Art

Patients newly diagnosed with HIV at Kaiser Permanente Northern California had similar rates of rapid ART initiation and viral suppression before and during COVID-19 despite widely reported disruptions caused by the pandemic.

Participation in group-based gardening and art demonstrated measurable improvements in women’s psychosocial health, according to results of a study published in PLOS One.

People with HIV who are on ART regimens using integrase strand transfer inhibitors are at an increased risk for diabetes or hyperglycemia within the first 6 months of treatment, researchers found.

A study demonstrated that African women with HIV used ART for years and maintained high adherence, benefiting both themselves and their children.

Researchers used refill histories to measure ART adherence among people with HIV and evaluated its impact on the potential for future virologic failure.

Results of a three-armed trial demonstrated that dolutegravir-based ART regimens are favorable to efavirenz-based regimens among pregnant women with HIV, according to data presented recently at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

Dolutegravir-based ART with two nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors was superior to standard of care among children with HIV enrolled in the international ODYSSEY trial, researchers reported at CROI.

Just like in adult patients, ART reduces the risk that children with HIV will get or die from tuberculosis, according to data from six African countries.

Earlier in the week, I was in the middle of a busy clinic, when a nurse practitioner handed me a bag with a present and a letter from one of our mutual patients who came to see her for a follow-up visit. I have been managing this patient’s thyroid disorder for few years.

Self-expression through ‘graphic medicine’ and illustrations on social media can help normalize emotions and challenges health care professional face and educate those studying to work in the medical field.