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Although treatment experienced HIV-positive men and women had slightly greater gains in trunk fat after switching to a new regimen containing Prezista (darunavir), they also reported increased satisfaction with their bodies. These data were published in the July issue of AIDS Patient Care and STDs.Of all of the side effects to HIV medication, body shape changesboth the loss of body fat in the face and limbs and gains of body fat in the trunk and other areasare among the most distressing to people living with HIV. In fact, body shape changes have been identified as an independent cause of adherence problems in people taking antiretroviral (ARV) therapy.Though body shape changes are less of a risk with the drugs that are more commonly used today, they do still occur in some people. Read more…

Patients with cardiovascular disease who stop taking daily low-dose aspirin show an increased risk for nonfatal MI, according to a nested case-control study in .

Researchers followed a U.K. cohort of some 40,000 patients who’d been prescribed aspirin for secondary prevention of cardio- or cerebrovascular events. Cases were patients who had the combined outcome of nonfatal MI or death from coronary heart disease during roughly 3 years’ follow-up.

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Lymph nodes found in your neck are called cervical lymph nodes. There are about three hundreds lymph nodes in your neck area and they are classified in different ways. The enlarged lymph nodes are mostly the superficial types, those that are located directly under your skin.

Causes of Enlarged Lymph Nodes in Neck

Lymphadenitis is the lymph node inflammation and its often caused by bacterial infection. Enlarged lymph nodes on your neck can be a little painful to the touch, as they are working hard to defeat the infection. If lymphatic vessels themselves are infected, you may see red streaks that travel from the wound to the lymph nodes on your neck.

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Majority of the women get stretch mark during pregnancy. In this article we’ll discuss the possible ways of getting rid of these stretch marks.

Oil massage:

Oils like wheat germ oil when massaged regularly to the skin areas with stretch mark twice every day, after bath and before going to bed is known to fade the stretch marks considerably. The effects are more visible if you start using the oil during the initial phase of stretch marks development.

Glycolic peels:

Dermatologists use glycolic acid for carrying out chemical peeling, which results in stretch mark reduction. T

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