Latest - HIV/AIDS

• How to Manage Drug Interactions With Paxlovid for COVID Some drugs can be held or reduced for the 5-day course. IDSA has published an online guide. Availability in pharmacies has greatly increased in recent weeks.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Best & Worst Places to Practice 2022 Some states offer lots of perks and temptations for physician practices, although each doctor has their own priorities that make some places more desirable.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 20, 2022
• Vitamins, OTC Drugs May Interact With HIV Antiretroviral Therapy OTC medications, food supplements, and other drugs may interact with antiretroviral therapy and harm people living with HIV, researchers in Denmark report.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• How Medicine Is Failing a Nation in Pain   Pain is central to every specialty, and we all played a part in the opioid crisis, says Dr Haider Warraich, author of The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain.
  Medscape, May 20, 2022
• Comorbidities and Co-Medications Among People With HIV How prevalent are comorbidities and the use of non-ART co-medications among people living with HIV?
  HIV Medicine, May 19, 2022
• Gilead Settles With Defendants in HIV PrEP Fraud Lawsuit Gilead settled its lawsuit alleging a $68 million scheme took advantage of its program to supply free HIV prevention drugs.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Writing Out Common Medical Terms Boosts Patient Knowledge: Study Research published in JAMA Network Open shows that patients are more likely to understand their health conditions when healthcare providers avoid abbreviations and acronyms in written communications.
  Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
• Medicaid Restriction Removal Increased HCV Treatment Rates Access to treatment improved after Medicaid-imposed restrictions were removed, but more policy changes are needed to address remaining disparities.
  Journal of Viral Hepatitis, May 16, 2022
• Are Physician White Coats Becoming Obsolete? The white coat has been the traditional physician garb. But since the pandemic, more have been wearing scrubs or more casual clothing. What's best for physicians to wear?
  Medscape Medical News, May 13, 2022
• Support for Gilead Drug's Benefit Against Multidrug-Resistant HIV Lenacapavir produces higher levels of viral suppression after 26 weeks among patients with multidrug-resistant disease when given in addition to other antiretrovirals, according to results from the CAPELLA trial.
  Reuters Health Information, May 11, 2022
• The Case for Post-COVID Steroids   Dr F. Perry Wilson cautions against changing practice on the basis of a single study.
  Medscape, May 12, 2022
• Immune Response After BNT162b2 Vaccination in HIV on ART How effective is the BNT162b2 COVID-19 vaccine among people living with HIV?
  HIV Medicine, May 12, 2022
• New HIV PrEP Guidelines This update gives healthcare providers the latest guidance on prescribing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) -- a powerful tool for HIV prevention -- to their patients.
  CDC Expert Commentary, May 11, 2022
• DOJ Complaint Flags HCV Drug Denials for People With Addiction The Harvard Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation and AIDS Alabama allege that Alabama Medicaid has an illegal policy of denying HCV treatment to people who have used illicit drugs or alcohol.
  Medscape Medical News, May 11, 2022
• What Are Common Misconceptions About Nurses? Nurses nationwide recently expressed outrage after Bravo talk show host Andy Cohen commented about the attractiveness of a nurse-actress on his show. Do you confront misconceptions about your role?
  Medscape Reader Polls, May 10, 2022
• Decentralizing PrEP Offers a Roadmap for Retention University of Washington researchers tested a de-medicalized PrEP model at a sexual health clinic to increase PrEP initiation and retention.
  Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2022
• Can Individualized Care for Kidney Disease in HIV Improve Outcomes? A need for dose adjustments and the possibility of drug-drug interactions have been identified in a study of advanced kidney disease in persons living with HIV.
  Medscape Medical News, May 09, 2022
• Stanford Health Care's Residents Vote to Join Union Stanford's residents are participating in a growing national trend toward unionization in medical education.
  Medscape Medical News, May 06, 2022
• New HIV Care Guidelines From the European AIDS Clinical Society The revised 2021 European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) Guidelines contain extensive updates, guidance on COVID-19 management, and offer a broader range of preferred choices than US guidelines.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022
• Adequately PrEPping the Next Generation Despite advances in HIV prevention, adolescents and young adults are still sorely unprepared.
  Medscape Medical News, May 05, 2022