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• Starting HIV treatment with a CD4 cell count below 350 associated with a key marker of cardiovascular risk

  Cardiovascular disease
  Michael Carter | 25 May 2012

  Starting HIV treatment with a CD4 cell count below 350 cells/mm3 may increase the long-term risk of cardiovascular disease, US research published in AIDS suggests. Investigators found that men who started therapy with ...

• HIV treatment breaks lead to drug resistance in the female genital tract

  Adherence
  Michael Carter | 24 May 2012

  Antiretroviral treatment interruptions of 48 hours or more are associated with the emergence of resistant strains of HIV in the female genital tract, investigators report in the online edition of the Journal ...

• Diabetes increases risk of chronic kidney disease for people with HIV: effect greater than for either disease alone

  Kidney problems
  Michael Carter | 24 May 2012

  Diabetes increases the risk of the progression of chronic kidney disease for patients with HIV, US investigators report in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. The association ...

• Kenyan heterosexual couples want a choice of antiretroviral prevention methods

  Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
  Michael Carter | 23 May 2012

  Approximately 40% of HIV-positive people in a stable relationship with an HIV-negative person in Kenya have reservations about starting antiretroviral therapy early for the purposes of prevention, investigators report in the online edition ...

• 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 ...

• Hepatitis C testing rate low and knowledge of the infection poor in the US "baby boomer" generation

  Hepatitis C symptoms and diagnosis
  Michael Carter | 18 May 2012

  Only a quarter of US individuals in the generation most likely to have hepatitis C have ever been tested for the infection, results of a survey conducted by the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) ...