Author Archives: health

The Buenos Aires patient: Argentinian woman controls HIV for at least 12 years after stopping treatment

An Argentinian woman, now in her 50s, has controlled HIV below the limits of detection since stopping HIV treatment due to side-effects in 2007, researchers from Buenos Aires and the US National Institutes of Health report. The woman no longer has antibodies to HIV and researchers found only a small number of cells containing HIV… Read More: The Buenos Aires patient: Argentinian woman controls HIV for at… »

Once-a-month PrEP pill easily passes its first big test

Islatravir (MK-8591) is an antiretroviral drug with a novel mode of operation that has excited a lot of interest in the last two years because of its extraordinary persistence in the body. This means it may only need to be given once a week as an HIV treatment, and a subcutaneous implant that releases the drug might only… Read More: Once-a-month PrEP pill easily passes its first big test »

Dying COVID-19 patient begs to see wife

A dying COVID-19 patient desperately begged to see his wife again, just hours before losing his battle against the disease. Tony Brown, 73, died in Barnet Hospital, London, after spending weeks in hospital hooked up to a ventilator. On Thursday the bread delivery man told Sky News he had not seen his wife Linda in… Read More: Dying COVID-19 patient begs to see wife »

Males and females react differently to the same pain

It’s no secret that men and women are different. Diane Halpern, Ph.D., past president of the American Psychological Association, wrote an academic text, “Sex Differences in Cognitive Abilities.” Bruce Goldman, science writer at Stanford,1 reported in the preface to the first edition that:2 “At the time, it seemed clear to me that any between-sex differences… Read More: Males and females react differently to the same pain »