http://www.aidsmap.com/Aidsmap-news-English/page/1260794/ en-gb NAM Publications - 2012 Sat, 26 May 2012 07:09:38 GMT Sat, 26 May 2012 07:09:38 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Starting HIV treatment with a CD4 cell count below 350 cells/mm3 may increase the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease, US research published in AIDS suggests. Investigators found that men who started therapy with a CD4 cell count below this threshold had much poorer endothelial function, a key measure of vascular health, than individuals who http://www.aidsmap.com/Starting-HIV-treatment-with-a-CD4-cell-count-below-350-associated-with-a-key-marker-of-cardiovascular-risk/page/2364345/ Cardiovascular disease Starting treatment United States Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2364345/ Fri, 25 May 2012 09:30:00 GMT Antiretroviral treatment interruptions of 48 hours or more are associated with the emergence of resistant strains of HIV in the female genital tract, investigators report in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. The study included 102 women in Kenya who started first-line antiretroviral therapy based on a non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase http://www.aidsmap.com/HIV-treatment-breaks-lead-to-drug-resistance-in-the-female-genital-tract/page/2362556/ Adherence Infectiousness and treatment as prevention Kenya Resistance Women Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2362556/ Thu, 24 May 2012 07:50:00 GMT Diabetes increases the risk of the progression of chronic kidney disease for patients with HIV, US investigators report in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. The association was significant even after controlling for traditional risk factors for kidney disease and when a more stringent set of diagnostic criteria for http://www.aidsmap.com/Diabetes-increases-risk-of-chronic-kidney-disease-for-people-with-HIV-effect-greater-than-for-either-disease-alone/page/2361815/ Kidney problems United States Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2361815/ Thu, 24 May 2012 07:40:00 GMT Approximately 40% of HIV-positive people in a stable relationship with an HIV-negative person in Kenya have reservations about starting antiretroviral therapy early for the purposes of prevention, investigators report in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. Willingness to use pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) was high among the HIV-negative partners. However, http://www.aidsmap.com/Kenyan-heterosexual-couples-want-a-choice-of-antiretroviral-prevention-methods/page/2362844/ Delivery of care Infectiousness and treatment as prevention Kenya Must see PrEP Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2362844/ Wed, 23 May 2012 09:20:00 GMT Draft UK guidance on fertility treatment says that sperm washing may no longer be necessary for couples where the man has HIV and the woman does not. As long as the man is on effective antiretroviral treatment and unprotected sex is limited to days when his partner is ovulating, “sperm washing may not further http://www.aidsmap.com/NICE-says-sperm-washing-is-no-safer-than-effective-treatment-and-timed-intercourse/page/2364056/ Conception Infectiousness and treatment as prevention PrEP Spermwashing Treatment guidelines United Kingdom Roger Pebody http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2364056/ Tue, 22 May 2012 12:40:00 GMT The use of antiretroviral treatment appears to have stabilised the HIV epidemic in Danish gay men, even though rates of risky sex have increased, research published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes suggests. “While unsafe sex among MSM [men who have sex with men] has increased substantially and http://www.aidsmap.com/Antiretroviral-therapy-may-be-stabilising-HIV-epidemic-in-Danish-gay-men/page/2361748/ Denmark Infectiousness and treatment as prevention Men who have sex with men (MSM) Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2361748/ Tue, 22 May 2012 10:50:00 GMT Only a quarter of US individuals in the generation most likely to have hepatitis C have ever been tested for the infection, results of a survey conducted by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) show. Moreover, 80% of patients in the “baby boomer” generation (born between 1945 and 1965) did not consider themselves to be http://www.aidsmap.com/Hepatitis-C-testing-rate-low-and-knowledge-of-the-infection-poor-in-the-US-baby-boomer-generation/page/2357610/ Hepatitis C symptoms and diagnosis United States Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2357610/ Fri, 18 May 2012 10:00:00 GMT HIV infection is associated with an increased risk of stroke, US research published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes shows. The association between HIV and stroke was significant even after controlling for traditional risk factors. Viral load was the most important HIV-specific risk factor.“Stroke risk was increased in http://www.aidsmap.com/HIV-infection-is-an-independent-risk-factor-for-stroke/page/2354932/ Cardiovascular disease United States Viral load Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2354932/ Fri, 18 May 2012 07:50:00 GMT HIV infections in patients with suspected glandular fever are often missed, investigators from south London report in HIV Medicine. Retrospective testing showed that 1.3% of patients were infected with HIV and that three-quarters of these infections remained undiagnosed after presentation to a GP. The authors suggest that opt-out HIV tests should be offered to http://www.aidsmap.com/HIV-infections-are-being-missed-in-UK-patients-with-suspected-glandular-fever/page/2357556/ HIV testing United Kingdom Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2357556/ Fri, 18 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT South Africa exceeded national targets for new patients starting antiretroviral treatment (ART) by around 50% between 2007 and 2011 – achieving treatment coverage of close to 80% of eligible adults – according to new research carried out by Dr Leigh F Johnson, actuarial scientist at the University of Cape Town, published  in the March http://www.aidsmap.com/South-Africa-exceeds-2007-11-treatment-targets-by-50/page/2356280/ Access to medicines and treatment South Africa Carole Leach-Lemens http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2356280/ Thu, 17 May 2012 07:40:00 GMT