Comments for Conversations with the living- The AIDS Crisis in Haiti

Comment on Disproportionate effects of global warming and pollution on disadvantaged communities by Of Pigs and Men: Revisiting the Creole Pig Disaster « Conversations with the Living: Globalization and the Haitian AIDS Crisis

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 19:16:01 +0000

[...] kick, the slice of a knife, or the shot of a gun. Other times, it assumes the more abstract form of structural violence as first espoused by Johann Galtung and later by Paul Farmer and Philippe Bourgois and [...]

Comment on HIV-related memory loss linked to Alzheimer’s protein by Tailor-made HIV/AIDS treatment closer to reality

Tailor-made HIV/AIDS treatment closer to reality — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:33:05 +0000

[...] innovative treatment for HIV patients developed by McGill University Health Centre researchers has passed its first clinical trial with [...]

Comment on Some HIV+ patients experience improved outlook on life by HIV-related memory loss linked to Alzheimer’s protein

HIV-related memory loss linked to Alzheimer’s protein — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:24:30 +0000

[...] than half of HIV patients experience memory problems and other cognitive impairments as they age, and doctors know little [...]

Comment on Paradigm shift needed to combat drug resistance by EXCLUSIVE: The effects of alcohol drinking on antiretroviral therapy adherence

EXCLUSIVE: The effects of alcohol drinking on antiretroviral therapy adherence — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:31:44 +0000

[...] antiretroviral therapy has increased the longevity and quality of life for people living with human immunodeficiency virus. But it requires strict adherence in taking the medicine, something that is extremely difficult for [...]

Comment on Feelings of stigmatization may discourage HIV patients from proper care by EXCLUSIVE: The effects of alcohol drinking on antiretroviral therapy adherence

EXCLUSIVE: The effects of alcohol drinking on antiretroviral therapy adherence — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:05:27 +0000

[...] active antiretroviral therapy has increased the longevity and quality of life for people living with human immunodeficiency [...]

Comment on Feelings of stigmatization may discourage HIV patients from proper care by Researchers question evidence linking overlapping sexual partners and African HIV rates

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:47:46 +0000

[...] evidence proving that overlapping multiple sexual partners — concurrency — drives the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa is actually quite limited, Brown University researchers have [...]

Comment on Pitt researchers find candidates for new HIV drugs by Feelings of stigmatization may discourage HIV patients from proper care

Feelings of stigmatization may discourage HIV patients from proper care — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:38:31 +0000

[...] who reported feeling stigmatized also reported poor access to care or suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy [...]

Comment on Study highlights HIV/AIDS challenge in American prison system by Feelings of stigmatization may discourage HIV patients from proper care

Feelings of stigmatization may discourage HIV patients from proper care — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:25:02 +0000

[...] services research at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA found that a large number of HIV-positive individuals who reported feeling stigmatized also reported poor access to care or suboptimal [...]

Comment on Scientists join forces to explain HIV spread in Central and East Africa by Paradigm shift needed to combat drug resistance

Paradigm shift needed to combat drug resistance — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:43:50 +0000

[...] people travel, bacteria and other infectious agents travel with them. As about a billion people cross international borders each year, many more [...]

Comment on OHSU vaccine research targets HIV in the slower, early stage of infection by HIV uses several strategies to escape immune pressure

HIV uses several strategies to escape immune pressure — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:39:24 +0000

[...] human immune system has the ability to temporarily overpower HIV in early infection. Recent research has shown that most newly infected patients develop [...]