It is World AIDS Day and everywhere you look there’s an article touching upon some aspect of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This summer, I wrote a post on HIV in the older age groups prompted by a study that showed that older men taking erectile dysfunction drugs (eg. Viagra) had twice the rate of sexually transmitted illnesses […]
Hurrah for Pope Benedict XVI – Condoms for all
It’s almost surreal. Did the Pope actually suggest that the use of condoms to prevent the transmission of HIV is the lesser of two evils, even if their use prevents a pregnancy? Wow! I feel like we have entered into a new era. This is a whole paradigm shift. Now that he has said this […]
Irresponsible Journalism – PrEP for HIV
The New England Journal of Medicine today reported the results of a trial in which 2499 HIV-seronegative men or transgender women who were at high risk for HIV acquisition were enrolled to either receive daily emtricitabine plus tenofovir or placebo. The results were that those who received the anti-retroviral medications had a 44% reduction in HIV […]
Will Antibiotics Work When You Really Need Them?
It’s the CDC’s GET SMART ABOUT ANTIBIOTICS week. Do you know antibiotics do not fight infections caused by viruses such as a cold or a sore throat? Get some rest and drink your fluids. Your body will take care of the rest. The abuse of antibiotics is a serious concern, fueling the development of antibiotic-resistant […]
Good morning Viagra!
I was in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada) recently for the IDSA Annual Meeting. While resting in the hotel watching TV a really animated, bright, and uplifting advertisement starts. It’s a man in a business suit leaving his home, dancing, skipping and even hop-skotching his way to work. It made me think. A child does that […]
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