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Researchers make HIV wake up call

Researchers have moved a step closer to finding a cure for HIV by successfully luring the 'sleeping' virus out of hiding in infected cells.

HIV & AIDS created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers describe first 'functional HIV cure' in an infant

A team of researchers from Johns Hopkins Children's Center, the University of Mississippi Medical Center and the University of Massachusetts Medical School describe the first case of a so-called "functional cure" in an HIV-infected ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 03, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Seeing through HIV's disguises: Researchers identify 25 human proteins that may be crucial for HIV-1 infection

Studying HIV-1, the most common and infectious HIV subtype, Johns Hopkins scientists have identified 25 human proteins "stolen" by the virus that may be critical to its ability to infect new cells. HIV-1 ...

HIV & AIDS created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Scale-up of HIV treatment in rural South Africa dramatically increases adult life expectancy

The large antiretroviral treatment (ART) scale-up in a rural community in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, has led to a rapid and dramatic increase in population adult life expectancy—a gain of 11.3 years over eight calendar ...

HIV & AIDS created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Improved prevention measures fail to reduce HIV levels in men who have sex with men in England and Wales

The rate of new HIV infections among men who have sex with men in England and Wales has remained unchanged over the past decade despite an almost four-fold increase in HIV testing, rising treatment coverage, and a 20 percent ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Team publish in the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

New York University College of Nursing (NYUCN) researchers Michele G. Shedlin, PhD, and Joyce K. Anastasi, PhD, DrNP, FAAN, LAc, published a paper, "Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicines and Supplements by Mexican-Origin ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stopping smoking reduces risk of bacterial pneumonia in people with HIV

Bacterial pneumonia is one of the commonest and most serious infections occurring in people infected with HIV. A metanalysis of cohort and case control studies published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Medicine finds ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 21, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Australian study turns HIV against itself (Update)

An Australian scientist said Wednesday he had discovered a way to turn the HIV virus against itself in human cells in the laboratory, in an important advance in the quest for an AIDS cure.

HIV & AIDS created Jan 16, 2013 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 22

Generic HIV treatment strategy could save nearly $1 billion annually but may be less effective

Replacing the combination of brand-name, antiretroviral drugs currently recommended for control of HIV infection with soon-to-be-available generic medications could save the U.S. health care system almost $1 billion a year ...

HIV & AIDS created Jan 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People with HIV hospitalized less often since combination antiretroviral drug therapy introduced

People with HIV are being hospitalized in Ontario significantly less often than they were 15 years ago when combination antiretroviral drug therapy (cART) was introduced, new research has found.

HIV & AIDS created Dec 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Despite cART, anal cancer risk still high for HIV-infected

(HealthDay)—For HIV-infected patients, despite combined antiretroviral treatment (cART), the risk of anal cancer is still much higher than in the general population, according to a study published in the ...

HIV & AIDS created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Antiretroviral treatment for HIV reduces food insecurity

Can treatment with modern anti-HIV drugs help fight hunger for HIV-infected patients in Africa? Starting antiretroviral therapy for HIV reduces "food insecurity" among patients in Uganda, suggests a study published online ...

HIV & AIDS created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists investigate genetics of HIV-1 resistance

Investigating the genetic footprint that drug resistance causes in HIV, researchers in Europe have discovered that compensatory polymorphisms enable resistant viruses to survive. Presented in the journal ...

HIV & AIDS created Oct 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Studies target high rates of HIV medication errors among hospitalized patients

Research presented at IDWeek 2012 concludes that despite advances in electronic medical records, mistakes are still commonly made in the prescription of antiretroviral medications for hospitalized HIV-positive patients. At ...

HIV & AIDS created Oct 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Africa faces spike in older people living with HIV

Sub-Saharan Africa is likely to see a more than 200 percent increase in the number of older people living with HIV in the next 30 years, thanks to improvements in lifesaving treatment, experts said Thursday.

HIV & AIDS created Oct 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0