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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)
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
Cardiovascular disease
Traditional risk factors strongest predictors of sub-clinical cardiovascular disease in people about to start HIV therapy

Sub-clinical cardiovascular disease in people with HIV is more strongly associated with traditional risk factors for heart disease rather than inflammation or HIV-related parameters, US research

Published
17 December 2012
By
Michael Carter
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
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
Cancer
HIV is an independent risk factor for lung cancer

Infection with HIV is an independent risk factor for lung cancer, according to the results of a large US study published in the online edition of AIDS.

Published
03 April 2012
By
Michael Carter
Cancer
Cancers in people with HIV: who gets them, and which ones?

A very low CD4 count in the past, and a history of smoking, are the most consistent risk factors to emerge from large studies of risks

Published
12 March 2012
By
Keith Alcorn
Smoking
Smoking cessation counselling and treatment during routine HIV care helps patients to quit

The provision of smoking cessation counselling and therapy during routine HIV care increases the chances that patients will stop smoking and stay stopped, according to Swiss research published

Published
24 January 2012
By
Michael Carter
Cancer
Smoking, not immunodeficiency or lung disease, increases lung cancer risk for patients with HIV

Cigarette smoking is the single most important risk factor for lung cancer in patients with HIV, Swiss investigators report in the online edition of the British Journal

Published
17 January 2012
By
Michael Carter
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