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Neurological and cognitive problems
Effect of Depression, Lifestyle on Cognitive Function in PLWHIV

Compared with patients without HIV, the poorer cognitive performances of PLWHIV were partly mediated by a higher prevalence of depressive symptoms.

Published
26 March 2019
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Infectious Disease Advisor
Lipodystrophy
The impact of older antiretrovirals on fat redistribution and cardiovascular risk factors may be irreversible

Fat redistribution in people with HIV who have ever taken thymidine analogues and/or didanosine (TA/ddI) can persist through time, while increasing cardiovascular risk factors, according to a Danish

Published
21 March 2019
By
Alain Volny-Anne
Cardiovascular disease
Experts tackle major cardiovascular issues in treating patients with HIV

Since the advent of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART), HIV infection has become more like a chronic illness. Now that patients are able to live longer and remain free of developing AIDS, they have begun to encounter new risks from age-related disorders common in the general population, including cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Published
05 March 2019
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EurekAlert!
Ageing and HIV
What are the treatment challenges for the over 50s in Africa?

Although older adults in Uganda showed a high regard for the importance of anti-retroviral treatment, structural factors such as wait times and ageism still provide barriers to adherence.

Published
28 February 2019
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AVERT
Ageing and HIV
Gilead Sciences Launches Age Positively Initiative to Address Unique Challenges of Aging Population Living with HIV

Gilead Sciences, Inc. today announced it is providing $17.6 million in grants to 30 organizations in the United States through the Gilead HIV Age Positively initiative. This effort aims to enhance the lives of individuals aging with HIV by focusing in three priority areas: improving care coordination, increasing resources for better well-being, and educating and informing policies that impact people living and aging with HIV.

Published
27 February 2019
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Gilead press release
Neurological and cognitive problems
Specialist memory clinic in Brighton shows that HIV-associated cognitive disorder is being over-diagnosed

Cognitive impairment in people with HIV has multiple causes and HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder is being over-diagnosed, clinicians from Brighton report in Brain Sciences. Assessment of patients attending a specialist

Published
27 February 2019
By
Michael Carter
Health problems
Smoking, cholesterol, blood pressure are more important causes of disease than HIV in people living with HIV

Preventing smoking, lowering cholesterol, controlling blood pressure and curing hepatitis C would greatly reduce the burden of heart attacks, non-AIDS cancers and end-stage liver disease and kidney

Published
11 February 2019
By
Keith Alcorn
Ageing and HIV
Is ageing in people living with HIV accelerated or accentuated?

Earlier than normal ageing in people living with HIV has been debated for many years. The issue emerged when it became clear that HIV-positive people had an

Published
30 January 2019
By
Alain Volny-Anne
Diabetes
As Waistlines Increase, Diabetes Sets In In Tanzania

Fast-changing lifestyle coupled with improving household economies have propelled the rate of obesity which culminates in diabetes at an alarming rate in Tanzania, with urban areas leading the tally. Medical experts say the metabolic disease is a looming health hazard in the country.

Published
16 January 2019
From
Health Policy Watch
Drug interactions and pharmacokinetics
Potential drug interactions among people with HIV taking statins

Drug interactions remain a potential problem for HIV-positive people who are treated with statins, according to research published in the December issue of the Journal of the American Heart

Published
09 January 2019
By
Michael Carter
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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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