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Study highlights needs of growing older population living with HIV

A University of Salford study with charity the George House Trust has highlighted the North West’s growing population of older people with HIV and the lack of services for older HIV-positive gay men.

Published
13 May 2013
From
University of Salford
Ageing and HIV
Michelangelo Signorile: The First AIDS Generation: Grappling With Why We're Alive and What It Means

I was escaping the epidemic by immersing myself in the politics and urgency of it, which seems paradoxical but really does make a lot of sense .I gave myself a special dispensation on grief and heartbreak. There was no time for grief, especially when anger and indignation was so much more empowering. Of course, what I'm painfully learning 25 years later is that you can put grief off, but you can't ever escape it.

Published
10 May 2013
From
Huffington Post
Diabetes
Protein Structure Discovery Could Lead to Better Treatments for HIV, Early Aging

Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have determined the molecular structure of a protein whose mutations have been linked to several early aging diseases, and to side effects of common HIV and AIDS medications.

Published
11 April 2013
From
University of Virginia press release
Drug interactions and pharmacokinetics
Concentrations of HIV protease inhibitors increase with age

Plasma concentrations of protease inhibitors increase with age, investigators from the United Kingdom report in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. Each ten-year increment in age was associated with

Published
05 April 2013
By
Michael Carter
Neurological and cognitive problems
Over 10% in Older HIV Group Fit Alzheimer's Biomarker Risk Profile

Slightly more than 10% of older Australian patients with well-controlled HIV infection had cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) marker profiles consistent with Alzheimer's disease--a risk prevalence more than 10 times higher than in the general population at the same age.

Published
13 March 2013
From
NATAP
Women
HIV and women over 50: 'I've had to make this journey almost entirely alone'

Anna's story – that of an older, heterosexual British woman who has contracted HIV – is unusual, but she is certainly not alone.

Published
12 March 2013
From
The Guardian
Neurological and cognitive problems
Young Males With HIV Face Greater Risk of Hearing Loss

HIV infection is significantly associated with an increased risk of developing sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSHL), according to research published online Feb. 21 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.

Published
02 March 2013
From
Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants
Ageing and HIV
HIV Linked to Sudden Loss of Hearing

Having HIV appears to increase the risk of sudden sensorineural hearing loss, at least among younger patients, researchers reported.

Published
22 February 2013
From
MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
Ageing and HIV
Low nadir CD4 cell count associated with increased cataract risk in South Africans taking HIV therapy

A low nadir (lowest ever) CD4 cell count is associated with increased lens density – a marker for cataract formation – in people with HIV, investigators

Published
22 February 2013
By
Michael Carter
Ageing and HIV
Classic characteristics of old age associated with poor physical function in middle-aged people living with HIV

Impaired physical function in middle-aged people living with HIV is associated with low muscle mass, reduced bone mineral density and hormonal changes, according to research conducted in

Published
20 February 2013
By
Michael Carter
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