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Mindfulness, The Frog and The Scorpion Too.
Matt Levine: "So as the new year unfolds, I’m taking this look back, less a review, more an emotional detox..." Part 1: The frog These days my emotional orbit seems to range wider than the Voyager...
View ArticleHIV pre-exposure drug approved for funding in B.C., but barriers remain
From the Globe and Mail, Holly McKenzie-Sutter ISTOCKPHOTO Oren Adamson received a prescription for pre-exposure prophylaxis treatment in July of last year. Also known as PrEP, the once daily pill is...
View ArticleChronic depression leads to poorer engagement with key stages of HIV care...
From AIDSmap, Michael Carter reports on a study designed to examine the association between chronic depression and clinical outcomes. Increased time spent living with depression is associated with...
View ArticleResearchers study the impact of co-infection with hepatitis viruses on...
From CATIE, Sean R. Hosein reports on a study designed to find out more about the impact of these viruses on pregnancy and birth outcomes in co-infected women. - Hepatitis C co-infection increases...
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Ed Wolf's journal of the Trump years for March: anchoring for what's coming...
Ed Wolf asks, "How do we reunite with such hatred, persecution and division occurring across the land?" Day 180. Fantasy Potluck On May 9 1865, 152 years ago today, President Andrew Johnson officially...
View ArticleUS studies underline importance of primary care physicians for people with HIV
From AIDSmap, Keith Alcorn reports on two studies assessing the influence of provider type on outcomes of chronic co-morbidities in HIV. People with HIV who have other medical conditions such as high...
View ArticleUndetectable viral load is a milestone in this journey.
From Kenya, Kimutai Kemboi spreads the word that undetectable equals untransmittable I had a conversation with this guy, Sammy (not his real name) and I feel I should share it so that other people...
View ArticleOntario expands patient access to chronic Hepatitis C therapies on public...
Good news for those infected or co-infected with Hepatitis C in Ontario - Gilead applauds Ontario’s Ministry of Health for expanding access to curative hepatitis C therapies to all diagnosed patients,...
View ArticleSome Canadians spending less on food, heating because of prescription drug costs
From CATIE, Sean R Hosein reports on a study that examines how the social determinants of health are affectIng patient adherence and outcomes. - Researchers find 22% of prescription drug spending in...
View ArticleExperimental antibody plus TLR7 agonist maintains viral suppression in monkeys
Five of eleven treated animals still remained virally suppressed at six months. From AIDSmap, Liz Highleyman reports. Dan Barouch presenting at CROI 2018. Photo by Liz Highleyman Treatment with a...
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Sad, sad tears of a clown pt. one
Isaac D. Joseph on living with HIV and depression. “Now if there's a smile on my face it's only there trying to fool the public…But don't let my glad expression give you the wrong impression… Like a...
View ArticleNew HIV infections halved after scale-up of HIV treatment, circumcision, in...
From AIDSmap, Michael Carter and Keith Alcorn report on the Rakai Community Cohort Study. The rate of new HIV infections has halved since 2011 in a Ugandan community following large increases in male...
View ArticleUndetectable viral load: further talks with Sammy
From Kenya, Kimutai Kemboi on the many benefits of adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). I must say having a talk with Sammy (as I said, not his real name) was one of the most interesting...
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Celebrating International Women's Day with inspiring dolls
Barbie released dolls celebrating diverse leaders for International Women’s Day and New York guy Félix Garmendía says the idea is "absolutely brilliant." I heard yesterday about the new Barbie...
View ArticleHow much "PrEP-resistant" HIV is out there?
From AIDSmap, Gus Cairns reports from the recent 25th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2018). A study presented at the recent 25th Conference on Retroviruses and...
View ArticlePatterns of substance use associated with fentanyl exposure in Vancouver
From CATIE, Sean R. Hosein reports on a Vancouver study aiming to find out about the degree of exposure to fentanyl among people who use street drugs. - British Columbia researchers analyzed urine...
View ArticlePatients with HIV six times as likely to have schizophrenia
"... researchers indicated that time from schizophrenia diagnoses to death was significantly short for those with HIV than those without." From MD Mag, Kevin Kunzmann reports. There is a six-fold...
View ArticleBeyond stigma: challenging STBBI stigma in the classroom
From CATIE blog, Brittany Neron and Makeda Zook blog about "Beyond the Basics", a sex ed curriculum companion resource that doesn't use fear- and risk-based messaging Sex education is a largely...
View ArticleHIV doesn’t define a parent’s power to love
People living with HIV often feel cut off from society and judged by their decision to become parents. From FS Magazine, Mark Mesiti reports on an initiative to help end the stigma. Photo ©...
View ArticleIAS names San Francisco and Oakland hosts of AIDS 2020
Over 50 Bay Area, US & Global Orgs representing key populations oppose AIDS 2020 in San Francisco. Rob Olver reports. 13 March 2018 – The International AIDS Society (IAS) has announced that San...
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