
Sean R. Hosein
Sean R. Hosein is the science and medical editor of CATIE, a prominent Canadian HIV news and information resource. He has been covering HIV news since 1988. CATIE profiled Hostein in 2014 for its landmark 200th TreatmentUpdate issue.
Latest by Sean R. Hosein

Loneliness Linked to Poorer Brain Health and Reduced Quality of Life in HIV
As CATIE reports, a Canadian study found that people living with HIV were more likely to be lonely than the average person—and that loneliness grew more common the younger a person with HIV was.

Factors Associated With Hepatitis C Infection Among Men Who Take PrEP
IPERGAY scientists recommended that clinicians screen patients who request PrEP, as well as patients who are already using it, for a number of key HCV risk factors.

Montreal Researchers Explore Cannabis Use Among People With HIV and Hepatitis C
Montreal scientists found that 88% of cannabis users had an undetectable viral load. This suggests that a very large majority of cannabis users did not have problems adhering to antiretroviral therapy.

British Columbia Study Finds That Providing ART and Methadone in the Same Facility Helps Adherence
The scientists noted that daily ingestion of methadone provides an opportunity to supervise the consumption of HIV medications in places where methadone is dispensed.

Trends in Deaths Among People With Hepatitis C Virus in British Columbia
A new study puts numbers to increasingly divergent trends in liver-related deaths vs. injection-related deaths in recent years, highlighting both the success of modern HCV treatment and the devastating effects of the opioid crisis.

Overdoses and Smoking Are Taking the Lives of People With HIV Who Have Been Cured of Hepatitis C
"Providing HCV treatment alone while neglecting to concurrently address the social determinants of health will do little to improve the health outcomes of the majority of individuals with chronic HCV," the study authors wrote.

Large French Study Examines Neuropsychiatric Side Effects With Integrase Inhibitors
This will likely become the landmark study about the overall rate of neuropsychiatric side effects with this class of medicines over the next several years.

De-Simplifying Single-Tablet Regimens for HIV Treatment
A Canadian study of this cost-saving approach found high acceptance of de-simplification among people already on a single-tablet regimen, and even higher rates among people who were just initiating single-tablet treatment.

Dual Maintenance Therapy With Dolutegravir + Rilpivirine
In clinical trials called Sword 1 and Sword 2, researchers testing a combination of dolutegravir/rilpivirine (Juluca) found it to be effective and tolerable.

Monkey Study Uncovers the Potential for Vesatolimod and Antibodies in HIV Cure Research
Researchers hope that by interacting with the toll-like receptor protein TLR-7 an experimental drug can help increase the immune system's ability to sense and attack HIV and HIV-infected cells.