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Seeking to understand why adherence to pre-exposure
prophylaxis (PrEP) was extremely high in a study of serodiscordant couples,
qualitative researchers have found that trial participants saw PrEP as a way
they could preserve their relationship despite the pressures created ...
30 January 2012 | Roger Pebody
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Suppressing viral load to below 50 copies/ml may not be
enough to ensure the long-term success of antiretroviral therapy, according to
a UK study published in the March edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
Using ultra-sensitive viral load assays, ...
16 January 2012 | Michael Carter
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Patients who are socially disadvantaged or who lack social support tend to be less satisfied with the health care they receive, French researchers report in AIDS Care. The authors suggest that clinicians need to make extra ...
22 November 2011 | Roger Pebody
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Poor control of HIV is associated with suboptimal
management of other serious health conditions, US research published in the
online edition of the Journal of Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndromes suggests.
The study involved patients receiving HIV care at Johns
Hopkins ...
10 October 2011 | Michael Carter
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The use of a point-of-care CD4 cell count test dramatically
reduced the rate of loss to follow-up among patients diagnosed with HIV at
clinics in Mozambique and doubled the number of patients who started treatment,
according to findings from ...
28 September 2011 | Keith Alcorn
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Depression has a significant impact on adherence to
antiretroviral therapy, according to a meta-analysis published in the online
edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndromes.
The results of 95 studies involving 36,000 patients were
examined by investigators, who comment ...
01 September 2011 | Michael Carter
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Hair concentrations of the HIV protease inhibitor atazanavir
(Reyataz) are strongly associated
with suppression of viral load, US investigators report in the May 15th
edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
“We reveal that antiretroviral concentrations in hair are
the strongest independent predictor ...
02 June 2011 | Michael Carter
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A ‘Virtual Hospital’ that provides a comprehensive package
of HIV care is a safe and feasible option for chronically HIV-infected people whose condition is stable, a Spanish study published in the online journal PLoS ONE suggests.
Patients ...
18 May 2011 | Michael Carter
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Risky sex and drug use are common among HIV-positive people in Russia, investigators report in AIDS and Behavior. Discrimination was a common experience, and
there was a high prevalence of depression and anxiety.
“Policies and public health programs ...
12 May 2011 | Michael Carter
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Patients
in Nairobi, Kenya getting intensive early adherence counselling when starting
antiretroviral therapy were 29% less likely to have poor adherence and 59% less
likely to have virological failure compared to those getting no counselling
Michael H Chung and colleagues ...
13 April 2011 | Carole Leach-Lemens
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November we sent out a
call for adventurous people with...
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