Tag Archives: Spanish

Treatment interruption in cure research is associated with greater risk of non-AIDS related events in the long term, Spanish study finds

A small study from an HIV hospital that has been conducting experimental treatment interruptions (ATIs) as part of research into achieving a functional cure for HIV infection has found that over a period of years, patients who had undergone ATIs had a higher risk of developing non-AIDS-related serious illnesses such as cancer, liver disease and… Read More »

Spanish studies highlight scale of late presentation and its consequences for treatment

Just under half (44.6%) of participants in a Spanish cohort of people living with HIV between 2004 and 2018 were late presenters, according to a recent study published in PLoS ONE. Another study of the same cohort, published in AIDS, found that HIV treatment is less effective at improving immune response but equally as effective… Read More »

Anni Espar: Spanish Female Water Polo Player, Olympic Silver Medalist Talks About her Workout, Diet, Hair and Skin Care

Anna Espar Llaquet is a Spanish water polo player who won the gold medal at the 2013 World Championships in Barcelona. Espar also played on the Spain national team which won the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She scored 15 goals and was named to the Olympic All-Star Team. In 2012… Read More »

How Does COVID-19 Compare to the Spanish Flu?

While COVID-19 meets the technical definition of a pandemic (i.e., “an epidemic occurring worldwide, or over a very wide area, crossing international boundaries and usually affecting a large number of people”), the death toll is nowhere near that of earlier serious pandemics that would legitimately justify the extraordinary measures being deployed by the U.S. government… Read More »