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Call to 'suspend' diabetes drug

A widely-used diabetes drug should be suspended from the market, European regulators say.

Published
23 September 2010
From
BBC Health
Cardiovascular disease
ICAAC: Switch to HIV combo pill may improve lipids

Switching from abacavir/3TC/efavirenz to Atripla significantly improved lipids, according to results of a randomised switch study presented at the 50th ICAAC.

Published
16 September 2010
From
MedPage Today
Cardiovascular disease
Even among long-term HIV nonprogressors, some signs of heightened cardiovascular risk exist, U.S. study finds

Cardiovascular risk may be slightly higher even among HIV-positive people whose immune systems are able to keep HIV at bay without the help of antiretrovirals, according to a small study by U.S. researchers presented at ICAAC 2010.

Published
16 September 2010
From
The Body
Ageing and HIV
Aging With Complex Chronic Disease: The Wrinkled Face of AIDS

People living with HIV taking combination Antiretroviral Therapy (treatment) are living long enough to experience a diverse array of aging related conditions such as osteoporosis, cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), renal disease, liver cirrhosis, and cancer.

Published
25 August 2010
From
The Body Pro / GMHC Treatment Issues
Free statins with fast food could neutralize heart risk, scientists say

Fast food outlets could provide statin drugs free of charge so that customers can neutralize the heart disease dangers of fatty food, researchers at Imperial College London suggest in a new study published this week.

Published
12 August 2010
From
Eurekalert
Health problems
Brain bleeds in hemophilia more likely with HIV

The incidence of nontraumatic intracranial bleeding - one of the feared consequences of hemophilia - appears numerically higher in patients who are also infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), researchers reported at the Hemophilia 2010 World Congress.

Published
15 July 2010
From
MedPage Today
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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