HIV & AIDS #ItsASin – Part of LGBT history Month

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Feb 9, 2021 | AIDs, Gay, HIV, screening, STI, World news

  As we celebrate another year of LGBT history, we reflect on how far as a community we have come, the issues we have had to deal with and how it has changed us, not only personally but as a nation. This month we have been treated to a 5 part series that really...

Private Prescriptions for PREP

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Aug 5, 2015 | AIDs, HIV

I would like to let you know that I am now providing prescriptions for HIV PREP on a private basis. PREP or pre-exposure prophylaxis is given to HIV-negative patients at high risk of catching HIV. It is not yet available on the NHS and might not be till late 2016. I...

When to start HIV treatment ( ART)?

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Nov 26, 2014 | AIDs, HIV

There has been much discussion about when to start treatment for HIV after infection. The current guidelines state that people should start treatment before their CD4 count drops below 350-500. The threshold CD4 count for starting treatment used to be much lower but...

New HIV statistics for UK

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Nov 19, 2014 | AIDs, HIV

HIV Latest Update: Recent data released by the UK’s health agencies has shed light on the current status of HIV in the country. Encouragingly, there has been a marked decrease in the number of new HIV diagnoses over the past year, primarily attributed to...

Baby ‘Cured’ of HIV?

by Dr Wayne Cottrell | Mar 4, 2013 | AIDs, HIV

There are reports from the USA, that an HIV positive baby girl has been cured of HIV. The baby was born of an HIV positive mother, who was not on treatment and it was thought that the baby would be at a high risk of being HIV positive herself. Her doctors therefore...