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UoT Researchers Possibly Find New HIV Medication Using The Body Itself

University of Texas Medical Branch researchers may have found a new medication that will work with an infected individual’s own body to suppress the virus even more than current HIV treatments have not been able to fight.

Mark Riegel, MD

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How To Eliminate The Stigma Associated With STDs and STIs

How To Eliminate The Stigma Associated With STDs and STIs

It’s never easy to give patients bad news, but it’s even worse when that bad news happens to be about a sexually transmitted disease or infection (STD or STI).

Mark Riegel, MD

Researchers Discover HIV Cells in Cerebrospinal Fluid; Could Lead to Brain Dysfunction

Researchers Discover HIV Cells in Cerebrospinal Fluid; Could Lead to Brain Dysfunction

There have been an array of therapies developed since the rise of the HIV and AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and 1990s that have allowed HIV-positive individuals to enjoy a better quality of life and healthier living.

Mark Riegel, MD

What You Always Needed To Know About Hepatitis A, B and C and Sexual Contact

What You Always Needed To Know About Hepatitis A, B and C and Sexual Contact

Hepatitis is the condition in which your liver becomes inflamed. The liver, which is the body’s largest internal organ, is responsible for digesting food, storing energy and taking toxins out of the body.

Mark Riegel, MD

HIV Prevention Implant Trial Praised as Huge Development in Battle of Disease

HIV Prevention Implant Trial Praised as Huge Development in Battle of Disease

Experts are praising a development in the medical community’s fight against HIV – an HIV prevention drug trial now being tested in humans.

Mark Riegel, MD

Can You Get an STD From Oral Sex?

Can You Get an STD From Oral Sex?

Sexually transmitted conditions are so common in modern society due to the highly liberated practices of many individuals coupled with the lack of awareness regarding these conditions, despite the availability of several measures to access information regarding these diseases.

Mark Riegel, MD

Handful of States Changing HIV Prosecuting Laws to Reflect HIV-Suppressing Medication

Handful of States Changing HIV Prosecuting Laws to Reflect HIV-Suppressing Medication

When Sanjay Johnson and James Booth got together Oct. 5, 2015, it was a one-night stand, but they would forever be bonded after Booth told an Arkansas police station Johnson had exposed him to HIV.

Mark Riegel, MD

Agency Recommendation On PrEP To Go In Effect 2021

Agency Recommendation On PrEP To Go In Effect 2021

Corey Walsh was able to attain a prescription called Truvada to prevent HIV infection with the help of his parents’ health insurance policy. However, the Food and Drug Administration approved drug cost him $400 more each month than he could pay for. He eventually joined a clinical trial that took over the costs.

Mark Riegel, MD

HIV Vaccine Could Be On Way For Humans

HIV Vaccine Could Be On Way For Humans

An HIV vaccine for adults may be on its way after a vaccine was administered on monkeys with an HIV-like virus, especially in light of a new, weakened version of it proved to offer similar protections from the original version.

Mark Riegel, MD

HIV Positive People Are At Higher Risk For Type 2 Diabetes

HIV Positive People Are At Higher Risk For Type 2 Diabetes

People who have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, HIV and lipodystrophy could have an increased risk for suffering from type 2 diabetes.

Mark Riegel, MD

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