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HIV in children
Maternal abacavir, smoking tied to heart markers in HIV-exposed kids

HIV-exposed but uninfected (HEU) children of HIV-positive mothers who took abacavir, smoked, or drank alcohol had elevated levels of cardiac biomarkers that could signal heart trouble, according to analysis of the US Pediatric HIVAIDS Cohort Study (PHACS). The study also linked cardiac biomarkers to some echocardiographic abnormalities.

Published
07 May 2013
From
International AIDS Society
Cardiovascular disease
Genetics make a large contribution to cardiovascular risk for people with HIV

Genetic background has a major impact on the risk of coronary artery disease for people with HIV, results of a large study published in the online edition

Published
24 April 2013
By
Michael Carter
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
Cardiovascular disease
HIV Infection Severity Linked to Atrial Fibrillation

More advanced HIV may independently boost the chances of atrial fibrillation (Afib), a VA registry study showed.

Published
04 April 2013
From
MedPage Today
Side-effects
Almost three-quarters of people starting HIV therapy in Tanzania have dyslipidemia after three years of treatment

Approximately 75% of HIV-positive patients in Tanzania had lipid abnormalities three years after starting antiretroviral therapy, research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases shows.

Published
28 March 2013
By
Michael Carter
Cardiovascular disease
HIV increases the risk of heart attack, even in people with a suppressed viral load

Infection with HIV is associated with an increased risk of heart attack, investigators from the United States report in the Journal of the American Medical Association Internal Medicine.

Published
19 March 2013
By
Michael Carter
Recreational drug use
Recreational cocaine use linked to conditions that cause heart attack

Recreational cocaine users may have higher blood pressure, stiffer arteries and thicker heart muscle walls than non-users -- all of which can cause a heart attack. The Australian study is the first to document some of these cardiovascular abnormalities in seemingly healthy cocaine users long after the immediate effects of cocaine have worn off.

Published
13 March 2013
From
Science Daily
Diabetes
Every year of statin therapy boosts diabetes risk 10% in US HIV cohort

Every year of treatment with lipid-lowering statins boosted the risk of diabetes 10% in members of the HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS). The results confirm an earlier finding of self-reported diabetes associated with statin use in a large general-population study of US postmenopausal women, but the impact of statins seemed more modest in the HOPS analysis.

Published
07 March 2013
From
EATG / NATAP
Cardiovascular disease
HIV linked to higher chance of heart attack

People with HIV are almost 50 percent more likely to have a heart attack than those who aren't infected with the virus - even after taking into account their other health risks, according to a new study.

Published
06 March 2013
From
Reuters
Cardiovascular disease
HIV Drugs Ease Inflammation in 'Controllers'

Putting HIV controllers -- who ordinarily don't need therapy -- on highly active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) appeared to reduce markers of chronic inflammation, a researcher said here.

Published
04 March 2013
From
MedPage Today HIV/AIDS
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