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Controversies in HIV cure research by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS Have you wanted to take a vacation from your own head? You could do it easily enough with liberal applications of alcohol or hallucinogens, but that's not the kind of vacat ... Read on »
Fw: Hot Topics at The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS From: "News at The Body" <update@news.thebody.com> Date: 13 Mar 2012 16:38:33 -0400 To: <nelsonvergel@yahoo.com> ReplyTo: "News at The Body" <update@news.t ... Read on »
Getting HIV Out of its Hiding Places - Reports from CROI 2012 by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS I highly recommend watching Dr Sharon Lewin's talk ( first one after the introduction).  In my opinion, it is the best talk I have seen on the current status of HIV cure re ... Read on »
Fw: Breaking, Clinically Relevant HIV/AIDS Research From CROI 2012 by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS Subject: NATAP/CROI: Frailty/Muscle Loss in HIV Increases Mortality & is Common NATAP  http://natap.org/ ______________________________ _______________ ... Read on »
Pre-CROI HIV Cure Review Workshop Organized by Community Advocates- Meeting Notes by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS Thanks to Siegfried Schwarze, a research activist from  Germany, for writing down these notes from the meeting we had this past Sunday, March 4, 2012 in Seattle prior ... Read on »
HIV Reservoirs and Cure Research Lecture at CROI 2012 by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS A couple of months ago a rag tag group of activist--including Project Inform (represented by myself), the Treatment Action Group (TAG) and the AIDS Treatment Activists ... Read on »
ViiV Announces Expanded Access of New Integrase Inhibitor...But Activists Are Concerned About Its... by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS The dolutegravir EAP is available to adults living with HIV who (Note: Not all inclusion criteria are listed): Are male or female age 18 years or older (female ... Read on »
Activists Caution HIV+ Patients and their Physicians About Monotherapy in Upcoming Access Program by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 9, 2012 Contact: Nelson Vergel ( NelsonVergel@yahoo.com ) Activists Caution HIV+ Patients and ... Read on »
Fw: Hot Topics at The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS From: "News at The Body" <update@news.thebody.com> Date: 07 Feb 2012 18:23:47 -0500 To: <nelsonvergel@yahoo.com> ReplyTo: "News at The Body" <update@news.t ... Read on »
What to do if you think you have recently been exposed to HIV by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS This would definitely be the HIV medication combo that I would take if I was HIV negative and wanted to treat a potential HIV exposure (condom breakage, needle stick, et ... Read on »
Fw: Hot Topics at The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS From: "News at The Body" <update@news.thebody.com> Date: 31 Jan 2012 16:52:12 -0500 To: <nelsonvergel@yahoo.com> ReplyTo: "News at The Body" <update@news.t ... Read on »
Fw: Smoking, Not HIV Disease, Is Most Important Lung Cancer Risk by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS From: AIDSmeds <news@aidsmeds.com> Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:56:54 -0500 To: <nelsonvergel@yahoo.com> Subject: Smoking, Not HIV Disease, Is Most Important L ... Read on »
Fw: Hot Topics at The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS From: "News at The Body" <update@news.thebody.com> Date: 10 Jan 2012 17:14:11 -0500 To: <powertx@aol.com> ReplyTo: "News at The Body" <update@news.thebody. ... Read on »
Outsmarting HIV with Healthy Nutrition by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS From:  http://www.positivelyaware.com/2012/12_01/hiv_wellness_series.shtml Living with a chronic illness like HIV can present certain nutritional challenges ... Read on »
Activists launch new survey, ask people with HIV to take 10 minutes to help speed HIV cure research by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS Please forward to others who would like to participate Find the survey here. San Francisco, CA-A coalition of HIV advocacy groups are calling on all people ... Read on »
Fw: Hot Topics at The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS From: "News at The Body" <update@news.thebody.com> Date: 06 Dec 2011 18:06:21 -0500 To: <nelsonvergel@yahoo.com> ReplyTo: "News at The Body" <update@news.t ... Read on »
HIV Expert Offers Tips for Better Health by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS HIV Expert Offers Tips for Better Health Tuesday, 29 November 2011 11:49Written by Denise RoyalNelson Vergel is the picture of health. Looking at him, you would ... Read on »
PoWeR asks for your support and end of year tax deductible donation by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS Program for Wellness Restoration (PoWeR,   http://powerusa.org/   ) is going through a tough financial time now that most industry educational grants have been eli ... Read on »
Fw: Hot Topics at The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS From: "News at The Body" <update@news.thebody.com> Date: 15 Nov 2011 18:30:47 -0500 To: <nelsonvergel@yahoo.com> ReplyTo: "News at The Body" <update@news.t ... Read on »
Fw: Hot Topics at The Body's "Ask the Experts" Forums by Nelson V. Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS From: "News at The Body" <update@news.thebody.com> Date: 08 Nov 2011 12:59:28 -0500 To: <nelsonvergel@yahoo.com> ReplyTo: "News at The Body" <update@news.t ... Read on »