In the previous article, I introduced the microbiome. To review, recall that our bodies are essentially a reservoir of billions, even ... Read More
Living with HIV
First-Time Ever! Woman Cured of HIV with NO Medication or Transplant
A woman who was infected with HIV in 1992 may be the first person cured of the virus without any sort of medication or any kind of ... Read More
Woman Tests Positive for HIV: “There Is Life after HIV, There Is Love”
Ask any single--or any divorced woman for that matter--how hard dating is, and many will share just how difficult it is to find love. Now, ... Read More
Improving The Lives Of HIV Patients
The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections held in early March in Seattle, Washington, featured over a thousand scientific ... Read More
Why We Haven’t Cured HIV Infection: A Major Hurdle To Overcome
A little more than twenty years ago, two developments occurred around the same time that tremendously advanced our ability to treat and ... Read More
Top 5 Sex Mistakes Not To Make In The New Year
The new year brings with it numerous resolutions to improve one’s life in many areas, including romance, finances, and even sex. More often ... Read More
Ending The HIV Epidemic In The US: A View From The Trenches
In an article posted on June 10, 2019, I described a public health initiative supported by several major Health agencies here in the U.S. to ... Read More
How Low Can We Go? A Clinical Trial Gives Hope For New HIV Drug Options
As most of you are aware, the treatment of HIV requires multiple drugs. Since the mid-nineties, the rule has been to use three ... Read More
Medical Racism And Its Impact On Health Outcomes
Some recent events have prompted us to change focus slightly. In early February 2019, it was revealed that the Democratic Governor of ... Read More
New HIV Drugs In The Pipeline!
This is the third article in a series of updates on research coming out of the prestigious Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic ... Read More
An End To The US HIV Epidemic? For Real?
Several months ago, the President delivered the “State of the Union Address”. To be clear, I had low expectations, really low! I think I may ... Read More
HIV And Pregnancy: A Brief History And Where We Are Today
It appears as if the first reported case of HIV being transmitted from a mother to a child was in 1985 when a Hemophiliac (person with a ... Read More