http://www.aidsmap.com/Aidsmap-news-English/page/1260794/ en-gb NAM Publications - 2013 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:33:32 GMT Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:33:32 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Over half of people living with an AIDS diagnosis in San Francisco are aged 50 or older, investigators report in AIDS Care. The authors believe that the Californian city “is the first local jurisdiction to have reached this milestone”.  Improvements in HIV treatment and care mean that the prognosis of many HIV-positive people is now http://www.aidsmap.com/Over-half-of-people-living-with-AIDS-in-San-Francisco-are-aged-50-or-older/page/2679010/ Ageing and HIV United States Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2679010/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:50:00 GMT A simple blood test can predict the risk of liver-related death or hepatic encephalopathy for people living with HIV who have hepatitis B or hepatitis C co-infection, investigators from the EuroSIDA cohort report in PLoS One. Their results showed that baseline elevations in plasma levels of hyaluronic acid (HA) were associated with a http://www.aidsmap.com/Hyaluronic-acid-levels-can-predict-risk-of-serious-liver-events-in-people-living-with-HIV-and-hepatitis-B-or-C-co-infection/page/2669457/ Hepatitis and HIV Other tests Outcomes and prognosis Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2669457/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:00:00 GMT A daily tablet of tenofovir, a drug otherwise used to treat HIV infection, reduced the risk of HIV acquisition among people who inject drugs by 49% in a clinical trial. Those who took the medication most consistently had higher levels of protection, report scientists from the Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) in http://www.aidsmap.com/PrEP-works-for-injecting-drug-users-too/page/2678439/ HIV prevention policy Injecting drug use Injecting drug users Must see PrEP Thailand Roger Pebody http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2678439/ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 22:40:00 GMT Sexual health promoters who wish to harness the power of Facebook and other social media need to consider the role such websites play in young people’s presentations of themselves to others and the stigma of sexual health issues, according to a small qualitative study published in the May issue of Reproductive Health http://www.aidsmap.com/Sexual-health-information-is-often-inappropriate-for-Facebook-sharing-say-young-people/page/2674545/ Australia Behaviour change interventions Young people Roger Pebody http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2674545/ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:00:00 GMT Smoking cessation support delivered via mobile phones increases chances that people living with HIV who smoke will quit, according to research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. Overall, people receiving mobile phone-based support were over two times more likely to stop smoking than people receiving the standard of care. “The use of proactive http://www.aidsmap.com/Mobile-phone-support-increases-chances-that-people-living-with-HIV-will-quit-smoking/page/2669415/ Smoking United States Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2669415/ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:50:00 GMT A large US study has provided important new insights into the incidence and timing of cancers among people taking antiretroviral therapy. Published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases, the study showed that incidence of AIDS-defining cancers was highest in the six months after starting HIV therapy and then fell dramatically. In contrast, http://www.aidsmap.com/Low-CD4-cell-count-increases-the-risk-of-several-cancers-after-starting-HIV-therapy/page/2674629/ Cancer Starting treatment United States Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2674629/ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 07:50:00 GMT HIV therapy that effectively controls viral load reduces the risk of anal cancer, US research published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes shows. The retrospective study involved almost 29,000 men taking combination antiretroviral therapy. Men with viral suppression for at least 60% of the time while taking treatment http://www.aidsmap.com/Undetectable-viral-load-reduces-the-risk-of-HIV-associated-anal-cancer/page/2665425/ Cancer CD4 count United States Viral load Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2665425/ Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:30:00 GMT High-grade pre-cancerous anal lesions are more likely to regress than progress, according to Australian research published in the online edition of AIDS. The study involved 574 men, three-quarters of whom were HIV positive. Only 1% of patients progressed to anal cancer, compared to a regression rate of 24%. “Our data provide reassurance that high-grade ASILs [anal http://www.aidsmap.com/High-rate-of-spontaneous-disease-regression-in-men-with-high-grade-pre-cancerous-anal-lesions/page/2669529/ Australia Cancer Men who have sex with men (MSM) Outcomes and prognosis Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2669529/ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:10:00 GMT Ugandan women who have been subject to violence from a sexual partner are more likely than other women to go on to acquire HIV, according to a large, longitudinal study from the Rakai cohort, published in the May 15 issue of AIDS. Women who had experienced more severe forms of violence, more frequently, or http://www.aidsmap.com/Intimate-partner-violence-associated-with-subsequent-HIV-infection-in-Uganda/page/2672489/ Epidemiology and behaviour Structural factors Uganda Women Roger Pebody http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2672489/ Mon, 10 Jun 2013 11:20:00 GMT A “combination prevention” strategy with targeted HIV testing and early antiretroviral therapy at its core has the potential to virtually eliminate new HIV transmissions in Vietnam, according to a mathematical model published in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. The strategy had the biggest impact on transmissions and was most http://www.aidsmap.com/Combination-prevention-could-eliminate-HIV-transmissions-in-Vietnam-model-projects/page/2670562/ HIV prevention policy Infectiousness and treatment as prevention Injecting drug users Men who have sex with men (MSM) Sex workers Viet Nam Michael Carter http://www.aidsmap.com/page/2670562/ Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:50:00 GMT