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Epidemiology

UCSF apologises for 'misleading' multidrug-resistant MRSA story

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22 January 2008
Improving HIV care

Higher mortality in HIV-positive and HIV-negative children born to mothers with lower CD4 cell counts

News
17 January 2008
Cancer

HAART signicantly lowers risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma for up to ten years, regardless of nadir CD4 count

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15 January 2008
TB epidemiology

Anti-HIV treatment reduces TB incidence in Spain

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11 January 2008
Side effects

Pancreatitis: EuroSIDA finds low incidence, no link to use of specific antiretrovirals

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11 January 2008
Starting treatment

Starting treatment at higher CD4 cell counts reduces risk of peripheral neuropathy, anaemia and kidney disease

News
10 January 2008
Side effects

Spanish find low prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in HIV-positive patients with heart disease risks

News
9 January 2008
Treatment interruptions

High prevalence of asymptomatic heart disease in HIV-positive patients

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9 January 2008
Improving HIV care

Infrared treatment for pre-cancerous anal lesions in HIV-positive patients safe and has good outcomes

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8 January 2008
Sexually transmitted infections epidemiology

Anal HPV infection often involves multiple HPV strains in HIV-positive men

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8 January 2008
Starting treatment

AZT, 3TC and efavirenz: a tolerable first-line regimen for South African men

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7 January 2008
Epidemiology

Updated guide shows which countries restrict entry and residence for people with HIV

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7 January 2008
Improving HIV care

Injection drug use, low baseline CD4 counts continue to predict poorer HAART response after six years

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2 January 2008
Palliative care

Managing meningitis in people with HIV in resource-limited settings: a clinical review

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21 December 2007
Side effects

Existing metabolic syndrome predicts cardiovascular disease and diabetes in HIV-positive people starting anti-HIV treatment

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18 December 2007
Side effects

Risk factors for lactic acidosis likely more common in resource-limited settings

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14 December 2007
Health services & systems

Electronic record sharing may inadvertently erect barriers to HIV and STI treatment and care

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11 December 2007
Starting treatment

More evidence from UK of improvements in prognosis since advent of HAART, but concern over late diagnosis

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10 December 2007
Side effects

One-third of Rwandan ART patients show lipodystrophy, more common in city dwellers

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4 December 2007
HIV treatment

Diagnosis and treatment of CMV retinitis in resource-limited settings achievable and a must, say MSF

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3 December 2007
Government, leadership & policy

IPT: barriers to national implementation

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29 November 2007
Epidemiology

HIV rate doubled in Europe between 1999 and 2006

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29 November 2007
Epidemiology

Stephen Lewis damns UNAIDS over statistics revision; diverts from the tragedy of AIDS

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29 November 2007
Transmission & prevention

Study finally backs up conventional wisdom: VCT does reduce risky sex in Africa

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27 November 2007