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Starting HIV treatment reduces risk of kidney disease

Starting HIV treatment reduces the risk of chronic kidney disease, US investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. This was especially the case for patients who

Published
23 August 2012
By
Michael Carter
Hepatitis C
Chronic hepatitis C infection more than doubles the risk of kidney disease for people with HIV

A detectable hepatitis C viral load is associated with an increased risk of chronic kidney disease for people with HIV, European investigators report in the online edition

Published
18 July 2012
By
Michael Carter
Health problems
Plea to end transplant ban between HIV patients

A federal ban that forbids HIV-positive donors from giving organs to HIV-positive recipients is outdated and unnecessarily restrictive and should be repealed for the benefit of all transplant patients, says a growing clutch of health care and public health experts.

Published
02 July 2012
From
San Francisco Chronicle
Kidney problems
Diabetes increases risk of chronic kidney disease for people with HIV: effect greater than for either disease alone

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

Published
24 May 2012
By
Michael Carter
Health problems
HIV and TB in Practice for nurses: non-communicable diseases, HIV and TB

Conditions such as cancer, heart disease and diabetes in low- and middle-income countries, and awareness of these conditions in people living with HIV and/or TB.

Published
18 May 2012
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HIV & AIDS treatment in practice
Outcomes and prognosis
AIDS down, heart disease up in hospital admissions of HIV+ in US

Hospital admissions for AIDS illnesses dropped steadily from 2001 to 2008 in a four-center US study, while admissions for cardiovascular disease in HIV-positive people rose.

Published
29 March 2012
From
International AIDS Society
Kidney problems
Tenofovir associated with increased risk of kidney disease

Treatment with tenofovir is associated with a modestly increased risk of three key markers of kidney disease, US investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. The

Published
13 February 2012
By
Michael Carter
Kidney problems
Kidneys Take Centre Stage

Maggie Atkinson shines a much-needed spotlight on the latest research on HIV and kidney health and updates us on her efforts to keep her pair of these unassuming stars performing smoothly.

Published
06 February 2012
From
The Positive Side
Outcomes and prognosis
Earlier deaths in people with HIV due to drugs, alcohol, co-infections, poorly controlled HIV - not rapid ageing

Patients taking antiretroviral therapy have the same mortality risk as individuals in the general population, according to Danish research published in the open-access journal PLoS One. However,

Published
12 December 2011
By
Michael Carter
Cardiovascular disease
Mild kidney problems in patients with HIV can identify patients with hardening of the arteries

Emergent kidney dysfunction is associated with an increased risk of hardening of the arteries in patients with HIV, Spanish researchers show in the online edition of the

Published
08 December 2011
By
Michael Carter
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