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Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Men in same-sex marriages are living longer, study says

Men in same-sex marriages are living longer, according to Danish researchers, but mortality rates among married lesbians have begun to rise after a long period of decline.

Published
13 March 2013
From
Los Angeles Times
Outcomes and prognosis
Anti-HIV drug effort in South Africa yields dramatic results

An intensive campaign to combat HIV/AIDS with costly antiretroviral drugs in rural South Africa has increased life expectancy by more than 11 years and significantly reduced the risk of infection for healthy individuals, according to new research.

Published
22 February 2013
From
Los Angeles Times
Malnutrition
Texas: Food availability linked with poor outcomes for HIV-positive children

An HIV-positive child whose family does not have enough good food available is more likely to have a poor clinical outcome, researchers reported. They found that children who did not always have enough to eat had lower CD4 counts as well as higher chances of incomplete viral suppression.

Published
12 February 2013
From
Baylor College of Medicine press release
Outcomes and prognosis
Minorities With HIV Fare Better With Culturally Competent Doctors

The health outcomes of minorities receiving HIV care is generally dependent on the cultural competency of their physicians.

Published
08 February 2013
From
AIDSMeds
Outcomes and prognosis
Multiple factors affect HIV prognosis, study shows

In a major advancement for the field of HIV treatment, a new study has identified a more accurate method of suggesting prognosis for HIV patients. The new method, called the Veterans Aging Cohort Study index, takes into account factors such as hemoglobin level, platelet count and comorbidity.

Published
05 February 2013
From
Yale Daily News
Outcomes and prognosis
HIV patients in care lose more years of life to smoking than to HIV infection

Among HIV patients receiving well-organized care with free access to antiretroviral therapy, those who smoke lose more years of life to smoking than to HIV, according to a Danish study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online.

Published
21 December 2012
From
EurekAlert
Outcomes and prognosis
AIDS drug roll-out boosts South African life expectancy

South Africa has achieved a "stunning" increase in life expectancy in the last three years due to a government push to roll out antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) to people with HIV/AIDS, researchers said on Thursday.

Published
01 December 2012
From
Reuters
Outcomes and prognosis
HIV Deaths Declining for Most, But Not All, Americans

HIV death rates in the United States declined for most groups of people between 1993 and 2007, according to a large new study.

Published
09 October 2012
From
U.S. News & World Report
Ageing and HIV
"Premature Aging" and HIV: Dispelling Myths and Calculating Risk

Here's the bottom line on "accelerated aging" among people with HIV: It's probably not as bad as you think.

Published
25 September 2012
From
The Body
Outcomes and prognosis
US: HIV Care, Outcomes Getting Better

People living with HIV in the U.S. may be doing better at getting treatment and controlling their virus, researchers reported.

Published
05 September 2012
From
MedPage Today
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