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HIV in children
Atherosclerosis Found in HIV Children

Children with HIV have a 2.5 fold increased risk of atherosclerosis, according to research presented at EUROECHO and other Imaging Modalities 2012.

Published
06 December 2012
From
Science Daily (press release)
Ageing and HIV
Activist discusses challenge of growing old with HIV

Old age comes faster and hits harder for those infected with HIV, a fact aging health activist Ron Swanda knows all too well.

Published
30 November 2012
From
AFP
Cardiovascular disease
Smoking the biggest single risk factor for acute heart disease in people with HIV

Smoking is the single biggest risk factor for acute coronary syndrome in HIV-positive adults, Spanish researchers report in the online edition of HIV Medicine. Smoking was a

Published
19 November 2012
By
Michael Carter
Neurological and cognitive problems
Traditional risk factors predict neurocognitive impairment in people with HIV

Neurocognitive impairment in people with HIV – loss of memory, poor concentration and declining mental ability – is most likely to be happening for the

Published
31 October 2012
By
Michael Carter
Health problems
More HIV-Positive Patients Receive Organ Transplants

Hospitals are increasingly willing to transplant vital and scarce organs into people who have HIV, a once-unthinkable step now made possible with drug regimens that are helping such patients live longer.

Published
12 October 2012
From
Wall Street Journal
Nutrition
Obesity is a risk factor for co-occuring chronic health problems in patients with HIV

Obesity is associated with the clustering of multiple health problems in HIV-positive people, investigators from the US report in the online edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune

Published
10 October 2012
By
Michael Carter
Health problems
Starting HIV treatment reduces the risk of serious non-AIDS-related diseases

Serious non-AIDS-defining illnesses are common in people recently diagnosed with HIV, Spanish investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. “Clinicians should be aware that during the initial

Published
09 October 2012
By
Michael Carter
Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular Disease Risk Remains High in HIV Elite Controllers

More evidence that immune activation and inflammation are key drivers of the increased cardiovascular disease risk among people living with HIV: Elite controllers—a rare subset of HIV-positive individuals who maintain undetectable viral loads and high CD4 cell counts in the absence of antiretroviral therapy—have significant hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), according to the results of a study published online ahead of print by the journal AIDS.

Published
05 October 2012
From
AIDSMeds
Cardiovascular disease
HIV-positive people have heart attacks younger but receive later care

People with HIV had heart attacks at a younger age than HIV-negative individuals and were about 50% more likely to die after an acute myocardial infarction, according

Published
10 September 2012
By
Liz Highleyman
Cardiovascular disease
Few HIV-positive people taking aspirin for the prevention of cardiovascular disease

Less than a fifth of people with HIV who qualify for aspirin therapy, for the prevention of cardiovascular disease, are receiving such treatment, US investigators report in

Published
07 September 2012
By
Michael Carter
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