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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

Poor CD4 cell recovery after starting HIV treatment should be a cause for concern, close monitoring needed

News
1 August 2011
Starting treatment

HIV treatment in primary infection: 48 week course modestly delays CD4 drop

News
20 July 2011
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

AFRICA: Combination ART offers near-normal lifespan - study

Editor's pick
IRIN Plus News
19 July 2011
New & experimental HIV treatments

Daily aciclovir slows HIV disease progression and reduces viral load

News
19 July 2011
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

HPTN 052: early treatment reduces serious illness by 40%

News
18 July 2011
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Life expectancy for people with HIV in Africa may be comparable to general population if they are on treatment

News
18 July 2011
HIV & criminal law

HIV infection not a death sentence: judge

Editor's pick
National Post
15 July 2011
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Careful monitoring still needed for patients with undetectable HIV while CD4s remain below 200

News
1 July 2011
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Heart attacks, non-AIDS cancers, more common in Botswana than in US patients on HIV treatment

News
21 June 2011
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

South Africa: eight out of 10 ARV patients alive 5 years later

Editor's pick
AllAfrica
10 June 2011
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Tropism impacts on virological success of first-line HIV therapy

News
8 June 2011
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Long-term CD4 cell gains on treatment weaker in over-50s

News
31 May 2011
Access to healthcare

China's AIDS Fight Misses Drug Users, Sex Cases, Study Finds

Editor's pick
Bloomberg
19 May 2011
CD4 count

First ever CD4 cell count after primary infection can predict immune restoration during HIV therapy

News
9 May 2011
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

A third of deaths in patients with HIV are attributable to other serious illness present at time of HIV diagnosis

News
3 May 2011
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Vitamin D deficiency associated with disease progression for patients with HIV

News
29 April 2011
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

People diagnosed late in the UK are six times more likely to die of AIDS

News
8 April 2011
HIV treatment

More than twice the risk of failure for patients starting on abacavir with low CD4s or high viral loads, compared with tenofovir

News
7 April 2011
Mental & emotional health & wellbeing

A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: When AIDS is God’s Punishment

Editor's pick
Box Turtle Bulletin
31 March 2011
Starting treatment

Uganda: very late ART start increases risk of death by 60%

News
16 March 2011
Hepatitis C symptoms & diagnosis

Good survival rates for HIV/HCV-coinfected patients with compensated cirrhosis

News
14 March 2011
Access to healthcare

Anti-AIDS drugs slow deaths in S.Africa: study

Editor's pick
The Independent
14 March 2011
Undetectable viral load & treatment as prevention

Is treatment really reducing infections?

News
9 March 2011
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

CD4s, Viral Load Not Enough to Predict Survival During HIV Treatment

Editor's pick
AIDSMeds
8 March 2011