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Epidemiology and behaviour
Matthew Todd: The roots of gay shame

News that HIV rates in gay men remain stubbornly high is depressingly predictable. There is an epidemic of chronic alcohol and drug misuse, fuelled by society's homophobia, which the Terrence Higgins Trust needs to get real about.

Published
04 February 2013
From
The Guardian
Behaviour change interventions
Text messaging as an effective HIV prevention intervention for metaphetamine-using MSM

A study has found that text messaging can be an effective way to reduce high-risk behaviors associated with HIV transmission among methamphetamine-using men who have sex with men (MSM). Participants received a two-week intervention of social support and health education text messages in real time.

Published
31 January 2013
From
AIDS,gov
Recreational drug use
Is London’s gay scene self-harming through sex and drug use?

David Stuart of gay men's drug project Antidote discusses increases in the use of methamphetamine and mephedrone in London's gay scene and an increased tendency to inject them.

Published
24 January 2013
From
Pink News
Smoking
Stopping Smoking Reduces Risk of Bacterial Pneumonia in People With HIV

A metanalysis of cohort and case control studies finds that current smokers with HIV were at double the risk of bacterial pneumonia than non-smoking counterparts, but that when people stopped smoking their risk was reduced.

Published
22 January 2013
From
Science Daily (press release)
Recreational drug use
High-risk drug practices tighten grip on London gay scene

The rise in use of crystal methamphetamine, with more men injecting drugs, is creating a perfect storm for transmission of both HIV and HCV, as well as a catalogue of mental health problems.

Published
11 January 2013
From
The Lancet
Immunisations
Higher Dose Flu Vaccine Works Better for People with HIV

HIV positive people who received a quadruple dose of a trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine produced more protective antibodies without a significant increase in side effects, researchers reported in the January 1, 2013, Annals of Internal Medicine.

Published
04 January 2013
From
HIVandHepatitis.com
Hepatitis C treatment side-effects
Small UK study suggests that depression does not have an impact on hepatitis C treatment outcomes in people co-infected with HIV

Depression does not influence hepatitis C treatment outcomes in people co-infected with HIV, according to the results of a small study conducted in Brighton and presented to

Published
04 January 2013
By
Michael Carter
Recreational drug use
The Private War That Killed Spencer Cox

When Spencer Cox died on December 18, 2012, in New York City, the official cause of death was AIDS-related complications, which is understandable if post-traumatic stress, despair and drug addiction are complications related to AIDS. Spencer believed that this connection exists.

Published
03 January 2013
From
My Fabulous Disease
Smoking
Smoking has a bigger impact on the prognosis of HIV-positive patients than HIV-related factors

Much of the increased mortality seen in patients with HIV can be attributed to smoking, Danish investigators report in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases. “The loss

Published
31 December 2012
By
Michael Carter
Outcomes and prognosis
HIV patients in care lose more years of life to smoking than to HIV infection

Among HIV patients receiving well-organized care with free access to antiretroviral therapy, those who smoke lose more years of life to smoking than to HIV, according to a Danish study published in Clinical Infectious Diseases and available online.

Published
21 December 2012
From
EurekAlert
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