Western and Central Europe news from aidsmap

• NICE says sperm washing is no safer than effective treatment and timed intercourse

  Conception
  Roger Pebody | 22 May 2012

  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 ...

• Antiretroviral therapy may be stabilising HIV epidemic in Danish gay men

  Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
  Michael Carter | 22 May 2012

  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 ...

• HIV infections are being missed in UK patients with suspected glandular fever

  HIV testing
  Michael Carter | 18 May 2012

  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 ...

• Treatment switches becoming less common, side-effects still the key reason for switching

  Changing treatment
  Roger Pebody | 24 April 2012

  The number of people who need to change their antiretroviral drug regimen has declined significantly in recent years, Alison Boyle of the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London told the British HIV Association ...

• PrEP acceptable to UK gay men, studies find

  PrEP
  Roger Pebody | 21 April 2012

  Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) would be an acceptable HIV prevention strategy for large numbers of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in major UK cities, according to two studies ...

• Depression associated with socioeconomic difficulties and poor virological outcomes in UK HIV patients

  Mental and emotional health
  Roger Pebody | 20 April 2012

  A quarter of people with HIV in the UK have a depressive disorder, according to an ongoing study presented by Dr Fiona Lampe to the British HIV Association conference in ...

• Financial incentives and motivational interviewing being used to improve adherence in young people

  Adherence
  Roger Pebody | 20 April 2012

  St Mary’s Hospital in London is testing the use of cash incentives, in combination with motivational interviewing, in an effort to improve the adherence of a small group of HIV-positive ...