Lab Medicine Rounds

Time Stamps00:00 Podcast Intro 01:08 Introduction of Stacey Rizza, M.D.01:50 What is the natural course of HIV if left untreated, and what effects would it have on the body? 03:41 So given those numbers then, who should be tested for HIV?04:32 How should HIV be treated?05:29 Do people living with HIV then when they are on therapy need any additional, special kind of care?06:44 So if someone who’s living with HIV is actually receiving the treatment and doing everything they should be doing, will the disease naturally shorten their life?07:28 Now given that we’re talking about sexually transmitted diseases, is it safe for a person with HIV to have unprotected sex?09:57 Given those conversations, is that usually how it goes when people ask how HIV can be prevented, or is there more to it?11:59 Another thing that’s coming out every month or so we hear about the new technological advances towards a cure for HIV, so how are we doing on that? Is HIV curable? 13:35  So one of the things that comes up fairly frequentl