HIV infection attacks the immune system. In many parts of Africa, patients with HIV infection, also have vitamin deficiencies. A new study examined whether giving a multivitamin and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In HIV patients with anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN), infrared coagulation (IRC) helps avoid progression to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), Spanish doctors say. “High-grade…
Rosuvastatin should be considered for HIV-positive people with dyslipidemia — and guidelines should be updated to reflect that, suggests a new study. Although guidelines from the Infectious Diseases…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – HIV patients whose regimen includes efavirenz and who experience CNS side effects such as insomnia and nervousness may benefit from a switch to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The characteristic loss of facial fat in many patients being treated for HIV infection can be effectively rectified with autologous fat transplantation or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with advanced HIV disease –either AIDS or a CD4 count below 200 — initial antiretroviral regimens based on efavirenz or ritonavir-boosted…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – HIV patients with fully suppressed viral load on standard triple therapy should not be switched to a maintenance regimen of ritonavir-boosted lopinavir monotherapy,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Determining the low-density lipoprotein particle (LDL-p) concentration in women with HIV doesn’t seem to be worthwhile, as doing so adds little information beyond…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Once a diagnosis of tuberculosis-associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (TB-IRIS) is confirmed in HIV patients being treated with antiretroviral therapy, a course of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared with dual therapy for HIV, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in pregnant women is associated with an increased risk of preterm delivery,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A cervical cancer prevention trial conducted in South Africa shows that a single test for human papillomavirus (HPV) infection followed by cryotherapy in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Rates of clearance of high-grade anal canal intraepithelial neoplasia in men with HIV are improved considerably by topical application of imiquimod cream, a…
