Posted On: Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
Thanks to the availability of potent combination anti-HIV therapy (commonly called ART or HAART), many people with HIV are living longer in high-income countries such as Canada. As a result, researchers in the HIV field are able to explore a range of different issues in the lives of this population. One such issue is intimate… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 23rd, 2015
New and Noteworthy In this issue: Harvoni and sofosbuvir added to formularies in Alberta, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan Sexual transmission of Hep C linked to anal sex, drug use and lower CD4 count Re-infection is likely the cause of Hep C recurrence after being cured from treatment
Posted On: Wednesday, April 15th, 2015
The McCreary Centre Society has released its first full length report about the sexual health of youth in BC. Using data from the 2013 BC Adolescent Health Survey (BC AHS), the report shows that the majority of Grade 7 –12 students in BC are not sexually active, and youth who do have sex are waiting… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, April 15th, 2015
A team of researchers at several universities and clinics in Montreal conducted a study to explore issues related to healthcare access and mental health among HIV-positive mothers. In detailed interviews with 100 mothers, the researchers uncovered several issues that affected the women’s mental health. The team made recommendations for doctors, nurses and other care providers,… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
Risky Business: Examining the Role of Risk in HIV Prevention Research and Everyday Life Wednesday, April 15 2:00-3:00pm EST CLICK HERE to register and watch Mark’s welcome video. The concept of risk plays a fundamental role in the HIV/AIDS epidemic, shaping our research questions, education strategies, governance and activism. Ultimately, ideas about risk come to… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
Background Case reports are the basis of most sexually-transmitted infection (STI) reporting systems, but reliance on case data alone is limited by an inability to describe trends among key populations, such as gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM). Sentinel surveillance, in which disease monitoring is done at select sites when… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
HIV infection can cause many problems, including some that affect the nerves. The nervous system that permeates the vast majority of the body outside of the brain is called the peripheral nervous system. As early as 1983, doctors in Manhattan noted the strange appearance of injury to the nerves in the feet and legs of… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
Thanks to the widespread availability of potent combination anti-HIV therapy (commonly called ART or HAART), many HIV-positive people are living longer and researchers increasingly expect that some of these people will reach old age. As HIV-positive people age, their risk for type 2 diabetes and other complications related to aging will likely increase. The precursor… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
Most of you will be familiar with the Sex Now Survey. This year, Sex Now: The Next Generation is probing the range of experiences that end up affecting our health through several generations of gay and bisexual men. As you already know, health status is rooted in our personal slice of history. We want to… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, April 2nd, 2015
Researchers at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City and elsewhere in the U.S. have been monitoring the eyes of people who have survived AIDS. They found that out of 1,825 participants, 10% had intermediate-stage AMD. Compared to HIV-negative people, the rate of AMD among these long-term survivors of AIDS was four-fold greater. The findings… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
Thanks to the many benefits of potent combination anti-HIV therapy (commonly called ART or HAART) more HIV-positive people in Canada and similar countries are living longer. The power of ART is so profound that researchers increasingly expect that some HIV-positive people will have near-normal life spans. As people with HIV enter their later years, changes… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
by Shazia Masud, PGY-3 Medical Microbiology, UBC Purpose of the study Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by Chlamydia trachomatis serovars L1, L2, and L3. Depending on the site of inoculation, LGV can manifest either as an inguinal syndrome with a unilateral painful inguinal lymphadenopathy (buboes) or as an anorectal syndrome… Read more »
