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Doctors Confront Practical Issues of HIV Testing : An educational program is being developed to help doctors navigate the challenges of universal screening.


 

Dr. Rawlings pointed out that the HIV-positive population is looking more and more like the patients primary care physicians see every day: As antiretroviral medications are allowing patients to live longer, the drugs are also associated with an increased risk for familiar conditions such as dyslipidemia, diabetes, and heart disease. “It's been a very long time since I've seen anybody in my office who has HIV as the only thing wrong with them.”

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