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Updated Cervical Cancer Guidelines for Women – Pap Smear Test to be replaced with HPV test

01 March, 2017 -The Medical Services Advisory Committee (MSAC) has provided recommendations on new approaches to cervical screening in Australia. Following a comprehensive review of the current evidence for cervical screening, MSAC has recommended for both Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) vaccinated …

Long Acting HIV Treatment: 5 Myths and Realities

Introduction: Long-acting antiretrovirals: Are they the future of HIV treatment or will the future pass them by? As research progresses on long-acting antiretroviral therapy (LA-ART) for HIV — also sometimes referred to as extended-release (ER) antiretroviral therapy — experts disagree about …

CROI 2017: Bone Density Improves in People Who Switch from Tenofovir DF to Tenofovir Alafenamide

After 3 years, tenofovir alafenamide (TAF) for first-line HIV treatment was better at suppressing viral load and safer for the bones and kidneys than the older tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF), researchers reported at the 2017 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) …

A LOOK INTO THE GREY ZONE: AGEING WITH HIV

Ageing with HIV, can be both a celebration and a concern. A celebration because effective HIV treatments have given life-years back to all people on effective treatment; but a concern since people are now moving into older age with HIV and …

Give the Flu the Flick

Yes folks, it’s that time of year again to get flu vaccinated and build up our winter defences against the debilitating effects of influenza. The official flu season typically spans from May to October each year. Flu vaccination is available from …

NEW LONG ACTING HIV DRUG CLASS ON THE HORIZON – CAPSID INHIBITORS

Capsid assembly is the step in the HIV lifecycle where the virus develops a cone-shaped core (capsid) particle, which contains or encloses the viral genetic blueprint (genome), inside a maturing infectious virion. It consists of a protein envelop membrane which protects …