HIV & AIDS
New study adds further guidance on when to start antiretroviral therapy for HIV
One of the key decisions faced by people living with HIV, and by their health-care providers, is when to start treatment.
Sep 26, 2011
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HIV & AIDS
Agricultural intervention improves HIV outcomes
A multifaceted farming intervention can reduce food insecurity while improving HIV outcomes in patients in Kenya, according to a randomized, controlled trial led by researchers at UC San Francisco.
Aug 18, 2015
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Early antiretroviral therapy for HIV shown cost-effective
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and GHESKIO (Groupe Haitien d'Etude du Sarcome de Kaposi et des Infections Opportunistes) have shown that early treatment of HIV not only saves lives but is also cost-effective. ...
Sep 21, 2011
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HIV elimination in South Africa could be achieved by current treatment policy
The current antiretroviral treatment policy in South Africa could lead to elimination of HIV within the country over the next 24 to 34 years, but a universal test and treat (UTT) approach could achieve elimination 10 years ...
Oct 22, 2013
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HIV & AIDS
Syphilis cuts CD4 counts, ups viral load in HIV-infected men
(HealthDay) -- Syphilis is associated with a transient decrease in the CD4 cell count and with an increase in viral load (VL) in HIV-infected men, according to a study published online July 23 in the Archives of Internal ...
Jul 26, 2012
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HIV & AIDS
Lung microbiome similar with/without HIV
(HealthDay)—Lung microbiomes are similar in patients with and without HIV, although oral microbiomes do differ significantly, according to a study published online Aug. 6 in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical ...
Aug 26, 2015
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Postoperative mortality rates low among patients with HIV prescribed ART
Postoperative mortality rates were low among patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who are receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART), and those mortality rates were influenced as much by age and poor ...
Feb 25, 2015
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Gender difference in vital cell count of HIV patients
Male HIV patients in rural South Africa reach the low immunity levels required to become eligible for antiretroviral treatment in less than half the time it takes for immunity levels to drop to similar levels in women, according ...
May 12, 2015
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Rapid, successful response to ART for many patients with HIV
(HealthDay)—Many HIV-infected patients have rapid and successful immune and virological response to antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to a study published online Sept. 27 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics.
Sep 30, 2016
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HIV/AIDS management: Trial demonstrates importance of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis in malaria-endemic regions
Cotrimoxazole (CTX) discontinuation is inferior to CTX continuation among ART-treated, immune-reconstituted HIV-infected adults living in a malaria-endemic region, according to a trial published this week in PLOS Medicine ...
Jan 5, 2016
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