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- While all the strategies below are useful, what is the most important strategy to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease for people living with HIV? Choose one.
- Follow a healthy diet, with low intake of refine sugar, processed foods, carbohydrates and sodium.
- Regularly engage in physical activity.
- Start and adhere to an antiretroviral medication regimen to minimize inflammation-induced damage to the cardiovascular system.
- You can reduce risks associated with which of these medical conditions by taking a vaccine. Check all that apply.
- Flu
- COVID
- Tuberculosis (TB)
- Hepatitis A and B
- Hepatitis C
- Mpox
- Meningitis
- Why can people living with HIV be prone to an increased risk of cancer? Choose the one best answer.
- If CD4 T-cell counts are low, the immune system fails to seek out and destroy early cancer occurrences.
- Lack of access to cancer screenings and other kinds of health care services
- There is no vaccine that prevents cancer
- According to HIV.gov, what percentage of people with hepatitis C are cured after receiving oral medications?
- 14%
- 56%
- 73%
- 97%
- Which two of these diet choices help to reduce the risk of diabetes?
- Eating less refined, or added, sugar
- Eating less protein
- Eating less processed foods
- Drinking red wine
- Drinking coffee