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To take care of your health, you need to consider a range of health issues, not just HIV. An active and healthy lifestyle will reduce your risk of having other health conditions on top of HIV.

Smoking

Smoking has a bigger impact on the prognosis of HIV-positive patients than HIV-related factors

News
31 December 2012
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

HIV patients in care lose more years of life to smoking than to HIV infection

Editor's pick
EurekAlert
21 December 2012
Starting treatment

Vitamin D deficiency increases risk of TB among people starting HIV therapy

News
19 December 2012
Cardiovascular disease

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

News
17 December 2012
Nutrition

Antiretroviral treatment for HIV reduces food insecurity, study finds

Editor's pick
Science Daily
6 December 2012
Nutrition

Diet quality predicts HIV progression and death in resource-poor settings

News
6 December 2012
Women

Low levels of vitamin D associated with poorer long-term CD4 cell gains in women who start HIV treatment late

News
27 November 2012
Nutrition

More than Half of those with HIV in the UK are Overweight: the Surprising Issues Facing Those Living with HIV

Editor's pick
British Dietetic Association press release
26 November 2012
Neurological & cognitive problems

HIV-positive MSM have neurologic disease earlier than HIV-negatives

Editor's pick
International AIDS Society
20 November 2012
Cardiovascular disease

Smoking the biggest single risk factor for acute heart disease in people with HIV

News
19 November 2012
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Only half of people on HIV treatment fit 'Swiss Statement' criteria for non-infectiousness in US study

News
9 November 2012
Nutrition

South Africa: Surviving On an Empty Stomach

Editor's pick
AllAfrica
31 October 2012
Neurological & cognitive problems

Traditional risk factors predict neurocognitive impairment in people with HIV

News
31 October 2012
Ageing & HIV

A healthy – and happy – old age with HIV

News
22 October 2012
Side effects

Efavirenz and the brain: are we nearer to solving a mysterious side-effect?

News
22 October 2012
Vaccinations & immunisations

US: New Pneumococcal Vaccines Recs for People Living with HIV

Editor's pick
AIDSMeds
19 October 2012
Vaccinations & immunisations

CDC Recommends Pneumococcal Vaccine Combo for Immune Compromised People

Editor's pick
HIVandhepatitis.com
18 October 2012
Nutrition

High-dose multivitamins have no benefit for people starting HIV treatment but cause serious liver disturbances

News
17 October 2012
Hepatitis C treatment

Vitamin D deficiency associated with a poorer response to HCV treatment in HIV/HCV-co-infected patients

News
11 October 2012
Nutrition

Obesity is a risk factor for co-occuring chronic health problems in patients with HIV

News
10 October 2012
Palliative care

Pain and worry common problems for people with HIV receiving palliative care in Africa

News
2 October 2012
Health services & systems

New guidance to support organisations to deliver peer support for people with long term conditions

Editor's pick
Mental Health Foundation
1 October 2012
Alcohol

CD4 Counts Not Affected by Alcohol Consumption

Editor's pick
AIDSMeds
25 September 2012
Adherence

Global evidence of lower adherence to ARVs after giving birth

News
25 September 2012