% safe is to stop doing them entirely. And that's not going to happen, nor should it.</li> </ul> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61133.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=QPx8haqGXR0:PaVDjr1ScHI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=QPx8haqGXR0:PaVDjr1ScHI:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=QPx8haqGXR0:PaVDjr1ScHI:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=QPx8haqGXR0:PaVDjr1ScHI:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=QPx8haqGXR0:PaVDjr1ScHI:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=QPx8haqGXR0:PaVDjr1ScHI:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=QPx8haqGXR0:PaVDjr1ScHI:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=QPx8haqGXR0:PaVDjr1ScHI:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=QPx8haqGXR0:PaVDjr1ScHI:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=QPx8haqGXR0:PaVDjr1ScHI:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=QPx8haqGXR0:PaVDjr1ScHI:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=QPx8haqGXR0:PaVDjr1ScHI:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/QPx8haqGXR0" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61133.html Fri, 18 Mar 2011 09:47:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61133.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/rPrxcxHpItI/art61032.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/nelson_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A." align="right">We live in parallel worlds rife with contradictions. As we fear more and more budget cuts; AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) problems; slow, or lack of, global access to HIV medications; and other concerns that keep popping up when attempting to control this epidemic, there are rays of hope that emerge, and motivate many of us working in treatment and research advocacy to keep moving forward.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61032.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=rPrxcxHpItI:cjF7Dk3Sq1k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=rPrxcxHpItI:cjF7Dk3Sq1k:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=rPrxcxHpItI:cjF7Dk3Sq1k:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=rPrxcxHpItI:cjF7Dk3Sq1k:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=rPrxcxHpItI:cjF7Dk3Sq1k:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=rPrxcxHpItI:cjF7Dk3Sq1k:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=rPrxcxHpItI:cjF7Dk3Sq1k:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=rPrxcxHpItI:cjF7Dk3Sq1k:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=rPrxcxHpItI:cjF7Dk3Sq1k:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=rPrxcxHpItI:cjF7Dk3Sq1k:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=rPrxcxHpItI:cjF7Dk3Sq1k:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=rPrxcxHpItI:cjF7Dk3Sq1k:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/rPrxcxHpItI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61032.html Thu, 17 Mar 2011 08:43:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61032.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/wC4Cxc-L9Bs/art61021.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/david_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W." align="right">It is one of the great ironies of a sex-drenched culture that sex, if it is spoken of at all, is too often described with code words and cute metaphors or, in health care settings, sometimes barely mentioned. Both practitioners and patients can be reluctant to speak frankly and this can impact both the quality of health information, as well as good decisions about healthy sexual practices. Health care providers need to take an honest look at their ability to be comfortable with sexuality and discussions of sex.</p><p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61021.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=wC4Cxc-L9Bs:PpzlCf5xxBA:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=wC4Cxc-L9Bs:PpzlCf5xxBA:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=wC4Cxc-L9Bs:PpzlCf5xxBA:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=wC4Cxc-L9Bs:PpzlCf5xxBA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=wC4Cxc-L9Bs:PpzlCf5xxBA:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=wC4Cxc-L9Bs:PpzlCf5xxBA:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=wC4Cxc-L9Bs:PpzlCf5xxBA:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=wC4Cxc-L9Bs:PpzlCf5xxBA:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=wC4Cxc-L9Bs:PpzlCf5xxBA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=wC4Cxc-L9Bs:PpzlCf5xxBA:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=wC4Cxc-L9Bs:PpzlCf5xxBA:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=wC4Cxc-L9Bs:PpzlCf5xxBA:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/wC4Cxc-L9Bs" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61021.html Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:53:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art61021.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/QeYedY6qhWM/art60855.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/paul_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Paul E. Sax, M.D." align="right">Since the <a href="http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa1011205" target="_blank">publication of iPrEx</a>, the hypothetical decision about whether to prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has become a practical reality.</p> <p>As a result, we've posted a <a href="http://aids-clinical-care.jwatch.org/cgi/content/full/2011/228/1" target="blank">case</a> on the <i>Journal Watch/AIDS Clinical Care </i>site,<i> </i>describing someone who requests intermittent pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV.</p> <p><a href="http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art60855.html">Read more ...</a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=QeYedY6qhWM:qqI9ANdZtkw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=QeYedY6qhWM:qqI9ANdZtkw:-BTjWOF_DHI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=QeYedY6qhWM:qqI9ANdZtkw:-BTjWOF_DHI" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=QeYedY6qhWM:qqI9ANdZtkw:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=QeYedY6qhWM:qqI9ANdZtkw:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=QeYedY6qhWM:qqI9ANdZtkw:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=QeYedY6qhWM:qqI9ANdZtkw:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=QeYedY6qhWM:qqI9ANdZtkw:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=QeYedY6qhWM:qqI9ANdZtkw:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?i=QeYedY6qhWM:qqI9ANdZtkw:gIN9vFwOqvQ" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=QeYedY6qhWM:qqI9ANdZtkw:TzevzKxY174"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=TzevzKxY174" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?a=QeYedY6qhWM:qqI9ANdZtkw:l6gmwiTKsz0"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/HIVCareToday?d=l6gmwiTKsz0" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~4/QeYedY6qhWM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art60855.html Fri, 11 Mar 2011 16:37:00 GMT http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art60855.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HIVCareToday/~3/R598Gh2Jusc/art60842.html <p><IMG SRC="http://img.thebody.com/images/mugs/bethsheba_blogbox.gif" border="0" WIDTH="115" HEIGHT="145" hspace="8" vspace="8" ALT="Bethsheba Johnson, G.N.P.-B.C., A.A.H.I.V.S." align="right">I am a board-certified gerontological and HIV/AIDS nurse practitioner. Love my "older people!" Mind you, I am not using the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention definition (which also happens to be my son's definition) of adults older than 50 in <i>my</i> definition of "gerontological." You're not old until 65 -- and I feel <i>that's</i> still young! <p>How did I go from older adults to HIV? That is a question that I've been pondering for 15 years. Not a logical decision, but a decision nonetheless. The answer to this question lies with a most amazing woman, Dr. Sherry Luck, an internal medicine specialist in Chicago. Back in 1995, she became my clinical preceptor for my post-master of science as a gerontological nurse practitioner. Dr. Luck was providing medical care to adults in day care. 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My client Sam had just arrived in my office and was angry and upset that a total stranger had approached him with these words while he was shopping for groceries. "Can you believe that?" he asked before adding, "And that's not the first time that's happened." 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