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Men With HIV Have More Advanced Prostate Cancer at Diagnosis
Military veterans living with HIV received prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening less often than HIV-negative veterans and were more likely to be diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer or cancer that is more likely to progress, according to study results presented last week at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2024) in Denver.
Why COVID Patients Who Could Most Benefit From Paxlovid Still Aren’t Getting It
Evangelical minister Eddie Hyatt believes in the healing power of prayer but “also the medical approach.” So on a February evening a week before scheduled prostate surgery, he had his sore throat checked out at an emergency room near his home in Grapevine, Texas. A doctor confirmed that...
Semaglutide Reduces Liver Fat in People Living With HIV
Semaglutide (Ozempic or Wegovy), a widely used diabetes and weight-loss drug, reduced liver fat by 31% and may also decrease inflammation in people with HIV and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), according to study results presented last week at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2024) in Denver.
Biden Cancer Moonshot to Expand Coverage for Patient Navigation in Private Health Plans
The Biden Cancer Moonshot announced March 8 the expansion of coverage for patient navigation services in plans from seven health insurance companies, as well as actions more than 40 comprehensive cancer centers and community oncology practices across the country are taking to help patients be reimbursed for these critical services.
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2024
Sunday, March 10, is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) 2024. This year marks the 19th annual observation of NWGHAAD, the theme of which is “Prevention and Testing at Every Age. Care and Treatment at Every Stage.”. Organized by the Office on Women’s Health, a division of...
Healthy Recipe: Black Bean Soup
Since living in the US, I’ve come to love food with TexMex or Southwestern flavors. Because of this, black beans have become a staple in my pantry. I’ve found that if I keep them on hand, when either time is short, or I’m feeling fatigued, I will always be able to whip up a tasty nutritious meal — think vegetarian chilies, or an easy nourishing soup like this one. With few ingredients and a lot of flavor, this black bean soup is just the kind of meal that was a godsend when I was in treatment. And it says a lot about how tasty this particular soup is that it has stayed a favorite fast meal post cancer. Try it!
New Webinar Prioritizes Latina Health
To mark International Women’s Day, Friday, March 8, the Healthy Americas Foundation (HAF) released the free two-hour webinar Taking Control of Your Health—Caregiving Starts With You, which addresses the often overlooked health needs of Latinas. Developed by HAF president and CEO Jane Delgado, PhD, along with Latina health...
Some Children Treated Very Early Have Sustained HIV Remission
A small proportion of children who start HIV treatment within the first two days of life may achieve ongoing viral suppression after stopping antiretrovirals, according to study results presented this week at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2024) in Denver. While these promising results hold clues for cure research, they do not reflect the realities of typical care for mothers and children living with HIV.
Insight Into Mechanisms of ME/CFS
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) involves debilitating fatigue, intolerance to exercise, and cognitive problems. Symptoms tend to get worse after even mild exertion. The cause remains unknown, hampering development of treatments. ME/CFS often develops after an infection—a condition known as post-infectious-ME/CFS (PI-ME/CFS). A research team led by NIH’s Dr....
First Once-Weekly Oral Treatment Keeps HIV Suppressed
A once-weekly oral regimen of the approved HIV capsid inhibitor lenacapavir and the experimental antiretroviral islatravir can keep the virus suppressed as well as daily pills, according to study results presented this week at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2024) in Denver. Daily single-tablet regimens are highly...
Watch HIV Researchers at CROI 2024 Discuss Prevention Options Among Black Americans and More
At the 2024 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), HIV.gov caught up again with Dr. LaRon Nelson to discuss community-engaged research, HIV prevention at CROI, and a new study (HPTN 096) he is leading to reduce HIV rates among Black men who have sex with men (inclusive of cisgender and transgender men) in the southern United States. Dr. Nelson is a Professor and Associate Dean at the Yale School of Nursing. He spoke with Louis Shackelford of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network for this HIV.gov interview. Watch their conversation (it’s also posted at the top of this article).
First Tissue Bank May Help Solve Mystery of Long COVID Misery
The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) will launch the world’s first tissue bank with samples donated by patients with long COVID. The move follows research indicating that the virus can continue to linger throughout the body and may hold the key to understanding the cause of the debilitating disorder and lead to effective treatments.
Wave of New Commitments Marks Historic Step Towards the Elimination of Cervical Cancer
Governments, donors, multilateral institutions, and partners today announced major new policy, programmatic and financial commitments, including nearly US$ 600 million in new funding, to eliminate cervical cancer. If these ambitions to expand vaccine coverage and strengthen screening and treatment programs are fully realized, the world could eliminate a cancer for the first time.
‘Behind the Times’: Washington Tries to Catch Up With AI’s Use in Health Care
Lawmakers and regulators in Washington are starting to puzzle over how to regulate artificial intelligence in health care — and the AI industry thinks there’s a good chance they’ll mess it up. “It’s an incredibly daunting problem,” said Bob Wachter, the chair of the Department of Medicine...
A Leukemia Diary: 24 Years With CLL and Still Playing Golf
My job as IT manager for Long Beach, California, allowed me a physical every year. My doctor asked me if I had been sick, because my white blood cell count had gone up the last three years. It was still in the normal range, but he sent me to a hematologist. The hematologist ran blood tests and, in a follow-up in June, told me I had chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) [a cancer that affects white blood cells]. I was shocked. I felt fine. He tells me I have cancer, and it’s incurable, but we’re not going to do anything about it right now. I was confused. I went home and told my wife, then my four kids. The youngest was 18. The internet told me I have a five-to-10-year life span. I was 52.
America Worries About Health Costs — and Voters Want to Hear From Biden and Republicans
President Joe Biden is counting on outrage over abortion restrictions to help drive turnout for his reelection. Former President Donald Trump is promising to take another swing at repealing Obamacare. But around America’s kitchen tables, those are hardly the only health topics voters want to hear about in the 2024...
Vaginal Ring and Oral PrEP Found Safe for HIV Prevention Throughout Pregnancy
The monthly dapivirine vaginal ring and daily oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate and emtricitabine [Truvada and generic equivalents] were each found to be safe for HIV prevention among cisgender women who started using one of them in their second trimester of pregnancy, according to findings presented today at the 2024 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Denver. Pregnant people are estimated to be three times more likely to acquire HIV through sexual intercourse than similarly aged people who are not pregnant.
DoxyPEP Rollout Leads to Drop in STIs in San Francisco
Taking doxycycline after sex helped reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in San Francisco, according to real-world studies presented this week at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2024) in Denver. Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis—better known as doxyPEP—involves taking a single 200 milligram dose of the antibiotic...
Robert Guimento Is the New Interim CEO of HIV Service Provider GMHC
New York City HIV and AIDS service provider GMHC announced that Robert Guimento is its new interim CEO. Guimento recently served as president of the New York Presbyterian (NYP) Brooklyn Methodist Hospital and has led several other hospitals, outpatient clinics, medical staff and related health care teams. “GMHC’s board of...
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