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What are generic drugs?

When you go to the chemist to get a prescription filled, there’s every chance that your pharmacist asks you if you’d prefer a generic. But are generic drugs made of the same ingredients as branded medicines, and do they work the same way? Continue reading “What are generic drugs?”

Why you lie to your doctor

Most of us have done it: your doctor asks you if you’ve been exercising, taking your medication, or eating healthily. You say: “Yes! Yes, I have!” Only, your doctor didn’t see your Instagram update of that last heavenly waffle you ate! In the TV series House, Dr Gregory House is famous for saying: “Everybody lies”, and he isn’t wrong. Continue reading “Why you lie to your doctor”

Can we end AIDS by 2030?

Can the world have AIDS under control by 2030? The UN thinks it’s possible.

The claim: According to the UN, new HIV infections and deaths from AIDS are decreasing, which means it could be possible to bring the epidemic under control by 2030, and eventually end it “in every region, in every country”.

What the claim is based on: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS can be transmitted via blood, breast milk and by semen during sex, but can be kept in check with cocktails of drugs known as antiretroviral therapy. So, twin approaches – reduce the number of new HIV infections, and get those who are HIV-positive onto antiretroviral therapy – are already showing results.

1. UNAIDS said that at the end of 2013, 12.9 million HIV-positive people had access to antiretroviral drugs – a dramatic improvement on the 10 million who were on treatment just one year earlier, and the only 5 million who were getting drugs in 2010.

2. Since 2001, new HIV infections have fallen by 38%, it said. AIDS-related deaths have fallen by 35 percent since a peak in 2005.
What it means: According to the UN report, the AIDS landscape worldwide has seen more achievements in the past five years than in the preceding 23 years.

“More than ever before, there is hope that ending AIDS is possible. However, a business-as-usual approach or simply sustaining the AIDS response at its current pace cannot end the epidemic,” said the report.

Seems that it’s time to roll out education about HIV and AIDS to a new generation and, for the first time, there may be an end in sight.

Source: New.yahoo.com