In pregnant African women, malnutrition decreases effectiveness of HIV treatment
In Uganda the prescription of three antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, which aim to suppress the virus to prevent disease progression, have resulted in huge reductions in HIV mortality rates. However, disease is not the only scourge in Uganda, and a new study in The Journal of Clinical Pharmacology explores the impact food insecurity may have on treating pregnant women.A U.
February 19, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: clinical, clinical-pharmacology, diet, hiv / aids, huge-reductions, impact, impact-food, insecurity-may, journal, new-study, only-scourge, prevent-disease, uganda, virus
Compounds In Green Tea And Chocolate May Help Reduce Neurological Complications Linked To HIV
Current drug therapy for patients with HIV is unable to control the complete replication of the virus in the brain. The drugs therefore do not have any effect against the complications associated with neurocognitive impairment in patients with HIV…
August 16, 2012 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: brain, complete-replication, control-the-complete, drug-therapy, drugs-therefore, hiv / aids, on call diets, oncalldietitian.com, the-virus, virus
