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We have become aware that MSD has discontinued the following: Stocrin (EFAVIRENZ) 200mg & 600mg Isentriss Chewable (Raltegravir) 25mg & 100mg People who were still taking these medications should consult their s100 prescriber for alternative options. MSD notes “The decision to …
Are you interested in herbal medicine for health? An approved herbal medicine study by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) – Australian Research Centre of Complementary & Integrative Medicine (ARCCIM), in conjunction with the Endeavour College of Natural Health (ECHN) is …
In daily living, it is so easy to get overwhelmed with expectations of what you should be doing…that you end up doing nothing. “I should workout five times a week for at least 30 minutes…but that’s overwhelming, so I won’t work …
It is estimated that about 13% of PLHIV have coinfection with Hepatitis C. In Queensland, this equates to about 360-450 people living with HIV/HCV coinfection. It is known that HIV speeds up hepatitis C disease progression and so worsens hepatitis C …
July 12: To coincide with the IAS Conference, Durban, 2016, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) has published the first formal results of the PARTNER Study in a special issue devoted to HIV-related matters (Vol. 316, No. 2). Initially, …
According to research reported at the ASM Microbe Conference Boston June16-20 2016, people who cut back on taking Atripla (TDF/FTC/efavirenz) from daily to three times a week maintained an undetectable viral load for six months. The study was conducted among 61 …
Better, kinder, easier to take, more tolerable treatments have been the pursuit of HIV drug development research for decades now. Although we have now arrived at a place where a single daily pill may be all that’s currently required for most …
Active participation in healthcare leads to improved health outcomes. Research studies have indicated that consumers who understand their health conditions and who are actively involved in decisions about their own care are more likely to value treatment programs and have better health …
For many years it’s been know that effective HIV treatment reduces or lowers the risk of sexual transmission of HIV. By how much, is now more certain, poignantly in the absence of condom use. Previous landmark studies (namely HPTN052) measured the …
Since the introduction of the Melbourne Declaration (www.melbournedeclaration.com ) in 2012 within Australia, following the 2011 United Nations Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS, revitalised target action on HIV has taken place in order to eliminate HIV/AIDS, reduce new infections, and to remove …
