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In sub-Saharan Africa, many of the people receiving antiretroviral treatment who are now in their forties are expected to live well into their sixties. Dr. Till Barnighausen, of the Harvard School of Public Health, says there is a need to recognize this population and their unique health issues, issues which did not exist until recently.
10 April 2012 | Voice of America
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If you’re living with HIV, over 50 years of age and haven’t yet started antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, revised guidelines from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services now recommend HIV treatment, regardless of your CD4 cell count. This is just one key consideration in a new section, entitled “HIV and the Older Patient,” added to the Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents, published on March 27, 2012.
31 March 2012 | AIDSMeds
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Many LGB&T people do not feel that end of life care services are open to them and are concerned that they will face discrimination and a lack of understanding from health and social care providers when they are dying.
16 March 2012 | National Council for Palliative Care
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Every cell in the body has chromosomes with so-called telomeres, which are shortened over time and also through lifestyle choices such as smoking and obesity. Researchers have long speculated that the shortening of telomeres increases the risk of heart attack and early death. Now a large-scale population study in Denmark involving nearly 20,000 people shows that there is in fact a direct link, and has also given physicians a future way to test the actual cellular health of a person.
16 February 2012 | Eurekalert Medicine & Health
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Tackling HIV has been a priority in Uganda for over 25 years. There are a number of programmes providing prevention, treatment and care, but most exclude the elderly.
18 January 2012 | AllAfrica
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On the eve of World AIDS Day, the American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM), the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) and the AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA) released the first clinical treatment strategies for managing older HIV patients: The HIV and Aging Consensus Project: Recommended Treatment Strategies for Clinicians Managing Older Patients with HIV.
01 December 2011 | Press release
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Among new HIV-positive cases nationwide, those over the age of 50
accounted for almost 15% at the end of 2009 -- a sharp rise from less
than 8% just four years earlier, according to a recent report by the
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
01 December 2011 | CNN
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Patients with HIV are living longer and have more comorbidities. A new index could help clinicians determine who might benefit from screening and measure net benefit for a wide range of interventions for an individual patient.
17 November 2011 | Medscape (requires free registration)
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A combination of aerobic and resistance exercises, three times a week for at
least six weeks, is recommended to improve cardiovascular, metabolic and muscle
function in people living with HIV older than 50 years of age, according to
suggested guidelines published ahead of print by the Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS
Care.
17 August 2011 | AIDSMeds.com
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By 2015, half of all HIV-infected persons in the U.S. will have
lived at least a half-century.
11 August 2011 | HealthyCal.org
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