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Epidemiology

HIV patients who miss appointments have increased risk of death

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12 January 2009
Transmission & prevention

HIV prevalence may decline because the most vulnerable are infected and die first

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7 January 2009
TB treatment

Childhood TB (part 3): treatment and prevention

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22 December 2008
Side effects

Portable lactate test is reliable and accurate

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19 December 2008
Resistance

HIV transmission rate in US has declined enormously

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16 December 2008
Access to healthcare

Governments in southern Africa need to work harder at treatment scale-up, say activists

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11 December 2008
Improving HIV care

Fluconazole shown to be more effective against cryptococcal meningitis at higher dose

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4 December 2008
Social & legal issues

GNP+ launches website documenting global HIV exposure/transmission laws and prosecutions

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4 December 2008
Young people

Growing pains

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1 December 2008
Health services & systems

Mbeki's opposition to ARVs cost 330,000 lives, shows study

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27 November 2008
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Almost half of Africans with HIV in UK are diagnosed late

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12 November 2008
Transmission & prevention

Low rates of HIV testing in US emergency departments

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4 November 2008
Drug interactions & pharmacokinetics

Starting HIV treatment soon after a patient is diagnosed with cryptococcal meningitis decreases risk of death

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3 November 2008
Money

No allowances

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1 November 2008
Access to healthcare

The consequences of fear

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1 November 2008
TB diagnosis

South Africa’s lop-sided TB response: more attention to prevention of drug resistance required

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31 October 2008
Epidemiology

Initial CD4 cell counts in new seroconverters have declined over time

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29 October 2008
Migrants, refugees & displaced people

UK conference discusses ‘disastrous’ impact of the myth of ‘HIV health tourism’

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20 October 2008
Improving HIV care

Single high dose fluconazole equivalent to 14 day treatment for oropharyngeal candidiasis

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16 October 2008
Transmission & prevention

Up to half of gay men with undiagnosed HIV infection in UK may have been infected in previous year

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15 October 2008
Transmission & prevention

Treating co-infections can lower HIV viral load, reducing risk of transmission and improving prognosis

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14 October 2008
Improving HIV care

High early mortality after starting antiretroviral treatment in Africa

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6 October 2008
Epidemiology

Fall in number of undiagnosed HIV infections in the US

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6 October 2008
Palliative care

Management of swallowing problems (oesophageal disorders) in people with HIV

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2 October 2008