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Uncontrolled HIV linked to faster lung function decline

People with detectable HIV viral load and advanced immune deficiency are likely to experience greater decreases in lung function over time, with high viral load linked to

Published
14 March 2012
By
Liz Highleyman
Lung disease
Lung Damage Poses New Hazard in HIV

In an observational study, people with uncontrolled HIV experienced a loss in lung function at a higher rate than HIV-negative people and those with good viral control.

Published
11 March 2012
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Smoking
Smoking and its consequences: studies probe quitting, relapse and lung disease

Two adjacent posters at the Tenth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection (HIV10) in Glasgow last week looked at smoking in people with HIV

Published
17 November 2010
By
Gus Cairns
Child developmental issues
Lung disease common in adolescents with HIV in Zimbabwe

Healthcare workers treating older children and adolescents with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa should be alert for early symptoms of chronic lung disease in their patients, and do their

Published
13 November 2010
By
Keith Alcorn
Lung disease
Infectious and non-infectious lung disease risk increased for those with HIV

HIV is associated with an increased risk of lung disease with infectious and non-infectious causes, US investigators report in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care

Published
29 September 2010
By
Michael Carter
Cancer
Recurrent pneumonia increases lung cancer risk for patients with AIDS

Recurrent bacterial pneumonia is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer in patients with AIDS, US investigators report in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired

Published
06 September 2010
By
Michael Carter
Tuberculosis and HIV
Differing causes of lung infections in HIV-positive patients: implications for diagnosis and treatment

The underlying cause of respiratory infections that cannot be detected using standard sputum tests differs between Asia and Africa, according to French research published in

Published
15 July 2008
By
Michael Carter
Lung disease
HIV, but not HHV-8, found to increase risk of pulmonary arterial hypertension

Higher pulmonary artery systolic pressure levels – an independent risk factor for pulmonary arterial hypertension – have been found in an HIV-positive study group, as

Published
10 May 2008
By
Derek Thaczuk
Adherence
Treatment failure in severe pneumonia highlights need to revise WHO guidelines for acute respiratory infections in South African children

Pre-HIV World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for managing acute respiratory infections in children younger than one year old need to be revised, according to the

Published
03 May 2007
By
Tom Egwang
How HIV works
HIV alters immune response in lungs

HIV infection alters the functioning of the immune system in the lungs, researchers working in Malawi have found, but not to such an extent that

Published
16 September 2005
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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