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Every year of statin therapy boosts diabetes risk 10% in US HIV cohort

Every year of treatment with lipid-lowering statins boosted the risk of diabetes 10% in members of the HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS). The results confirm an earlier finding of self-reported diabetes associated with statin use in a large general-population study of US postmenopausal women, but the impact of statins seemed more modest in the HOPS analysis.

Published
07 March 2013
From
EATG / NATAP
Diabetes
D:A:D model is good predictor of diabetes in HIV-positive people

A model developed by the Data Collection on Adverse events of Anti-HIV Drugs (D:A:D) study group proved a good predictor of diabetes in HIV-positive people, better than the Framingham model in certain circumstances.

Published
09 November 2012
From
International AIDS Society
Diabetes
NHS 'wastes billions on diabetes'

The bulk of the £9.8bn the NHS spends on diabetes each year is wasted - and the disease could cost it a sixth of its entire budget by 2035, says a report.

Published
25 April 2012
From
BBC Health
Cardiovascular disease
HIV Exacerbates Heart Risk from Hypertension

Elevated blood pressure may warrant more aggressive management in HIV-positive individuals, suggest results from a cohort study reported at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

Published
22 March 2012
From
Family Practice News Digital Network
Families and children
Why are children missing from WHO targets on non-infectious diseases?

Children die from cancer, heart disease and other non-infectious illnesses but they are in danger of being forgotten as global targets for action are drawn up, say health groups

Published
20 March 2012
From
The Guardian
Cardiovascular disease
Diabetes drug halts atherosclerosis progression in HIV-infected patients

Treatment with the common diabetes drug metformin appears to prevent progression of coronary atherosclerosis in patients infected with HIV.

Published
08 March 2012
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
HIV treatment
HIV Is 'Like Diabetes'? Let's Stop Kidding Ourselves

My antenna perked up when I read a gay man's comment that HIV infection is essentially no big deal anymore. "It's like diabetes these days," he said. As an HIV-positive 53-year-old, familiar with the health details of some near and dear diabetics, I'd say this: we need to choose our analogies carefully.

Published
31 January 2012
From
Huffington Post
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
From
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)
Tuberculosis and HIV
WHO framework targets tuberculosis—diabetes link

The global diabetes epidemic could be thwarting efforts to combat tuberculosis. But WHO and its partners plan to take remedial action with the launch of a new framework.

Published
03 October 2011
From
The Lancet
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