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TB transmission & prevention

HIV treatment reduces risk of TB in South Africa more than previously thought

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7 December 2005
Side effects

Hospitalisations and deaths down in US, slight increase in number of admissions due to liver problems

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5 December 2005
TB treatment

TB treatment and diagnostics pipeline: once empty, suddenly offers new hope for TB care

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2 December 2005
New & experimental HIV treatments

Interleukin-2 has short-lived negative impact on quality of life

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2 December 2005
Hepatitis & HIV

Liver disease causing larger proportion of deaths since introduction of HAART

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2 December 2005
Epidemiology

European Union attacks US `war on condoms`

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1 December 2005
Transmission & prevention

Number of gay men in London reporting unsafe sex no longer increasing

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1 December 2005
Epidemiology

Large US study confirms increase in rate of anal cancer

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1 December 2005
Epidemiology

Lesotho to offer HIV tests to all in door-to-door drive

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30 November 2005
Hepatitis & HIV

Early treatment of hepatitis C effective in HIV-positive patients

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29 November 2005
Epidemiology

Why are results from randomised controlled trials better than in the real world?

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28 November 2005
Pregnancy, children & young people

Zinc supplement reduces diarrhoea in children with HIV

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25 November 2005
How HIV works

Ability to control HIV without drugs rare and transient, but linked to better outcomes, study shows

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25 November 2005
Epidemiology

One in three HIV infections remain undiagnosed in the UK

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24 November 2005
Epidemiology

Over 40 million now living with HIV worldwide

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21 November 2005
Side effects

Heart disease `polypill` to be tested in HIV patients

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17 November 2005
Epidemiology

HIV epidemic may assist emergence of human 'bird flu' strain, expert speculates

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17 November 2005
Side effects

Pravastatin restores fat during protease inhibitor treatment

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16 November 2005
Side effects

Facial fat loss improves after switch to abacavir or tenofovir

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16 November 2005
Side effects

Drugs, not host or immune system, create conditions for fat loss

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15 November 2005
Side effects

Fat loss may be restored with dietary supplement

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14 November 2005
Improving HIV care

International HIV community conference cancelled due to lack of funding

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9 November 2005
Improving HIV care

HIV-positive individuals have increased risk of severe malaria

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7 November 2005
Improving HIV care

Bowel cancer drug works well against KS

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1 November 2005