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Filters Content type: News, Editors' picks, About HIV Topic: Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Information about the impact of HIV treatment on viral load, the immune system, other health conditions, mortality and quality of life. The life expectancy of people living with HIV is similar to that of other people, as long as they get the right medical treatment and care.

Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Australian researchers project that many HIV-positive people will run out of treatment options

News
22 January 2013
Resistance

Prevalence of drug-resistant HIV has fallen dramatically among antiretroviral-experienced patients in Western Europe

News
22 January 2013
Side effects

Large study shows the hepatic safety of HIV therapy

News
22 January 2013
Smoking

Smoking has a bigger impact on the prognosis of HIV-positive patients than HIV-related factors

News
31 December 2012
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Poor CD4 response to HIV treatment increases risk of death from non-AIDS-related illnesses, even for those with higher baseline counts

News
28 December 2012
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

HIV patients in care lose more years of life to smoking than to HIV infection

Editor's pick
EurekAlert
21 December 2012
Nutrition

Diet quality predicts HIV progression and death in resource-poor settings

News
6 December 2012
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

AIDS drug roll-out boosts South African life expectancy

Editor's pick
Reuters
1 December 2012
Women

Low levels of vitamin D associated with poorer long-term CD4 cell gains in women who start HIV treatment late

News
27 November 2012
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Jamaica slashes HIV/AIDS deaths

Editor's pick
Jamaica Observer
26 November 2012
Treatment guidelines

Abacavir: new studies challenge the evidence of reduced potency when viral load is high

News
26 November 2012
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Life expectancy in older people with HIV could exceed the average – as long as ART keeps working

News
19 November 2012
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Death rates elevated at all CD4 counts below 500 in sub-Saharan Africa

News
6 November 2012
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Huge differences in HIV mortality rates in US according to race, social and economic status

News
19 October 2012
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

HIV Deaths Declining for Most, But Not All, Americans

Editor's pick
U.S. News & World Report
9 October 2012
Adherence

Dosing frequency and number of pills don't affect HIV treatment outcomes

News
4 October 2012
Ageing & HIV

"Premature Aging" and HIV: Dispelling Myths and Calculating Risk

Editor's pick
The Body
25 September 2012
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

US: HIV Care, Outcomes Getting Better

Editor's pick
MedPage Today
5 September 2012
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Increased mortality in HIV-positive South African men versus women is unrelated to HIV/AIDS

Editor's pick
EurekAlert!
5 September 2012
Nutrition

Better food seen as key in AIDS treatment

Editor's pick
San Francisco Chronicle
22 August 2012
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Virus throws a wrench in the immune system

Editor's pick
EurekAlert
17 August 2012
Pregnancy, children & young people

Higher CD4 count preserves ability to work and educate children

News
2 August 2012
Improving HIV care

Community-based support aids retention, adherence and treatment response

News
26 July 2012
Hepatitis C symptoms & diagnosis

Decompensated liver disease more frequent in HIV/HCV co-infected people

News
26 July 2012