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More and more people living with HIV are now older adults in their fifties, sixties or beyond. They often need to manage one or more other health conditions (called co-morbidities) alongside their HIV. Antiretroviral treatment works well for older people.

Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Earlier deaths in people with HIV due to drugs, alcohol, co-infections, poorly controlled HIV - not rapid ageing

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12 December 2011
Bone & joint problems

Patients on HIV therapy have an increased risk of stress and fragility fractures; no link to specific drug

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28 November 2011
Ageing & HIV

Ageing with HIV: attitudes and experiences of gay men shaped by length of diagnosis

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16 November 2011
Employment

Diabetes, high blood pressure increase risk of unemployment for people with HIV

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27 October 2011
Ageing & HIV

HIV associated with an increased risk of cataract surgery

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26 October 2011
Ageing & HIV

Diseases of ageing occurring 10 to 15 years earlier in patients with HIV

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20 October 2011
Ageing & HIV

Burden of non-AIDS-related illness increases as patients with HIV age

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20 October 2011
Health problems & ageing

Growing pain

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13 October 2011
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Older age and immune response to CMV affect CD4 cell recovery after starting HIV therapy

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27 September 2011
Ageing & HIV

The spirit is willing, but... sex in the HIV-positive over-50s

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16 September 2011
Ageing & HIV

Some older HIV drugs linked to premature ageing

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28 June 2011
Cardiovascular disease

Heart failure more common in people with HIV

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27 April 2011
Cardiovascular disease

Canadians find some ARVs increase risk of heart attack, but urge caution and stress need for context

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20 April 2011
Neurological & cognitive problems

Brain impairment in people with HIV may not be as common as we thought

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11 April 2011
Ageing & HIV

Poor lower-limb strength common in patients with long-term HIV infection, French study finds

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21 March 2011
Ageing & HIV

Decreased limb muscle and increased abdominal fat linked to higher mortality in people with HIV

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2 March 2011
Ageing & HIV

Rapid ageing of T-cells after HIV infection could help explain cancers, diseases of ageing

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27 January 2011
Neurological & cognitive problems

Increase in stroke among HIV-positive patients in US

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19 January 2011
Ageing & HIV

Some age-related conditions lead to poorer physical function in patients with HIV

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17 January 2011
Ageing & HIV

The prescription for old age

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2 December 2010
Smoking

Smoking and its consequences: studies probe quitting, relapse and lung disease

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17 November 2010
Cancer

High risk of virus-associated cancer death for those with AIDS

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11 October 2010
Ageing & HIV

New diagnoses among over 50s double in England, Wales and Northern Ireland

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16 August 2010
Ageing & HIV

Will a long life be a good one?

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1 July 2010