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Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
Screening can reduce number of patients in need of a doctor's time in busy South African clinic

Screening patients to identify those who are stable on treatment in a high-volume, large, urban, public-sector clinic in Johannesburg, South Africa has the potential to reduce total doctor

Published
29 January 2013
By
Carole Leach-Lemens
Starting treatment
HIV Treatment During Primary Infection Raises CD4s - and Further Questions

Two new studies, each published in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), suggest that treating HIV with antiretrovirals (ARVs) within four to six months after infection helps raise CD4 counts, but neither study was able to make an overwhelming argument for starting therapy so early.

Published
23 January 2013
From
AIDSMeds
Promoting HIV testing
Spiritual camps owners trained to identify HIV symptoms in their followers

The Family Health International, an international NGO, in collaboration with the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital Voluntary HIV Counselling and Testing Centre, has trained owners of spiritual camps across the Western Region to identify HIV symptoms.

Published
22 January 2013
From
Vibe Ghana
Types of HIV tests
Handheld mobile device performs laboratory-quality HIV testing

A new handheld mobile device can check patients’ HIV status with just a finger prick, and synchronize the results in real time with electronic health records.

Published
21 January 2013
From
Science Daily
Cardiovascular disease
Management of hypertension reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease for HIV-positive people with high blood pressure

New Swiss research has shown the benefits of treating hypertension in HIV-positive people. The investigators calculated that the reduction in blood pressure achieved by their patients would “significantly

Published
21 January 2013
By
Michael Carter
CD4 count
Six-monthly CD4 cell monitoring 'unnecessary' for people doing well on HIV therapy

CD4 cell count monitoring more than once a year is unnecessary for people doing well on HIV therapy, investigators from the United States report in the online

Published
17 January 2013
By
Michael Carter
Testing policies and guidelines
Health Centers Not Routinely Testing for HIV

Only one in five federally funded safety-net health centers reported testing all patients ages 13 to 64 for HIV, despite a 7-year-old CDC recommendation to do so, a government report found.

Published
16 January 2013
From
MedPage Today
The search for a cure
CMV infection may contribute to the size of the latent HIV reservoir

The presence of cytomegalovirus (CMV) in blood and semen is associated with higher levels of HIV DNA in blood, investigators from the United States report in the

Published
16 January 2013
By
Michael Carter
Treatment-experienced people
Any reduction in viral load has immunologic benefits for people with HIV who have triple-class treatment failure

HIV therapy that achieves even modest reductions in viral load can have profound immunological benefits for people with triple-class treatment failure, European investigators report in the online edition

Published
08 January 2013
By
Michael Carter
Outcomes and prognosis
Poor CD4 response to HIV treatment increases risk of death from non-AIDS-related illnesses, even for those with higher baseline counts

A poor increase in CD4 cell count after starting antiretroviral therapy is associated with an increased risk of death due to non-AIDS-related causes, Danish investigators report in

Published
28 December 2012
By
Michael Carter
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