Back in Colombia, the minimum age to donate blood was 18 years old, coinciding with the minimum legal drinking age and attending bars. The excitement to party causes a lot of expectancy to everyone’s 18th-year-old birthday, and although I love to party, I was looking forward mostly to be able to donate blood. As I … Read more
If you don’t normally read my Early Career columns you should know two things about me to understand the context of this piece: 1) I am a nurse and 2) My day job is as a researcher examining how to improve heart health in adults living with HIV. The first time I heard of HIV … Read more
Slightly over five years ago, I immersed myself in a growing literature that documented the increase in heart disease in people living with HIV (PLHIV). While almost of all of these studies were in well-developed “high income” countries, the conclusion was always the same. The HIV medications worked, and those who had access to them … Read more