Mental
health problems in ‘72 per cent of people with HIV’
Anxiety and depression are experienced by 72 per cent of people
living with HIV, according to research presented at the Infectious
Diseases Society meeting in October. Furthermore, doctors overwhelmingly
attributed their patients’ psychiatric problems to the effects
of HAART, with 84 per cent believing treatment had a role in causing
depression or anxiety. The conference urged doctors to integrate
mental health monitoring and treatment into the routine care of
people with HIV.
Lemon juice ‘could stop Aids’
Laboratory tests have shown that lemon juice could act as a cheap
and effective birth control - and be used to help stop the spread
of Aids. Roger Short, University of Melbourne, said that lemon juice
killed sperm and HIV and that lemons could be an alternative to
costly anti-HIV drugs or traditional forms of contraception. “It
would be necessary to use only about 1ml of lemon juice in the vagina
to inactivate HIV and sperm,” he said.
Merck slashes price of HIV drug
Drug giant Merck & Co last month said it will cut the price
of efavirenz - which it markets as Stocrin - to below $1 (about
65 pence) in the poor countries hit hardest by the epidemic. The
company said it is introducing a new 600mg version of Stocrin at
the revised price in an effort to expand access to
HIV care and treatment in Africa. |
