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HIV itself may contribute to renal disease and HIV treatment has an overall benefit for the kidneys. However, some anti-HIV drugs have been linked to kidney toxicity.

Organ transplants

Canadian study highlights need for equity for people with HIV in kidney transplantation

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6 June 2024
Kidney problems

Adrenal insufficiency common in people with HIV, often unrecognised

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29 May 2024
PrEP science

Daily PrEP is safe for the kidneys, although on-demand PrEP has slightly less impact

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30 December 2022
Ethnic & cultural minorities

Black British people with HIV and APOL1 gene variants are more likely to develop kidney failure

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1 June 2022
Kidney problems

PrEP and kidney function: who really needs screening and can event-based dosing reduce side-effects?

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1 April 2022
Kidney problems

Renal dysfunction common in some people newly diagnosed with HIV in Zimbabwe

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24 March 2022
Treatment for women

Women living with HIV are under-represented in research, limiting our understanding of co-morbid diseases

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3 December 2021
PrEP science

Most switches to Descovy PrEP are probably unnecessary and some may be harmful

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1 October 2021
Kidney problems

People over 50 years old or with existing kidney dysfunction are more likely to get kidney damage when using tenofovir disoproxil-based PrEP

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21 September 2021
Ethnic & cultural minorities

Using racial adjustments for Black people living with HIV decreases the accuracy of kidney function tests

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13 July 2021
Treatment outcomes & life expectancy

Higher rates of non-communicable diseases contribute to persisting mortality in people with HIV

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8 April 2021
Side effects

Meta-analysis finds no real difference in safety and effectiveness between tenofovir formulations

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5 January 2021
Organ transplants

Kidney transplant between people with HIV is safe, says US study

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26 August 2020
PrEP science

Older age and baseline kidney function are the key risk factors for renal dysfunction while taking HIV PrEP

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23 March 2020
Ageing & HIV

People with HIV aged 75 and older receiving good HIV care but many at risk of frailty

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2 December 2019
PrEP science

96-week results of DISCOVER PrEP trial presented at European AIDS Conference

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14 November 2019
Kidney problems

Tenofovir (TDF) does not increase risk of kidney disease in people at low risk

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13 November 2019
Kidney problems

Chronic kidney disease increases risk of numerous illnesses and death for people with HIV

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23 October 2019
PrEP science

Switching to TAF-based PrEP improves kidney and bone markers – but does it raise cardiovascular risk?

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15 October 2019
Kidney problems

Danish research underlines the importance of monitoring kidney function in patients doing well on antiretrovirals

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10 September 2019
PrEP science

Descovy is non-inferior to Truvada for daily PrEP

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6 March 2019
PrEP programmes & uptake

Cocaine use associated with poor adherence to PrEP and dropping out of care

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22 February 2019
Health problems & ageing

Smoking, cholesterol, blood pressure are more important causes of disease than HIV in people living with HIV

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11 February 2019
Health problems in children & young people

Improved liver function, but progressive kidney damage, among children on antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia

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2 January 2019