Tag Archives: HAART

San Francisco Endorses New HIV Strategy: Begin HAART Therapy Immediately

Many HIV+ patients delay beginning anti-retroviral therapy for years after they become aware of their infection, waiting for signs that their immune system has begun to falter before starting treatment. San Francisco’s Department of Health has just endorsed starting HAART treatment immediately upon diagnosis. Behind the policy switch is mounting evidence that patients who start early are more likely to …

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An Instructive Film About HIV & PEP

Via Pep411.com, here’s a short instructive film about Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP). This latest project is targeted to help young men of color, but of course applies to everybody. This clip may be slightly NSFW due to male-on-male making out. PEP stands for Post Exposure Prophylaxis. It is HIV medications, usually 3 or 4 pills, that you take after you think …

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Study Warns Of Coming New Strains Of Drug-Resistant HIV

Scientists warn that new drug-resistant strains of HIV may develop this decade, causing “mini-epidemics” of their own. New research based on a novel mathematical model predicts that a wave of drug-resistant HIV strains will emerge in San Francisco within the next five years. These strains could prove disastrous by hindering control of the HIV pandemic. The model showed that surprisingly …

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HIV Therapy Lacking For SF’s Poorest

Embiggen the image at the left for a sobering look at HIV viral loads in San Francisco’s neighborhoods. Darker shaded areas provide stark proof of the failure to provide HAART therapy to city’s poor. Via New York Times: Like an elongated, bearded profile, a dark stain covers Potrero Hill and Bayview. It shows where the sickest AIDS patients live. Many …

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Swiss AIDS Experts Claim “Undetectable” Pozzers Can Bareback Safely

Controversial news from Swiss AIDS researchers: GENEVA (AP) — Swiss AIDS experts said Thursday that some people with HIV who meet strict conditions and are under treatment can safely have unprotected sex with non-infected partners. The proposal astonished AIDS researchers in Europe and North America who have long argued that safe sex with a condom is the single most effective …

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