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Shift in HIV-Associated Kidney Disease Characterized

Successful antiretroviral therapy for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has altered the spectrum of HIV-associated kidney disease over the past 30 years, according to the authors of a new review published in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Published
15 December 2017
From
Renal & Urology News
Cardiovascular disease
HIV patients at greater risk of both heart and kidney disease

Drawing on data from the international D:A:D (Data collection on Adverse events of Anti-HIV Drugs) study, Professor Boyd and colleagues assessed the risks of cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease in people with HIV infection. They found elevated risks of each disease occurring simultaneously.

Published
08 November 2017
From
EurekAlert (press release)
Kidney problems
UK Reports Its First Kidney Transplants From HIV+ Donor to HIV+ Recipients

Kidneys from a deceased HIV-positive donor were successfully transplanted in two HIV-positive recipients, U.K. researchers report.

Published
30 October 2017
From
Medscape (requires free registration)
Treatment guidelines
Clinical Commissioning Policy: Tenofovir Alafenamide for treatment of HIV 1 in adults and adolescents

TAF containing products can be made available to patients who have defined renal or bone problems or who have medical reasons why they cannot take other HIV drugs.

Published
06 March 2017
From
NHS England
Kidney problems
HIV-positive kidney failure patients face greater hurdles in receiving necessary transplants

A new study finds that HIV-infected individuals with kidney failure are less likely to receive a kidney transplant — especially from living donors — than their uninfected counterparts.

Published
24 February 2017
From
University of Alabama Birmingham press release
Changing treatment
Ask A Pharmacist: With a new tenofovir, should you switch to Descovy, Genvoya or Odefsey?

I’ve heard more than a few patients ask, what should I do? If I’m already taking Complera, Stribild or Truvada, should I switch to the newer drug formulation with tenofovir alafenamide (TAF)?

Published
20 September 2016
From
BETA blog
Ageing and HIV
Not So Fast: Do people with HIV really experience accelerated aging?

Recent talk about HIV and aging has almost always been scary. A number of studies conclude that people living with HIV have so-called “accelerated aging”—meaning they will suffer heart attacks, strokes, cancers, and osteoporosis more often and sooner than those without HIV. Well, this is one article on aging and HIV that will challenge the concept of people living with HIV having an early expiration date. Instead, we can look at what we know and what we don’t, to get a better idea of what the risks are for HIV-positive people growing older—and what they can do about them.

Published
08 July 2016
From
Positively Aware
Organ transplants
HIV-to-HIV Organ Transplants Moving Forward

Multicenter study preparing for launch, pilot studies already begun

Published
04 July 2016
From
MedPage Today
Pharmaceutical industry
A question of timing: A lawsuit claims Gilead Sciences could have developed a less-harmful version of its HIV treatment sooner

More than a decade ago, researchers at Gilead Sciences thought they had a breakthrough: a new version of the company’s key HIV medicine that was less toxic to kidneys and bones. But in 2004 Gilead executives stopped the research, only to restart it as the expiration of tenofovir’s patent in 2018 neared.

Published
30 May 2016
From
Los Angeles Times
Organ transplants
HIV-infected organs transplanted at Birmingham hospital

A Birmingham hospital has successfully transplanted two HIV infected organs into patients also suffering from the disease. Liver transplants, from two separate donors, were carried out at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, in Edgbaston, in the pioneering procedures. Whilst one patient donated both kidneys in surgery performed at Guy’s Hospital, in London.

Published
19 May 2016
From
Birmingham Mail
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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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