Food insecurity robs good outcome of quality HIV care

If people living with HIV (PLHIV) are food insecure, then we alarmingly lose the desired good outcomes of quality HIV treatment and care. This was powerfully articulated and backed by evidence in the session of Dr Christine Wanke, Director, Division of Nutrition and...

Take extra-care of kidneys when living with HIV

The people living with HIV (PLHIV), particularly those who are on the antiretroviral therapy (ART) consisting of tenofovir drug, should take extra-care of their kidneys. This was another key learning for me personally at the recently concluded Chennai ART Symposium (CART...

Bone loss in people living with HIV

Is there a bone loss associated with HIV in people who are living with the virus? Yes – there is one - this was one of the learning sessions for me personally at the recently concluded Chennai ART Symposium (CART 2011). CART 2011 was organized in Chennai, India (8-9 January...

When the going gets tough: Resistance to ART

The antiretroviral therapy (ART) has undisputed benefits for people living with HIV. When people living with HIV (PLHIV) become resistant to drugs used in ART, treatment options that they can fall back upon to stay alive and healthy, reduce. This was a major point of academic...

Ed McMahon turns gangsta rapper

There may be No Country For Old Men, but Ed McMahon has a new rap.Having grown up watching the famous sidekick of Johnny Carson for most of my life, I have to admit I'm very happy for the ole guy that he's finally getting out of his slump even at 85 years old. I have...

Grocery theft turns into demolition derby

Oh someone please tell me they have a picture of this woman, I just have to see what a nut like this looks like!"By MEGAN PILLOW Mooresville Tribune Wednesday, August 27, 2008A Mooresville woman was jailed Monday after she stole a cart full of groceries from a grocery...

2009 IndyCar Series Schedule - Highlighted & Announced

The IndyCar Series in DIRECTV HD today announced its 2009 schedule featuring 18 races, including two new destinations, bookend dates for the state of Florida marking changes to the season-opening and closing venues, and expanding the season-long championship by a month.In its...

13,000 golf cart injuries: study

And that's just among Americans!    Hey you politicians.  Maybe you should start pushing for golf cart driving tests, golf cart licenses and golf cart insurance.   How about vision tests, physical coordination tests and, most of all, stupid...

Woman Who Crashed Golf Cart While Drunk Sentenced

"A woman who was drunk when the golf cart she was driving with six children aboard tipped over, injuring five of the children, was sentenced Friday to six months in jail -- to be served on weekend work release -- and three years probation."