Each HIV infected patient who is entering into care should have a full medical history, physical, lab evaluation and counseling. The purpose is to confirm the presence of HIV infection, obtain appropriate baseline historical and laboratory data, assure patient understanding about HIV infection, and initiate care as recommended by the HIV primary care guidelines and […]

AIDS was first reported in the United States in 1981 and has since become a major worldwide epidemic. AIDS is caused by HIV, and results when HIV has severely damaged a patients immune system. By killing or damaging cells of the body's immune system, HIV progressively destroys the body's ability to fight infections and certain […]