- Many people with HIV also have other chronic health conditions. Some people are co-infected with hepatitis B or C. Some are living with heart disease, ...
- Healthy bones provide our bodies with a structure that protects our internal organs. The skull protects the brain, the spine protects the spinal cord, ...
- Combivir is a combination of two antiretroviral drugs, both of which are called nucleoside analogues (“nukes”). Each Combivir tablet contains 300 mg of AZT (Retrovir, zidovudine) and 150 mg of 3TC (…
- Growing older in good health includes maintaining a healthy brain. Since effective antiretroviral therapy became widely available, HIV-related dementia ...
- Cardiovascular disease refers to many conditions that affect the heart and blood vessels. These include heart attack (damage to the heart muscles) and ...
- Normally, when we eat, our body converts food into glucose (sugar) and that glucose is then carried to cells throughout the body, providing our ...
- Hormones are chemical messengers that travel through the body to help the cells perform their many tasks. They influence our immune system, our energy, ...
- Although they are small, the kidneys do invaluable work protecting the body. They process almost 200 litres of blood every day, to filter almost two ...
- The liver truly is a vital organ: You can’t live without it. The largest solid internal organ in the human body, it works around the clock to perform ...
- Oxidative stress and inflammation begin during the early stages of HIV infection and continue over time. When left unchecked, they have the potential to cause ...
- CATIE NewsIn Canada and other high-income countries, the widespread availability of potent combination anti-HIV therapy (commonly called ART or HAART) has had a ...
- This guide lays out a series of strategies for recruiting, supervising and retaining staff for organizations that want to hire people who use drugs or who are on methadone or buprenorphine treatments.