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Filters Content type: News, Editors' picks, About HIV Topic: Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Information about the impact of HIV treatment on viral load, the immune system, other health conditions, mortality and quality of life. The life expectancy of people living with HIV is similar to that of other people, as long as they get the right medical treatment and care.

Global health initiatives

US funding for HIV treatment linked with employment gains in sub-Saharan Africa

Editor's pick
Brookings Institution (blog)
15 June 2015
Starting treatment

When to START has never been clearer

Editor's pick
Positive Lite
10 June 2015
Starting treatment

Gender difference in vital cell count of HIV patients

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Science Daily
10 June 2015
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

AIDS-Opportunistic Illness Mortality Lower but Still a Risk

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Medscape
8 June 2015
Starting treatment

UNAIDS welcomes further evidence that starting antiretroviral therapy early saves lives

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UNAIDS
28 May 2015
Starting treatment

i-Base Q&A on the START study results

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HIV i-Base
28 May 2015
Treatment guidelines

START trial finds that early treatment improves outcomes for people with HIV

News
27 May 2015
UK health services

High lifetime costs of treating HIV show importance of investing in prevention

News
27 May 2015
Chemsex & recreational drug use

Meth, Crack, Coke & Ecstasy: Effects on HIV Disease Progression

Editor's pick
BETA blog
21 April 2015
HIV treatment for children & young people

Kids Who Start HIV Treatment With Low CD4s Largely Regain Them

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AIDSMeds
7 April 2015
How HIV works

Researchers may have caught HIV becoming more virulent

News
19 February 2015
Epidemiology & behaviour

More African Americans still die of HIV than whites and Latinos combined, CDC says

Editor's pick
Washington Post
9 February 2015
Epidemiology

No improvements in CD4 count at diagnosis in African patients in last decade

News
4 February 2015
Viral load

An HIV Doctor Tells You If Undetectable Really Is the New Negative

Editor's pick
The Body
28 January 2015
Cardiovascular disease

Smoking is the main cause of increased risk of heart attack in people with HIV

News
28 January 2015
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Starting HIV treatment early and then interrupting is no better than delaying it

News
22 January 2015
Cardiovascular disease

Dramatic decline in risk for heart attacks among HIV-positive Kaiser Permanente members

Editor's pick
Eurekalert
19 January 2015
The search for a cure

Elite controllers may pay a high price for their low viral load

News
7 January 2015
Smoking

Smoking doubles risk of death for patients taking HIV therapy

News
16 December 2014
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

HIV has become more virulent over time, not less, European study finds

News
10 December 2014
Ageing & HIV

HIV-infected adults diagnosed with age-related diseases at similar ages as uninfected adults

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Science Daily
10 December 2014
HIV testing policies & guidelines

Leaving it late: why are people still dying from HIV in the UK?

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Public Health England blog
2 December 2014
Epidemiology & behaviour

Only three in 10 Americans have HIV under control: government report

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Reuters
26 November 2014
The search for a cure

Narrow Time Window Exists to Start HIV Therapy, Study Shows

Editor's pick
Infection Control Today
25 November 2014