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Patients without Symptoms Less Likely to Get Tested for HIV

posted in #studies on 2016-11-29 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team 1 Comment

There’s need to create strategies to encourage people to get tested for especially for people without HIV symptoms because they’re less likely to get tested.

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Test For Hepatitis B Before Treating Hepatitis C to Prevent HBV Reactivation

posted in #studies on 2016-11-18 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team 2 Comments

The US FDA recommends testing for hepatitis B virus before, during and after treating hepatitis C with direct-acting antiviral (DAA) therapy.

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Study Find African Children to Have Strong HIV Resistance

posted in #studies on 2016-11-11 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team 1 Comment

A recent study conducted in South Africa found that 1 in 10 kids with HIV had immune systems that were fighting the virus protecting the kids from getting AIDS.

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Neurologic Symptoms more Prevalent in Early HIV Infection Than Thought

posted in #studies on 2016-11-08 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team 1 Comment

People who discover that they have HIV normally undergo neurological issues. Luckily, these issues can be resolved quickly once the patients start taking ARTs.

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Truvada PrEP Users Less Likely to Suffer from HIV Seroconversion

posted in #studies on 2016-10-17 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team

Rates of new HIV infections decrease as patients take Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) on a daily basis compared to those who took it irregularly.

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Cancer Increases Mortality among HIV-Infected Patients

posted in #studies on 2016-07-01 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team

Mortality rates are higher in HIV positive patients who also suffer from cancer. ARTs have however proven to be effects in reducing these mortality rates.

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A Rapid Way for Screening and Treating Syphilis in Women

posted in #studies on 2016-06-30 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team

Syphilis screening with Rapid Syphilis Testing (RST) is cost-effective in low-prevalence settings and therefore highly recommended.

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Caution Required when Implementing Early HAART Treatment

posted in #studies on 2016-06-30 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team

Early initiation of HAART treatment is both good and bad. In light with this, it’s advised that early HAART treatment be administered with caution.

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Azithromycin is more Effective than Doxycycline in Treating Mycoplasma Genitalium

posted in #studies on 2016-06-29 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team

Extended azithromycin proven to be the best medicine to eradicate Mycoplasma Genitalium compared to Doxycycline.

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Better Diagnostic Method for Bacterial Vaginosis

posted in #studies on 2016-06-17 by The Shim Clinic Blog Team

There is a simpler and more affordable molecular test that shows the reduction of the genus Lactobacillus and an increased species variety of vaginal microbiota. This test can function as a practical substitute investigative method for the assessment of bacterial vaginosis (BV). BV occurs when the vaginal microbiota is in an abnormal state characterized by… Continue reading →

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