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Hip Replacements No Riskier for Folks Living With HIV
MONDAY, July 31, 2023 – Hip replacement surgery is safe for HIV patients, a new study shows. Some surgeons are reluctant to perform total hip replacement surgery on patients with HIV or AIDS,...
Promising Outcomes Seen for Living Kidney Donors With HIV
MONDAY, July 31, 2023 – Outcomes are encouraging for the first three living kidney donors with HIV, according to research published online July 24 in The Lancet Regional Health: Americas. In a...
Total Hip Arthroplasty Safe for HIV-Positive Patients
FRIDAY, July 28, 2023 – HIV-positive patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty (THA) do not have an increased risk for complications, according to a study published in the May issue of the Journal...
A Statin a Day Keeps Heart Trouble Away for Those With HIV
TUESDAY, July 25, 2023 – Heart disease is a high risk for people with HIV, but a new study finds that taking statins significantly reduces the risk of serious heart incidents. People with HIV who t...
Negligible Risk of Sexual Transmission With Low HIV Viremia
TUESDAY, July 25, 2023 – For patients with HIV with viral loads of
Pitavastatin Cuts Risk of Cardiovascular Events in Patients With HIV
TUESDAY, July 25, 2023 – For patients with HIV infection, those receiving pitavastatin have reduced risk of major adverse cardiovascular events over a median follow-up of 5.1 years, according to a...
HIV Meds Help Slash Infection Risk to Nearly Zero: Study
MONDAY, July 24, 2023 – People taking antiretroviral therapy to treat HIV who have low but detectable virus levels have almost zero risk of transmitting the virus to others, according to a new...
Sixth Person Appears to Be 'Cured' of HIV
THURSDAY, July 20, 2023 – It is rare for someone with HIV to go into remission and be considered "cured," but a European man may be the sixth to do so. First diagnosed with HIV in 1990, the man had...
European Man May Be 6th Person to Be 'Cured' of HIV
THURSDAY, July 20, 2023 – It’s rare for someone with HIV to go into remission and be considered "cured," but a European man may be the sixth to do so. First diagnosed with HIV in 1990, the man had b...
Long-Acting, Injected HIV Meds Can Help Tough-to-Treat Patients
WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 – For nearly three decades, daily antiretroviral pills have offered patients living with HIV a highly effective way to keep their infection under control. But some patients,...
Long-Acting ART Achieves Virologic Suppression for People With HIV
WEDNESDAY, July 5, 2023 – Long-acting antiretroviral therapy (LA-ART) can achieve virologic suppression among people with HIV (PWH), including those with viremia, according to a study published...
PrEP Implant That Protects Against HIV Could Be Near
THURSDAY, June 29, 2023 – Animal research is pointing toward a new way to prevent HIV infection: a refillable implant that continuously delivers antiretroviral medications for up to 20 months at a...
Meningitis Cases Rising Among Gay Men With HIV
WEDNESDAY, June 28, 2023 – Meningococcal disease – which includes meningitis – appears to be on the rise among Americans infected with HIV, new research reveals. Researchers stress that the risk...
Africa's Contribution to HIV Research Low Relative to Its Burden
MONDAY, June 26, 2023 – Africa's contribution to global HIV research is relatively low compared to its burden of infection, according to a study published online June 22 in PLOS Global Public...
Second-Line Switch to Dolutegravir Noninferior in HIV
FRIDAY, June 23, 2023 – For patients with HIV without genotype information, a second-line switch to dolutegravir is noninferior to a regimen containing a ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor (PI),...
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