Latest - HIV/AIDS

• Cryopreservation: 'Crackpot Science' but Still Promoted   Bioethicist Art Caplan discusses the lack of evidence behind cryopreservation and feels it should be discouraged.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, November 06, 2023
• ANAC 2023 Mixed Results With Cognitive Training in HIV With neurocognitive disorders affecting about 40% of people with HIV, investigators launched the Think Fast Study evaluating a new training approach in a 2-year trial.
  Medscape Medical News, November 03, 2023
• HIV Prevention Highlights From IDWeek 2023   HIV prevention highlights from IDWeek 2023, include data on HIV postexposure PIP, long-acting cabotegravir, PrEP evaluation, and opt-out screening, as reported by Dr Douglas Krakower.
  Medscape, November 03, 2023
• Infographic: The Frequency and Costs of Malpractice Lawsuits Physicians in different specialties discuss how often they've been defendants in medical malpractice lawsuits as well as their costs for malpractice insurance and whether premiums are reasonable.
  Medscape, November 03, 2023
• Switzerland Lifts Extra Restrictions Against Gay Men Giving Blood Gabriel Delabays sat calmly, his feet elevated on a reclining chair, as a nurse drew blood from his left arm at a Swiss transfusion centre on Wednesday, the first day gay men in the country could give blood without extra restrictions.
  Reuters Health Information, November 01, 2023
• Infographic: Female Doctors Get Good News on Pay Front Female physicians report gains in salaries and incentive bonuses, helping to close a gender pay gap with male colleagues. Still, 52% of female doctors felt underpaid.
  Medscape, November 01, 2023
• His Rare Disease's Cure Was Sitting on the Pharmacy Shelf   He's alive thanks to a repurposed drug. Now his dream is to find cures for millions of people from among drugs we already have.
  Medscape, October 31, 2023
• ANAC 2023 Long-Acting Antiretrovirals for HIV Improve Adherence The monthly to bimonthly injectable regimens help overcome challenges that some patients face with daily pills.
  Medscape Medical News, October 30, 2023
• After the NFL: Brain Changes in Living Football Players   Although CTE in football players isn't new, the finding of biomarkers of brain damage in living ex-players could bring about the ultimate goal: treatment.
  Medscape, October 30, 2023
• Marijuana: We Must Still Warn Users of Risks   Art Caplan discusses the changing federal policies on marijuana.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 30, 2023
• ANAC 2023 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ANAC 2023
  Medscape Nurses, October 27, 2023
• Epidemiologic and Clinical Features of Mpox in Adults >50 Years While childhood smallpox vaccination may provide some protection against mpox, adults at risk for mpox, regardless of smallpox vaccination status, should receive the mpox vaccine.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 27, 2023
• ANAC 2023 Tech Encourages HIV Prevention Among Women Preexposure prophylaxis is highly effective in preventing HIV and yet uptake can be low among women, report researchers who say mobile technologies can help.
  Medscape Medical News, October 26, 2023
• Infographic: The Good and Bad of Medical Residency Medical residents discuss their professional and personal stresses and how they try to maintain a healthy personal life.
  Medscape, October 25, 2023
• Recent UN Health Declarations: Clichés and Lies?   Professor David Kerr discusses an editorial on the resolutions from the recent United Nations meeting.
  Medscape Oncology, October 24, 2023
• This Drug Works, but Wait Till You Hear What's in It   Traditional Chinese medicine is subjected to a rigorous trial and comes out on top. But would you prescribe a drug if you didn't know how it worked?
  Medscape, October 24, 2023
• Medscape Female Physician Compensation Report 2023 Physicians reveal their attitudes about gender discrimination, whether it arises in staff and patient interactions, and how those challenges affect their lives and practices.
  Medscape News Slideshows, October 23, 2023
• Getting a Valuable Gift From Patients: Tempting but Wrong?   Grateful patients sometimes offer gifts of value to their physicians. Bioethicist Art Caplan discusses the pros and cons of accepting those gifts.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 23, 2023
• A War on Another Front: Ukraine's Fight Against Hepatitis C Despite ongoing hostilities, healthcare professionals take mobile clinics to their fellow Ukrainians, as the battle extends to fighting the country's high levels of hepatitis C.
  Medscape Medical News, October 20, 2023
• Infographic: Side Gigs That Tempt Doctors, and Why Physicians reveal side gigs that appeal to them, how much time they demand, and how much they expect to earn on the side.
  Medscape, October 20, 2023