July 31, 2012
Over 30 years into the epidemic, there is renewed hope that a cure for HIV may have been found following the presentation of two HIV cases at the 19th annual International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C, last week. Two men who were diagnosed with both HIV and cancer appear to be cured of the HIV virus.…
June 1, 2012
It was during my residency that the first indication of heart toxicity of antibiotics affected me personally. The threat was related to the use of the first of the non-drowsy antihistamines – Seldane – in combination with macrolide antibiotics such as erythromycin causing a potentially fatal heart arrhythmia.…
May 31, 2012
Richard Smith, a former editor of the British Medical Journal, wrote a thoughtful essay offering guidance for new medical students. (Full text here.) Although it was published in 2003, someone just brought it to my attention via Twitter.
Dr. Smith lists many pearls of wisdom in a scholarly and lightly humorous way.…
August 2, 2011
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has chosen Pri-Med, parent company to Physician’s Weekly, to educate and inform thousands of primary care physicians on strategies to employ routine HIV screening and diagnosis in primary care practice, a component of the CDC’s broader Act Against AIDS campaign.…
