Liz Scherer

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COVID-19 causes major interruption in global HIV progress

Author:: Liz Scherer

Publish date: September 22, 2021

“We’ve been set back by COVID but we’ve seen remarkable resilience, a lot of innovation and creativity.”

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Guideline gives weak support to trying oral medical cannabis for chronic pain

Author:: Liz Scherer

Publish date: September 21, 2021

Does oral medical cannabis work in chronic pain? Here’s what the evidence says.

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Injectable cabotegravir PrEP superior to oral TDF-FTC; trial halted early

Author:: Liz Scherer

Publish date: August 12, 2021

“The reason that we were able to show that cabotegravir was superior is because we enrolled a very young, very highly at-risk, very underresourced,...

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New guideline for replacement ART: CAB/RPV LA not for everyone

Author:: Liz Scherer

Publish date: August 5, 2021

Adaptation of CAB/RPV LA as ART requires specific clinical institutional planning, especially in light of current...

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Is HIV criminalization the No. 1 barrier to ending the epidemic?

Author:: Liz Scherer

Publish date: June 11, 2021

HIV criminalization laws subject persons whose behaviors may expose others to HIV to felony or misdemeanor charge...

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Neurologists brace and prepare for long-COVID fallout

Author:: Liz Scherer

Publish date: June 3, 2021

Data that have accumulated since the COVID-19 outbreak suggest that at least 1 in 3 people who are initially infected may be long-haulers.

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HIV patients show accelerated aging related to altered sleep

Author:: Liz Scherer

Publish date: April 29, 2021

“One of the functions of slow-wave sleep appears to be its association with the glymphatic system, which clears [metabolic] waste products and supp...

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Women increasingly turn to CBD, with or without doc’s blessing

Author:: Liz Scherer

Publish date: February 10, 2021

Women of reproductive age are increasingly turning to cannabinoids to treat gynecologic and other conditions. A study shows they’re not waiting for...

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How cannabis-based therapeutics could help fight COVID inflammation

Author:: Liz Scherer

Publish date: November 4, 2020

The race to find an effective treatment for COVID-19 continues.