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Mild HIV type slows development of AIDS and makes new preventive treatments possible

A new study has opened the way for new approaches to slowing the development of AIDS in HIV-1-infected patients. It is hoped that this could lead to better treatment methods and preventive measures to combat HIV and AIDS.

Published
20 July 2012
From
Science Daily
Outcomes and prognosis
Late HIV treatment increases risk of death three-fold in Uganda

Starting ART at CD4 cell counts below 50 cells/mm3 increased the relative risk of death by approximately 60%, compared to starting at 150 to 249 cells/mm3 or more,

Published
16 July 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Outcomes and prognosis
Should GB virus be used as a therapeutic vaccine to slow HIV progression?

Acquisition of GB virus C (GBV-C) is associated with a 78% reduction in mortality risk for people with AIDS, investigators report in the online edition of

Published
12 July 2012
By
Michael Carter
Global health initiatives
Estimated 740,000 Deaths In Africa Averted Between 2004-2008 In Association With PEPFAR, Study Shows

"The lives of more than 740,000 people in nine African countries were saved between 2004 and 2008 by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief [PEPFAR]," according to a study conducted by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers and published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on Wednesday.

Published
17 May 2012
From
Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report
Outcomes and prognosis
Co-infection with hepatitis C increases mortality risk by 50% for patients with AIDS

Co-infection with hepatitis C increases the risk of death for patients with AIDS by 50%, according to the results of a large study published in the online

Published
06 May 2012
By
Michael Carter
Money, benefits and housing
Progress with HIV undercut by lack of food or shelter

Unmet subsistence needs - not having a place to sleep and not having access to regular meals, clean clothes or good hygiene - had the largest single effect on the physical and mental health of patients in a UCSF study of 288 homeless HIV-positive men.

Published
27 April 2012
From
San Francisco Chronicle
Outcomes and prognosis
Chronic hepatitis B infection associated with twice the risk of liver-related death compared to hepatitis C

The risk of death due to liver disease is twice as high for patients with chronic hepatitis B infection compared to individuals with chronic hepatitis C, US

Published
27 April 2012
By
Michael Carter
Mental and emotional health
Depression associated with socioeconomic difficulties and poor virological outcomes in UK HIV patients

A quarter of people with HIV in the UK have a depressive disorder, according to an ongoing study presented by Dr Fiona Lampe to the

Published
20 April 2012
By
Roger Pebody
Outcomes and prognosis
30% decline in deaths after expansion of ART access in rural Kenya

Expansion of HIV programme services over a five year period in a high HIV prevalence area of rural Kenya resulted in close to a third of HIV-positive

Published
12 April 2012
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
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
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