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AMA Supports Allowing Research on Organ Transplantation Between HIV-Infected Individuals

The American Medical Association (AMA) today voted to support amending a federal law that bars clinical research of HIV-infected organ donation, as a potentially lifesaving measure for people living with HIV.

Published
15 November 2011
From
American Medical Association
Kidney problems
Patients with both HIV and diabetes have an increased risk of albuminuria

HIV-positive individuals with diabetes have a significantly higher prevalence of albuminuria than patients living with either disease alone, US investigators report in PLoS One. Over a third of

Published
17 October 2011
By
Michael Carter
Treatment guidelines
2011 European AIDS Clinical Society adult treatment guidelines

Updated adult treatment guidelines were issued by the European AIDS Clinical Society at the 12th European AIDS Conference, Belgrade, 12-15 October 2011. The guidelines include specific recommendations on managing co-morbidities and hepatitis B coinfection in people living with HIV.

Published
17 October 2011
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EACS
Treatment guidelines
New HIV Treatment Guidelines Focus on Comorbid Conditions

The latest guidelines of the European AIDS Clinical Society (EACS), released here at the society's 13th European AIDS Conference, give special emphasis to comorbid conditions that may occur in patients infected with HIV.

Published
16 October 2011
From
Medscape (requires registration)
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Zimbabwe: HIV Positive Renal Patients in Dilemma - AllAfrica.com

Major public hospitals are facing an acute shortage of dialysis machines with major referal centres excluding renal patients living with HIV and Aids from treatment.

Published
28 September 2011
From
Google Alerts HIV
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Botswana: HIV biggest cause of kidney malfunction

HIV has become the biggest cause of kidney diseases, says the Chairman of the Board of Riverside Private Hospital, Dr Kgosidialwa Mompati.

Published
07 July 2011
From
Mmegi Online
Treatment outcomes and life expectancy
Heart attacks, non-AIDS cancers, more common in Botswana than in US patients on HIV treatment

Incidence rates of non-AIDS-defining events (NADEs) in HIV-infected individuals on ART were 50% higher in a clinical trial cohort in Botswana - compared to a routine care (observational)

Published
21 June 2011
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Kidney problems
Allowing people with HIV to be organ donors could save lives of HIV-positive patients with kidney or liver failure

If the U.S. Congress reversed its ban on allowing people with HIV to be organ donors after their death, roughly 500 HIV-positive patients with kidney or liver failure each year could get transplants within months, rather than the years they currently wait on the list, new research suggests.

Published
25 May 2011
From
Science Daily
Kidney problems
Atazanavir associated with significant risk of kidney stones and renal impairment

Studies presented at last week’s British HIV Association (BHIVA) conference found that kidney stones were four times more common in people taking the protease inhibitor atazanavir than

Published
14 April 2011
By
Gus Cairns
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
A New Push to Let HIV Patients Accept Organs That Are Infected

For Mr Aldridge, 45, and other HIV patients, a potential source of kidneys and livers is off limits, because it is illegal in the United States to transplant organs from donors who test positive for the virus — even to others who test positive.

Published
11 April 2011
From
New York Times
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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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