HIV
and AIDS Top News Articles |
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 Reduced
Immune Activation Predicts Better Response to Salvage Therapy for Highly
Treatment-experienced HIV Patients -
6/24/08 |
 Viral
Genetic Variations Predict Response to HIV Maturation
Inhibitor Bevirimat -
6/24/08 |
 Kaposi
Sarcoma (KS) in HIV Negative Men Who Have Sex with Men -
6/24/08 |
 Abdominal
Fat Accumulation, Elevated ALT, and Liver Steatosis in HIV Positive
Individuals -
6/24/08 |
 CDC
Addresses False Positive Results of Oral Fluid
Rapid HIV Antibody Tests -
6/24/08 |
 Initiating
Anti-HIV Therapy: When to Start and What to Use -
6/20/08 |
 Studies
Find Minimal Cardiovascular Benefit and Increased Mortality with Intensive Glucose
Management for People with Type 2 Diabetes
-
6/20/08 |
 Adding
Tenofovir (Viread) plus Emtricitabine
(Emtriva) to Short-course Zidovudine (Retrovir)
and Single-dose Nevirapine (Viramune) Does
Not Reduce the Risk of Mother-to-child HIV Transmission -
6/20/08 |
 Phase
3 Study Shows Growth Hormone Releasing Factor
Tesamorelin Reduces Excess Visceral Fat in HIV patients
-
6/20/08 |
 Idenix
Reports Promising Results from Clinical Trial of Experimental
NNRTI IDX899 -
6/20/08 |
 Extended
Antiretroviral Prophylaxis Lowers Risk of Mother-to-child
HIV Transmission during Breast-feeding, but Early Weaning Is Detrimental
- 6/17/08
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 High-concentration
Capsaicin Patch Is Beneficial for Treatment
of Painful HIV-related Neuropathy -
6/17/08 |
 Low
Tidal Volume Ventilation Is Associated with Reduced Mortality
in HIV Patients with Acute Lung Injury -
6/17/08 |
 More
than 40% of Gay Men with HIV in the U.K. Are Undiagnosed,
and 60% of Them Believe They Are HIV Negative -
6/17/08 |
 FDA
and European Medicines Agency Will Consider New Biomarker Test Results When Assessing
Kidney Toxicity of Experimental Drugs
- 6/17/08
|
 HAART
Regimen Changes Due to Drug Toxicities in
HIV Positive People with Virological Suppression -
6/13/08 |
| Durability
and Outcomes of First-line Antiretroviral Regimens
-
6/13/08 |
| Long-term
Efficacy and Tolerability of Regimens Containing Efavirenz
(Sustiva) and Nevirapine (Viramune)
Regimens -
6/13/08 |
 HIV
Patients Taking Efavirenz (Sustiva) Experience
Fewer Oral Lesions than Those on Protease Inhibitors
- 6/13/08
|
 Roche
Updates Package Insert for HIV Protease Inhibitor Saquinavir
(Invirase) -
6/13/08 |
Is
Efavirenz (Sustiva)
the Best Option for First-line HIV Therapy? -
6/10/08 |
 Double-boosted
Protease Inhibitors Saquinavir (Invirase)
and Lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra)
Produce Significant CD4 Rise and Viral Load Decline in Treatment-experienced Children
- 6/10/08
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New
More Sensitive "Trofile" HIV CCR5/CXCR4 Tropism Test
Now Available -
6/10/08 |
NIAID
to Fund Novel B-Cell Approach to HIV Vaccine Development -
6/10/08 |
 Gilead
and Boehringer Freeze Prices on Viread and Truvada
to U.S. Agencies -
6/06/08 |
 World
Health Organization, UNAIDS, and UNICEF Release New Report
on Global HIV/AIDS Treatment -
6/06/08 |
 Resistance
Testing Leads to Effective Treatment for Virological
Rebound in Patients on Salvage HAART Regimens -
6/06/08 |
 Anti-PGL-TB-1
Antibodies Predict Lack of Immune Restoration Syndrome in HIV Positive
Patients with Tuberculosis -
6/06/08 |
New
Automated HIV Antibody Test Produces Results in Less than 50 Minutes
- 6/06/08 |
| High-density
Lipoprotein (HDL) Cholesterol in People with HIV: Association with
Viral Load and Antiretroviral Therapy -
6/03/08 |
| Ezetimibe
Combined with Low-dose Statin Drugs Effectively Reduces Low
Density Lipoprotein (LDL) in HIV Patients on Protease Inhibitors
- 6/03/08 |
| Bacterial
Vaginosis, Not HIV, Is Primarily Responsible for Increased Concentrations
of Vaginal Proinflammatory Cytokines -
6/03/08 |
| Oral
Therapy Reduces Incidence of Bacterial Vaginosis
and Promotes Vaginal Health in HIV Positive Women -
6/03/08 |
| Long-term
Alcohol Abuse Is Linked to Worse Liver Fibrosis
in HIV Positive Veterans with or without HCV Coinfection -
6/03/08 |
| International
Pharmaceuticals Issues Recall of "Viril-ity-Power"
(VIP) Tabs, Sold as a Dietary Supplement for Sexual Enhancement -
6/03/08 |
| Large
Study Finds Several Types of Non-AIDS-defining Cancer
Are More Common in HIV Positive People
- 5/30/08 |
| NIAID
Halts ACTG 5175 Clinical Trial Arm Receiving Once-daily Atazanavir
(Reyataz), Emtricitabine (Emtriva), and Didanosine (Videx)
-
5/30/08
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| Trizivir
plus Tenofovir (Viread) Prevents Immunological Decline in Patients
with Multidrug-resistant HIV
-
5/30/08
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| Long-term
Fat Loss among Treatment-naive Patients Starting Combination Therapy Containing
Stavudine (Zerit), Zidovudine (Retrovir),
or Abacavir (Ziagen)
-
5/30/08
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| FDA
Warns Against Use of Xiadafil for Sexual Enhancement
or Erectile Dysfunction
-
5/30/08
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| FDA
Proposes New Rule to Provide Updated Information on Use of Prescription
Drugs and Biological Products during Pregnancy and Breast-feeding
-
5/30/08
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| FDA
and Pfizer Set Specifications Allowing Nelfinavir (Viracept)
to Again Be Prescribed for Children and Pregnant Women
-
5/23/08
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| Gastrointestinal
Symptoms Are Uncommon during Early HIV Infection, Despite CD4 Cell
Depletion in the Gut
-
5/23/08
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| Tibotec
Launches New Higher Dosage Strength of Darunavir (Prezista)
Tablet
-
5/23/08
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| Inflammatory
Bowel Disease in HIV Positive Individuals
-
5/23/08
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| Controlling
Cholesterol with Statins
-
5/23/08
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| Benefits
of Adding Viral Load or CD4 Cell Count Monitoring
to Clinical Monitoring Alone Are Modest
-
5/16/08
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| Does
Tenofovir (Viread) Increase Liver Toxicity
Related to Efavirenz (Sustiva)?
-
5/16/08
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| Body
Fat and Blood Lipid Levels in Men and Women with HIV -
5/16/08
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| Body
Shape Changes in HIV Positive and HIV Negative Women -
5/16/08
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| Worsening
Cardiovascular Risk among HIV Positive Individuals in D:A:D
Study Has Not Led to an Increase in Heart Attacks
- 5/13/08
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| Interaction
between Lopinavir-ritonavir (Kaletra) and
Rosuvastatin (Crestor) Reduces Drug's Lipid-lowering
Effect -
5/13/08
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| Antiretroviral
Therapy and Other Interventions Can Nearly Eliminate Risk of Mother-to-Child
HIV Transmission
- 5/13/08
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| Persistent
AIDS-related Kaposi Sarcoma in the HAART Era
Reveals Need for New Therapies -
5/09/08
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| Rapid
Scale-up of Antiretroviral Therapy in South Africa
Could Reduce HIV/AIDS Deaths by 1.3 Million bYear 2012 -
5/09/08 |
| Higher
CD4 Count Predicts Lower Risk of AIDS-related and Non-AIDS
Illness, even above 350 Cells/mm3 -
5/06/08 |
| Patients
with CXCR4-tropic or Mixed-tropic HIV Experience
Faster CD4 Cell Decline and May Benefit from Earlier Treatment -
5/06/08 |
| NIAID
Research Priorities to Fight Drug-resistant Tuberculosis
- 5/06/08
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| Treatment
Options for Osteopenia and Osteoporosis in
HIV Patients -
5/02/08
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| HLA
B*5701 Genetic Test Predicts Abacavir Hypersensitivity
in Black as well as White HIV Patients -
5/02/08 |
| Genetic
Variation Predicts Higher Risk of Lipoatrophy
in Patients on HAART -
5/02/08 |
| Interrupting
Antiretroviral Therapy Does Not Reduce the Risk of Cardiovascular
Disease: Final Results of ACTG 5102 -
4/29/08 |
| Tolerability
and Effectiveness of First-line Treatment with Nevirapine
and Lamivudine plus Zidovudine or Stavudine -
4/29/08 |
| Efficacy
and Safety of Once-daily Regimens in the Treatment
of HIV Infection -
4/24/08 |
| Following
Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines Produces
the Best Results in Women with HIV -
4/24/08 |
| Interactions
between the Anti-fungal Agent Voriconazole (Vfend) and
Antiretroviral Drugs-
4/24/08 |
| CD4
Cell Recovery after Initiation of HAART in
Treatment-naive Patients -
4/18/08 |
| Fish
Oil with or without Fenofibrate Reduces Elevated
Triglycerides in HIV Patients on HAART -
4/18/08 |
| Resistance
Profile of the New Protease Inhibitor Darunavir (Prezista)
-
4/15/08 |
| Elevated
Fibrinogen Levels Linked to Protease Inhibitors May Contribute to Elevated
Cardiovascular Risk -
4/15/08 |
| New
Report Says 2.1 Million Children Worldwide
Are Living with HIV/AIDS -
4/15/08 |
| Management
of HIV Positive Men with Prostate Cancer in the HAART
Era -
4/11/08 |
| Prevalence
and Outcomes of Liver Cirrhosis in HIV Positive People
- 4/11/08
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| Lower-Strength
Lopinavir/Ritonavir (Kaletra, Aluvia) Tablet
Approved in Europe for Children with HIV
- 4/11/08
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| "Women
Living Positive: It's My Life" National Summit Webcast -
4/11/08 |
| Protease
Inhibitors Linked to Elevated Cholesterol in HIV-infected
Children -
4/04/08
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| Is
There a Potential Role for Ritonavir-boosted Protease
Inhibitor Monotherapy? -
4/01/08
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