Cardiology
Understanding pulmonary hypertension
February is American Heart Month, which makes this a good time to learn about pulmonary hypertension.
Feb 23, 2022
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Hiv Infection
HIV & AIDS
Woman appears to be cured of HIV after treatment with umbilical cord blood
A team of researchers at the New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center announced that a woman they have been treating for both HIV and leukemia has apparently been cured of HIV—14 months after discontinuing antivirals, ...
HIV & AIDS
Fungal infections cause more AIDS deaths than tuberculosis: What we can do about it
Even though annual deaths from AIDS are coming down—from a peak of 1.9 million in 2004 to 690,000 in 2020—that's still way too many. In 2020, 214,000 people with AIDS died of tuberculosis (TB), though only about 50% were ...
Feb 10, 2022
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Neuroscience
COVID-19 patients have severely increased levels of oxidative stress and oxidant damage, and glutathione deficiency
Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have investigated the effect of infection with COVID-19 on the levels of oxidative stress, oxidant damage and glutathione, the most abundant physiological antioxidant. Compared to ...
Dec 27, 2021
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Medications
FDA approves first injection regimen for HIV prevention
(HealthDay)—The first injection drug to prevent HIV infection was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday.
Dec 21, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
Changes in the brain hinder addiction recovery in people who are HIV-positive
Researchers with the Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience at the University of Rochester are studying how the brain puts the 'brakes' on behavior. That may be different in individuals recovering from cocaine addiction and ...
Dec 21, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
Why addressing racism against Black women in health care is key to ending the US HIV epidemic
Forty years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, Black women continue to bear the highest burden of HIV among women.
Dec 7, 2021
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Medications
Use of HIV prevention treatments is very low among Southern Black gay men
Use of antiretroviral treatments to prevent HIV infection—called pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP—is very low among high-risk populations with poor access to HIV care, especially Black men in the South who have sex with ...
Dec 3, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
New therapeutic target for HIV identified
Scientists in Montreal and London have identified the key role played by transcription factor RORC2 in HIV infection: the molecule attaches itself to parts of the virus's genome yet doesn't prevent it from replicating.
Dec 1, 2021
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HIV & AIDS
Landmark study points to source of rapid aging, chronic inflammation in people living with HIV
In a groundbreaking study of people living with HIV, University of Alberta researchers found that elusive white blood cells called neutrophils play a role in impaired T cell functions and counts, as well as the associated ...
Nov 9, 2021
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