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Filters Content type: News, Editors' picks Topic: Health problems & ageing

Co-morbidities, health conditions, diseases, opportunistic infections and other clinical problems that sometimes occur in people living with HIV.

Neurological & cognitive problems

Neuropathy and HIV: A Progress Report

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PositiveLite
11 January 2013
Drug-resistant TB

Compassionate use of and expanded access to new drugs for drug-resistant tuberculosis

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Interrnational Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
11 January 2013
Drug-resistant TB

WHO to convene expert meeting on the use of bedaquiline for MDR-TB treatment

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Stop TB Partnership
8 January 2013
Adherence

Neurocognitive impairment results in poorer adherence to HIV therapy

News
7 January 2013
Vaccinations & immunisations

Higher Dose Flu Vaccine Works Better for People with HIV

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HIVandHepatitis.com
4 January 2013
Chemsex & recreational drug use

The Private War That Killed Spencer Cox

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My Fabulous Disease
3 January 2013
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

US research shows that HPV vaccination could prevent pre-cancerous anal cell changes in HIV-positive gay men

News
3 January 2013
TB treatment

US Food and Drug Administration approves Sirturo (bedaquiline) to treat MDR TB in adults

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FDA
2 January 2013
Side effects

FDA clears Salix anti-diarrhoeal for HIV patients

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MarketWatch
2 January 2013
Drug-resistant TB

Resistance to injectable second-line drugs in TB related to age, HIV status

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Healio
31 December 2012
Drug-resistant TB

Aggressive therapy for MDR-TB reduces risk of disease recurrence

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
Starting treatment

Vitamin D deficiency increases risk of TB among people starting HIV therapy

News
19 December 2012
Cancer

Liver cancer has a more aggressive disease course in HIV-positive people co-infected with viral hepatitis

News
18 December 2012
Cardiovascular disease

HIV11: Lipid Levels Are Higher among HIV+ People on ART, Immune Suppression May Play a Role

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HIVandhepatitis.com
17 December 2012
Opportunistic infections

A drug used to treat HIV might defuse deadly Staph infections

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NYU Langone Medical Center
17 December 2012
Cardiovascular disease

Traditional risk factors strongest predictors of sub-clinical cardiovascular disease in people about to start HIV therapy

News
17 December 2012
Drug-resistant TB

New tuberculosis drug trial begins in South Africa

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Eurekalert Medicine & Health
11 December 2012
Malaria

RBM Partnership calls for US$2.4 billion to avert potential malaria resurgence in sub-Saharan Africa

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Roll Back Malaria Partneship
11 December 2012
Hepatitis & HIV

HIV and hepatitis C co-infection increases the risk of cognitive impairment

News
11 December 2012
HIV treatment for children & young people

UNITAID new grants total $120 million: Focus on childhood AIDS, TB and malaria

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UNITAID
10 December 2012
TB diagnosis

United States government announces $11 million in additional support for rapid TB test in 14 countries

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PEPFAR press release
6 December 2012
Child developmental issues

Atherosclerosis Found in HIV Children

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Science Daily (press release)
6 December 2012
Cancer

Brivanib fails to match sorafenib for liver cancer, but tivantinib looks promising

News
5 December 2012