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…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) abacavir and didanosine, and the protease inhibitors (PIs) indinavir and lopinavir-ritonavir, all increase the risk of myocardial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In HIV-infected patients, risk factors for thrombocytopenia include interruptions in antiretroviral therapy, high HIV RNA levels, hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, and cirrhosis,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Genital ulcers are common in HIV-infected women when antiretroviral therapy (ART) begins, particularly when CD4 counts are low or when women have had…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that tenofovir 300 mg-emtricitabine 200 mg (TDF-FTC) is comparable to abacavir 600 mg-lamivudine 300 mg (ABC-3TC) in anti-HIV efficacy but…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Antiretroviral therapy does not adversely affect lung function in HIV-infected patients and may actually have a beneficial effect, according to study findings presented…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Newly updated guidelines for managing persons infected with HIV recommend that all patients undergo genotypic resistance testing even if there are no immediate…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even though they are at increased risk of invasive cervical cancer, nearly one in four HIV-positive women in the US who were recently…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a prospective, randomized trial, a single daily tablet containing efavirenz, emtricitabine, and tenofovir (Atripla; Bristol Myers Squibb & Gilead Sciences LLC) maintained…
John Flaherty, MD, Professor of Medicine, Northwestern University, discusses HIV infection, latest trends in treatment and what a hospitalist needs to know. Summary: 1.There is a trend toward…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sperm washing and in-vitro fertilization (IVF) with intracytoplasmic sperm infection (ICSI) can safely achieve pregnancy in couples in which the male is HIV-positive,…
