Category: Dr Steve Taylor’s Blog
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This piece originally played at the Huffington Post … I am sitting in my front garden at 5am feeling slightly shell-shocked, wondering what has just happened – and wondering if I am still a doctor. What a strange opening to a blog. To put my dawn chorus into context, I thought it would be useful…
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This piece originally appeared at the Huffington Post … This blog is definitely not for the faint-hearted: if you’re easily offended, please stop reading now! For those of you who would like to have a greater understanding of a new subculture which is rapidly emerging nationwide and internationally, and fuelling the transmission of STIs, HIV, hepatitis C,…
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This piece originally appeared at the Huffington Post … This week is National HIV Testing Week, leading up to World Aids Day 2013 on 1 December. The question is, how many of you were aware of this – and what can we do to enhance that awareness? For too long, educational messages about HIV/AIDS, and about the…
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This post was originally published at Huffington Post: I write a lot on this blog about attitudes to HIV. In many ways, changing the way in which people think about HIV is now one of the most challenging things we do. We know that our medicines work well, our patient pathways are excellent, and increasingly…
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This piece originally appeared at the Huffington Post … Apologies if this post turns into something of a rant – but I think you’ll soon understand, and hopefully share, my frustration. A week or so ago, I attended a meeting of an ethics committee to discuss an opt-out testing strategy for HIV, Hepatitis-B and Hepatitis-C…
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This week saw clinicians and scientists at the International AIDS Society Conference in Malaysia listen to presentations about two HIV positive patients from Boston treated for cancer who have ceased to take their HIV drugs – and yet in whose blood doctors can no longer detect any virus (a third patient involved in the study…
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Originally published at Huffington Post, on thwe topic of Cricket Saving Lives, Jamaica, India and new Ambasador Paul Nixon: Those cricket fans who watched the England versus India Champions Trophy final on sunday may have noticed small slips of red material attached to the players’ arms, or to the sides of their caps. For those in…
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Originally published at Huffington Post: What a week it has been. We’ve been involved in promoting HIV, Hepatitis-B and Hepatitis-C testing program at Birmingham Pride. We’ve launched a GP testing campaign in Nottingham. And, of course, I’ve been treating patients in the clinic. We had mixed emotions at Pride. From the enthusiasm and dedication of the…
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Originally published at Huffington Post: On Monday 4 March, the world awoke to a media storm: news was buzzing around the world that a Mississippi baby had been cured of HIV. We were soon bombarded with a flurry of media reports about how this case was set to change the HIV treatment paradigm, prevent babies…
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Originally published at Huffington Post: We set up the HIV awareness charity Saving Lives to promote HIV testing and public health. We believe passionately that one in four of those with HIV in the UK not knowing their status is too high a figure, and that public advocacy and awareness-raising can have a positive benefit on…