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Thalidomide for HIV-Related IRIS Shows Promise

Thalidomide, a historically controversial drug, may hold potential for people living with HIV who experience immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) and do not respond favorably and quickly to corticosteroids like prednisone, according to a small series of case reports published online ahead of print by the journal AIDS. 

Published
24 September 2012
From
AIDSMeds
Treatment guidelines
Stribild Receives ‘Alternative’ U.S. Guidelines Ranking

U.S. HIV treatment guidelines classify Stribild, formerly known as the Quad, as an 'alternative' regimen option for first-time treatment takers. 

Published
19 September 2012
From
AIDSMeds
Resistance
Decline in transmitted resistance to ARVs in UK leveled off in 2009

Rates of HIV resistant to antiretrovirals (ARVs) fell substantially from 2002 through 2007 among untreated people infected with subtype B virus within the United Kingdom. But then the decline leveled off and may have rebounded slightly through 2009.

Published
03 September 2012
From
International AIDS Society
Kidney problems
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
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Three-quarters of clinicians in the US willing to prescribe early HIV treatment for the purpose of prevention

There is an overwhelming consensus among clinicians who prescribe HIV treatment in the US that people who are taking antiretroviral therapy are less likely to transmit HIV

Published
20 August 2012
By
Michael Carter
Religion and faith
Religious beliefs don't deter HIV testing or use of antiretrovirals among Africans in London

Religious beliefs do not prevent black Africans living in London from accessing HIV testing or starting antiretroviral therapy, according to a study published in HIV Medicine. The research

Published
15 August 2012
By
Michael Carter
Access to medicines and treatment
89 million people medically uninsured during 2004 to 2007

89 million Americans were without health insurance for at least one month during the period from 2004 to 2007, and 23 million lost coverage more than once during that time, according to researchers at Penn State and Harvard University.

Published
10 August 2012
From
EurekAlert
Delivery of care
US youth, heterosexual men and African Americans losing out on HIV treatment benefits

A new study presented at the 19th International AIDS Conference shows that young people, African Americans, and heterosexual men have particularly low rates of retention in care and

Published
08 August 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Tuberculosis and HIV
Starting HIV treatment reduces risk of tuberculosis, even for patients with higher CD4 cell counts

Starting antiretroviral therapy reduces the risk of tuberculosis for HIV-positive adults in developing countries by 65%, according to the results of a meta-analysis published in PLoS Medicine.

Published
06 August 2012
By
Michael Carter
New and experimental HIV treatments
Cobicistat matches ritonavir as atazanavir booster

The new boosting agent cobicistat works as well as ritonavir (Norvir) as a pharmaco-enhancer or booster for the first-line protease inhibitor atazanavir (Reyataz) at 48 weeks, according to

Published
30 July 2012
By
Liz Highleyman
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