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Epidemiology

Bleak report on UK's sexual health; HPA urges review of gay men's prevention efforts

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22 November 2007
Starting treatment

Low CD4 cell count, big drop in viral load, and boosted PI are risk factors for IRIS

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22 November 2007
Health services & systems

'Brazilian model' saves over $1 billion in anti-HIV treatment costs

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20 November 2007
Epidemiology

UNAIDS: Progress seen in most global regions, but much more needs to be done

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20 November 2007
Epidemiology

UNAIDS reduces estimate of global HIV prevalence to 33 million

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20 November 2007
Improving HIV care

Monitoring cystatin C levels a good way of detecting poor kidney function in patients with HIV

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15 November 2007
TB epidemiology

TB rates in UK highest since 1987, but low, stable prevalence of MDR TB

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13 November 2007
Social & legal issues

US and China announce changes to current HIV-positive visitor restrictions

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13 November 2007
TB treatment

Governments fail to keep promises on boost for TB research funding, survey finds

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9 November 2007
Drug-resistant TB

Is hole in DOTS policy playing a role in the evolution of an XDR-TB strain?

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7 November 2007
Epidemiology

Half of all recent HIV diagnoses in Brighton gay men identified as recent infections

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6 November 2007
Starting treatment

Avoid d4T say investigators after finding high incidence of lactic acidosis in Botswana

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5 November 2007
Drug-resistant TB

XDR-TB found in HIV-positive patients in India; rapid progression to death

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1 November 2007
How HIV works

Lower weight explains why HIV-positive patients have a risk of lower bone mineral density

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25 October 2007
Transmission & prevention

Paradox: people with moderate viral load more likely to pass on HIV

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25 October 2007
Palliative care

Palliative care: pain and symptom control being ignored in South Africa due to lack of training, legal barriers

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17 October 2007
Treatment interruptions

Up to 40% of ART recipients in Africa have died or discontinued treatment within two years

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17 October 2007
Starting treatment

Why are many US patients presenting later for HIV testing and care today than in 1990?

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17 October 2007
Improving HIV care

Cluster of 'indolent' KS cases in older, antiretroviral-treated patients in San Francisco

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16 October 2007
Sexually transmitted infections epidemiology

New Swedish chlamydia strain ‘possible emerging threat to public health’

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11 October 2007
Side effects

HIV-related symptoms significantly reduced three weeks after quitting smoking

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11 October 2007
Mental & emotional health & wellbeing

Protein in spinal fluid can be a marker of HIV dementia

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9 October 2007
Side effects

Dry skin affects up to half of adults with HIV

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5 October 2007
People with limited treatment options

Roche abandon Biojector 2000 for T-20 administration

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4 October 2007