Antiretroviral Therapy Perspective

• Should We Be Gatekeeping Repurposed Drug Discussions? Mentioning ivermectin's many demonstrated properties is not yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater.
  Medscape Blogs, January 19, 2022
• "What do I do now?": How a Single Question Shaped a Clinician's Approach to HIV Patient Care   Gregory Huhn, MD, learns to "think slow" and have meaningful conversations with patients to fully understand what they need in order to deal with a new diagnosis of HIV.
  Medscape, December 17, 2021
• Advice on HIV Treatment for Colleagues Early in Their Career: Protect the Patient   Dr Greg Huhn advises clinicians just starting out in the field of HIV treatment to focus on one principle: "How can I best protect my patient?"
  Medscape, December 15, 2021
• Mandrola's Top 10 Cardiology Stories of 2021 Obesity drugs had a good year, the SGLT2 inhibitors stalled, and Entresto looks less impressive -- these are some of the takes from John Mandrola, MD, in his annual review of cardiology research.
  theheart.org on Medscape, December 15, 2021
• The Most Wonderful Time of the Year? Not to All A psychiatrist's advice for overcoming the holiday blues.
  Medscape Blogs, December 07, 2021
• USCHA 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from USCHA 2021.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, December 02, 2021
• Tips to Reduce Treatment Downtime in Lung Cancer   Dr Mark Kris discusses waiting in the oncology setting, focusing on the importance of communication with colleagues and with patients.
  Medscape Oncology, November 29, 2021
• Psoriatic Arthritis Highlights From ACR 2021   Dr Christopher Ritchlin discusses key reports on psoriatic arthritis from ACR 2021, including results of a brepocitinib efficacy study and data on risk factors for progression and patient concerns.
  Medscape, November 24, 2021
• Treatment Tips for Challenging EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancers   Dr Mark Kris discusses challenges related to treating lung cancers with EGFR mutations.
  Medscape Oncology, November 23, 2021
• Are SSRIs a New Weapon in the COVID Fight?   Is there a class effect of SSRIs on mortality in COVID? F. Perry Wilson comments on a new study.
  Medscape, November 16, 2021
• ANAC 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from ANAC 2021
  Medscape Nurses, November 11, 2021
• FDA Chief's Take on Child Vaccines, Boosters, and Antivirals   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Janet Woodcock, MD, Acting Commissioner, FDA, about the latest news on vaccines for children ages 5 to 11, who should get a booster shot, and antiviral pills.
  WebMD, November 11, 2021
• HIV Management: The Only Constant Is Change   David A. Wohl, MD, reflects on how the mindset in HIV medicine shifted from responding to an acute, life-threatening pandemic to managing a chronic disease.
  Medscape, November 10, 2021
• 11 Studies to Know From ACG 2021   Dr David Johnson shares new data with "eye-opening" implications from this year's American College of Gastroenterology meeting.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, November 04, 2021
• A New Era of HIV Management and a Patient's Journey From Nonadherence to HIV Control   Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, illustrates how advances in treatment options, including long-acting injectables, helped a patient overcome the stigma of HIV.
  Medscape, October 28, 2021
• EACS 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from EACS 2021
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, October 27, 2021
• Addressing the Needs of a Transgender Patient With HIV Who Was Not Feeling Heard   Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, reflects on how she was able to build trust with a transgender patient who did not feel that her concerns about HIV treatment were being heard.
  Medscape, October 26, 2021
• IRIS in HIV: 'Why Is My Patient Getting Worse?' Dr James Brust discusses why some patients experience immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome, a disease- or pathogen-specific immune response that can mimic an active opportunistic infection.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, July 29, 2021
• IAS 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from IAS 2021
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, July 14, 2021
• A Framework for Comprehensive HIV Primary Care Once viral suppression is achieved, the focus of primary care for people with HIV is in many ways the same as for those without HIV, which increasingly includes the problems associated with aging.
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, May 19, 2021