May 4, 2021 - From the very beginning of the AIDS epidemic in 1981, nurses have been at the forefront of patient care, advocacy, and research. But even in the age of antiretroviral therapy and ...

The AIDS pandemic is nearing its fourth decade, and the need for innovative strategies to help people living with HIV/AIDS has become increasingly important. There are 40 million people infected with ...

Looking at these types of quality-of-life issues for people with HIV has long been a focus of nursing research. Over the course of Holzemer's career, for example, he has authored numerous ...

There is much about the HIV/AIDS epidemic that’s terribly complicated. The wily bug itself has defied science’s best efforts to kill it for three decades. That said, there are also simple truths we’re ...

Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day, and the Home Nursing Agency’s AIDS Intervention Project is using this observation to provide reminders about the importance of HIV/AIDS testing, as shared in the following ...

Nursing home providers that have residents with HIV may need to take additional steps to ensure they’re getting necessary medications for treatment. A clinical investigation led by Harvard researchers ...

From the very beginning of the AIDS epidemic in 1981, nurses have been at the forefront of patient care, advocacy, and research. But even in the age of antiretroviral therapy and pre-exposure ...

University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Nursing Professor Mirjam-Collette Kempf, PhD, MPH, principal investigator of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS) / Women's Interagency HIV ...

A diagnosis of HIV/AIDS is no longer a death sentence. But, there are still barriers to care that go beyond medication, especially to one of the country’s most atrisk populations, African-American ...

A resident exercises in the physical therapy gym at Broadway House for Continuing Care, the only US nursing home to receive funding through the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. (Photo: Courtesy of ...

Life with AIDS can change as the disease progresses. Different stages of the disease pose different challenges and require different types of medical care, support services, and planning. According to ...