Tag: H.I.V
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Hoosen Coovadia, 83, Medical Force in South Africa’s H.I.V. Fight, Dies
[ad_1] “It took weeks to get the walls rebuilt,” his daughter, Anuschka, said, “and during that time, my father’s medical students came on a schedule, protecting the house with broom poles and sticks, sitting out all night. There was so much love from his community of students.” In addition to his son and daughter, he…
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Statin May Lower Heart Disease Risk for H.I.V. Patients
[ad_1] Americans with H.I.V. are achieving the once unthinkable: a steady march into older age. But beginning around age 50, many people living with the virus face a host of health problems, from heart disease and diabetes to social isolation and cognitive decline. And so the medical research community, which some three decades ago developed…