Category: Dr Steve Taylor’s Blog

Originally published at Huffington Post: In the course of my medical life, I’ve overheard many people ask their friends the question, “Have you had an HIV test?” “No,” comes the common reply. “I know I should, but I don’t want it on my medical records. It affects your insurance premiums, doesn’t it? And you can only…

Originally published at Huffington Post: I’ve been fortunate enough in my medical career to see real improvements in the treatment options we can offer our HIV positive patients. In the early 1980s we didn’t even have a name for HIV; now we have a wide range of anti-retroviral drugs. We’ve made huge, rapid steps in our…

Originally published at Huffington Post: One of my patients said to me recently: “When I was young I had unprotected sex a few times, so did my friends. Unfortunately it was me who became infected, and they didn’t. Why do I have to live with this shame, as if I did something terribly wrong? I had…