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Because of effective HIV treatment, people with HIV are living longer than ever. This means that people with HIV are now living in residential care, like nursing or care homes.

When you're taking different drugs together, it could change how well they work or the side effects they have. It's important to tell your doctor or pharmacist about all the medications you are taking.

Chronic kidney disease is common in people living with HIV. The two most important causes are diabetes and high blood pressure. In our video, Memory Sachikonye and Susan Cole talk about chronic kidney disease and HIV.

There are a lot of myths about getting older with HIV. In our video, Jo Josh, Jonathan Blake and Memory Sachikonye talk about what ageing with HIV is really like.

People living with HIV have a higher risk of lung cancer and several other cancers compared to people without HIV. Smoking is the biggest risk factor for lung cancer.

Rates of some, but not all, cancers are higher in people living with HIV than HIV-negative people. This is often because of the effects of HIV on the immune system.

At EACS 2023, Kevin Moody from the University of Amsterdam spoke to NAM aidsmap's Roger Pebody about post-traumatic stress disorder and HIV.

At EACS 2023, Dr Raquel Martin Iguacel talks to NAM aidsmap's Roger Pebody about COVID-19 and the risk of cardiovascular disease in people with HIV.

At IAS 2023, Professor Steven Grinspoon from Harvard Medical School spoke to NAM aidsmap's Roger Pebody about the use of statins in people living with HIV.

At IAS 2023, Professor Francois Venter from Ezintsha, Johannesburg, spoke to NAM aidsmap's Roger Pebody about antiretrovirals and high blood pressure.

At CROI 2023, Dr Bernard Surial from the University of Bern spoke to NAM's Roger Pebody about integrase inhibitors and cardiovascular disease.

Dr Nneka Nwokolo talks to Susan Cole about the menopause and HIV in our video we've produced with the Sophia Forum, Positively UK and UCL Institute for Global Health.

Being diagnosed and living with HIV might have a big emotional impact on you. It's important to know that it's completely normal to have feelings that you might find difficult.

Julie Reynolds talks to Susan Cole about what growing older with HIV means to her in our video we've produced with the Sophia Forum, Positively UK and UCL Institute for Global Health.

Fungai Murau talks to Susan Cole about weight gain in women with HIV in this video we've produced with the Sophia Forum, Positively UK and UCL Institute for Global Health.

NAM aidsmap's Susan Cole speaks to Angelina Namiba, Dr Naomi Sutton and Dr Shema Tariq about sex and relationship issues in women living with HIV.

At CROI 2022, Professor Joel Palefsky from the University of California San Francisco talks about the ANCHOR trial, which has showed that screening and early treatment reduces anal cancer in people with HIV.

Rebecca Mbewe shares her experiences of ageing with HIV in this video we've produced with the Sophia Forum, Positively UK and UCL Institute for Global Health.

Dr Vanessa Apea, consultant in sexual health and HIV medicine, talks about the importance of COVID-19 vaccinations.

Dr Shema Tariq, HIV doctor and researcher at University College London (UCL), shares information about the menopause and HIV in our video we've produced with the Sophia Forum, Positively UK and UCL Institute for Global Health.

Jo Josh shares her experiences of ageing with HIV in this video we've produced with the Sophia Forum, Positively UK and UCL Institute for Global Health.

People living with HIV are living increasingly long lives. NAM aidsmap's Susan Cole talks about life expectancy for people living with HIV in our video.

Elena Vovc from the World Health Organization talks about the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has impacted HIV diagnoses, treatment and prevention. Elena presented these findings at a session at the EACS 2021 conference.

A new study shows that people with HIV with CD4 counts below 200 produce weaker responses to COVID-19 vaccines than people with better immune function. Dr Andrea Antinori of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases, Italy, talks about the research presented to the EACS 2021 conference.

With Director of Global HIV, Hepatitis and STI Programmes at the World Health Organization, Dr Meg Doherty; Chair of the British HIV Association, Dr Laura Waters; National Co-ordinator of the Kenya Sex Workers Alliance, Phelister Abdalla; and IAS 2021 rapporteur and Chief Medical Information Officer at the University Hospital Rechts der Isar, Germany, Dr Christoph Spinner.

Dr Silvia Bertagnolio of the World Health Organization talks about COVID-19 in people living with HIV at IAS 2021.

Yvonne Richards shares her experiences of ageing with HIV in this video we've produced with the Sophia Forum, Positively UK and UCL Institute for Global Health.

Emma Cole shares her experiences of ageing with HIV in this video we've produced with the Sophia Forum, Positively UK and UCL Institute for Global Health.

Sophie Strachan shares her experiences of the menopause as a woman living with HIV in this video we've produced with Sophia Forum, Positively UK and UCL Institute for Global Health.

Winnie Ssanyu Sseruma talks about ageing with HIV in this video we've produced with Sophia Forum, Positively UK and UCL Institute for Global Health.

With Chair of the British HIV Association, Dr Laura Waters; Deputy Director of the Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Professor Linda-Gail Bekker; AIDS 2020 plenary speaker and Positive Young Women Voices team leader, Lucy Wanjiku Njenga; and NAM aidsmap Editor, Gus Cairns.

Dr Tristan Barber and Jo Josh talk about HIV and ageing, including the health prospects for people living with HIV, and give advice for people to stay healthy as they get older.

NAM's Susan Cole talks about HIV and the menopause. A number of studies have found that women living with HIV may experience the menopause earlier than women who don't have HIV and may get worse symptoms.