by Callen | Sep 21, 2017 | Treatment & Care
Recognizing that 39 to 85 percent of those living with HIV suffer from chronic pain, experts have issued the first comprehensive guidelines on treating such suffering, Medscape reports. There is a link between chronic pain and poor quality of life, as well as poor...
by Callen | Sep 20, 2017 | Treatment & Care
Today, approximately 25% of HIV-positive people in the US are also infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV). This is called HIV and hepatitis C co-infection. Infection with some form of viral hepatitis, whether hepatitis C virus or hepatitis B virus, is the most common...
by Callen | Jun 30, 2017 | News
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by Callen | May 30, 2017 | Videos
The Challenges of Aging with HIV In the best of circumstances, aging often presents medical and psychological challenges, but aging with HIV often presents a number of mental health complications, such as stigma, isolation, and survivor’s guilt, among others. Within...
by Callen | May 30, 2017 | Videos
FAST FACTS Around a quarter of people living with HIV in the United States are women. Most HIV diagnoses in women are attributed to heterosexual sex. The annual number of HIV diagnoses among women has declined in recent years. Though HIV diagnoses among women have...