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Starting HIV treatment is associated with
reductions in blood alcohol levels, results of a small pilot study published in
the online edition of the Journal of
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes suggest. The investigators believe
this could be related to “inflammatory ...
25 April 2012 | Michael Carter
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Many HIV-positive patients have insomnia or
daytime sleepiness, investigators from the US military report in the online
edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
However, the prevalence of sleep disorders was no higher in HIV-positive
patients than in matched controls. Risk factors ...
27 March 2012 | Michael Carter
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The provision of
smoking cessation counselling and therapy during routine HIV care increases the
chances that patients will stop smoking and stay stopped, according to Swiss
research published in HIV Medicine.
Physicians at the
Zurich HIV clinic received training about smoking ...
24 January 2012 | Michael Carter
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Cigarette smoking is the single most important risk factor
for lung cancer in patients with HIV, Swiss investigators report in the online
edition of the British Journal of Cancer.
Smoking was associated with a 14-fold increase in the risk
of ...
17 January 2012 | Michael Carter
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Alcohol consumption has an impact on the intention of
individuals to have unprotected sex, according to the results of a systematic
review and meta-analysis published in the journal Addiction.
“The higher the blood alcohol content, the more pronounced
the intention ...
21 December 2011 | Michael Carter
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A Dutch
study presented at the Tenth AIDS Impact conference this week showed
that HIV-positive gay men are increasingly taking viral load into
account when it comes to deciding whether to use a condom during sex.
Another
study from the USA ...
15 September 2011 | Gus Cairns
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Common but non-specific
symptoms of uncertain cause can dominate the day-to-day life of some people with
HIV, a
survey by the National AIDS Trust has found. In many cases symptoms such as fatigue, insomnia, depression, diarrhoea and neuropathy make ...
07 September 2011 | Gus Cairns
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A mobile phone counselling service can help people with HIV to
stop smoking – at least in the short-term, US investigators report in the
online edition of Nicotine & Tobacco
Research.
Patients who used the counselling service were four-times
more ...
04 July 2011 | Michael Carter
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Fruit and vegetable consumption and exercise frequency can
be increased by participation in a health promotion intervention designed to
reduce the risk of chronic diseases, investigators report in the April 25th
edition of the Archives of Internal
Medicine.
The research involved ...
11 May 2011 | Michael Carter
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Low levels of vitamin D are associated with an important
early-warning sign of cardiovascular disease in patients with HIV, US
investigators report in the April 1st edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The research showed a significant relationship between
vitamin D ...
05 April 2011 | Michael Carter
Talking points: a checklist for you and your doctorTalking points is designed to help you talk to your doctor about HIV
treatment.
Preventing HIVAn essential resource providing evidence-based information on preventing HIV infection. 
HIV, stigma and discrimination is now available in print!17 May 2012This week, boxes of the brand-new edition of our booklet...
Come and see us at the BHIVA conference!18 April 2012This morning, I boarded a train at Euston with one...
Community action on harm reduction (CAHR)16 April 2012We’ve been working on the design and
development of a new...