The top men's health concerns include heart disease, cancer, accidents, and chronic lower respiratory diseases. This compact slide show provides visual presentations of other clinical problems that pose a threat to men and that might be seen in primary care practice.
To suggest today that condoms are “obsolete” sounds heretical and like a topic ripe for heated debate. Here, HIV/AIDS blogger Dr Rodger MacArthur lays out the science for your review.
A positive HIV test result is conveyed confidentially and in person by a clinician, nurse, counselor, or other skilled staff.
Key points for primary care physicians from a new study: HIV-positive women are vulnerable to invasive cervical cancer. This finding underscores the need for screening per guidelines and to follow-up on abnormal Pap smears.
CD4+ count and viral load were complementary and were independently associated with increased incidence of AF.
Lp(a) is an LDL-like particle that exists in plasma in the VLDL range; its density lies between that of LDL and HDL. Lp(a) increases CV risk.
One theory behind a functional cure for HIV infection is based on early, intensive treatment with combined antiretroviral therapy.
The Department of Health and Human Services Panel on Antiretroviral Guidelines for Adults and Adolescents has issued updates of its recommendations.
Mental illness is a risk factor for HIV infection. It brings a number of behavioral correlates that put patients at risk for getting infected. As HIV infection worsens, it begins to affect the brain, and cyclical relationship between the disease and mental illness begins.
In some patients who are HIV-positive, combination antiretroviral therapy therapy started as soon as possible may preserve immunity and lead to a so-called functionalcure.
Elevated levels of the biomarker C-reactive protein in patients with HIV infection increased the risk of MI approximately 2-fold.
Much like HIV/AIDS, RA is associated with a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and consequent death. How might inflammation add to the risk?
Rivaroxaban rejected;HIV cure; EHR complaints; primary care errors; patient safety imperatives.
Antiretroviral treatment commenced within 30 hours of birth and continued until age 18 months.
It would be a mistake to attribute all beneficial outcomes obtained from statins solely to cholesterol lowering. Statins have pleiotropic effects-that is, they are simultaneously capable of producing more than one benefit, and in cardiovascular risk reduction, they accomplish more than simply lowering cholesterol.
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HIV-positive veterans had a 48% increased risk for acute myocardial infarction compared with uninfected veterans.
Does this look like melanoma? Which is not true of Löfgren syndrome? Yoga and Afib; what cause of mental confusion? Skin lesions and HIV.. . . See if you can answer this week's quiz questions.
Approximately 25% of those infected with HIV are unaware of their positive status. The USPSTF says universal screening can help reduce disease burden.
Millions of years of life have been saved by antiretroviral therapy. For more lives to be saved, for more years of life to be gained, patients and doctors need to be aware of the risk of HIV infection and to be amendable to screening.
This study ought to put concerns about handling and administration of donor feces to rest: the cure rate in this study of fecal microbiota transplant for recurrent C difficile approached 95%.
What are some of the more common side effects of antiretroviral therapy, and what can the primary care physician do to help manage these effects? In this podcast, infectious disease expert Rodger MacArthur, MD, offers insights and points readers to updated comprehensive guidelines.
Gradual subungual discoloration; benign paroxysmal vertigo; thrush in HIV infection; paralyzed phrenic nerve: see if you can answer this week's 5 quiz questions.
The combination of itching massive scaling suggests the diagnosis of crusted scabies. This variety of scabies is seen in those who are immunosuppressed or immunocompromised (typically HIV+). Repeated oral doses of ivermectin along with topical permethrin application were required to clear this infestation.
Here, HIV/AIDS specialist, Dr Susan Ball, answers 6 questions about HIV infection that primary care clinicians commonly ask.
