NICE guidelines on management of chronic pain: exercise but not opiods
9 April 2021. Related: Early access, Guidelines, Side effects, OIs, coinfections and complications.
OIs, coinfections and complications
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) in HIV positive people linked to time with low CD4 count: partly reversible after effective ART
12 March 2021. Related: Side effects, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Significant increases in LGV in gay men from 2017 to 2019: latest PHE report
22 January 2021. Related: OIs, coinfections and complications, Other news.
Mediterranean diet associated with maintaining bacterial diversity and markers of reduced frailty in older HIV negative study
24 February 2020. Related: OIs, coinfections and complications, Nutrition, Ageing and life expectancy.
Vaping can help HIV positive smokers who are not motivated to quit cigarettes
15 November 2019. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications, Cancer and HIV, Ageing and life expectancy.
People taking more medications and women have higher fall risk in older HIV group
18 October 2019. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications, Ageing and life expectancy.
Management of testosterone deficiency in HIV positive people
20 May 2019. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Type 2 diabetes is often undermanaged in HIV positive people
20 May 2019. Related: Conference reports, Side effects, Lipodystrophy and metabolic complications, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Adopting new US blood pressure targets for HIV positive people could reduce cardiovascular-related deaths
20 May 2019. Related: Conference reports, Side effects, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Shared housing compared to living alone: higher CD4, lower viral load and reduced inflammation in macaques
12 March 2019. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Regular marijuana smoking linked to lung disease in HIV positive but not HIV negative men
20 February 2019. Related: OIs, coinfections and complications.
Frailty in older HIV positive people: independent associations with serious morbidity and mortality
21 January 2019. Related: Side effects, OIs, coinfections and complications, Ageing and life expectancy.
9th International Workshop on HIV and Ageing
19 October 2018. Related: Conference reports, Lipodystrophy and metabolic complications, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Detectable viral load quadruples odds of recurrent falls in older men with HIV
19 October 2018. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
More than 40% of HIV group has hepatic steatosis, regardless of age
19 October 2018. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Associations of loneliness with cognitive function and quality of life (QoL) among older adults living with HIV – 18% lonely quite often
19 October 2018. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Physical function worse in older women than men with HIV, despite better CD4 recovery
19 October 2018. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Changing comorbidities in HIV positive people older than 60 at London clinic
24 August 2018. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
High acceptability of annual digital (finger) exam for early detection of anal cancer in gay men >35 years old
24 August 2018. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications, Cancer and HIV.
RITA: issue on lung health
29 June 2018. Related: OIs, coinfections and complications, On the web.
US study tracks kidney transplant results from HIV positive donors
21 May 2018. Related: OIs, coinfections and complications.
Not claptrap: kissing as the strongest route for oral gonorrhoea
1 May 2018. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
No increased risk of IRIS in people with low CD4 counts receiving raltegravir in the REALITY trial
16 April 2018. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Reducing risk of myocardial infarction (MI) in HIV positive people
16 April 2018. Related: Conference reports, Side effects, Lipodystrophy and metabolic complications, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Reducing rates of HIV-related cancer in US from 1996-2012
28 November 2017. Related: OIs, coinfections and complications.
Effects of the anti-inflammatory antibody canakinumab on heart disease and cancer: implications for HIV?
28 November 2017. Related: Side effects, OIs, coinfections and complications, Basic science and immunology.
Enhanced OI prophylaxis reduces mortality when starting ART late
1 October 2017. Related: OIs, coinfections and complications.
Increased frequency and progression of kidney disease in HIV positive people
1 October 2017. Related: Side effects, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Impressive HIV pipeline at CROI 2017
26 June 2017. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Paediatric HIV: CROI 2017
26 June 2017. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Increased prevalence of diabetes in HIV positive people
26 June 2017. Related: OIs, coinfections and complications.
Poppers and cancer risk in HIV negative and HIV positive gay men
26 June 2017. Related: OIs, coinfections and complications, Cancer and HIV.
Other selections and webcasts
24 April 2017. Related: Conference reports, Antiretrovirals, OIs, coinfections and complications, Hepatitis coinfection, Cure research.
Increased risk of IRIS with integrase inhibitors reported in two studies
24 April 2017. Related: Conference reports, Antiretrovirals, Treatment strategies, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Breakthrough for treating XDR-TB and ameliorating TB-IRIS
24 April 2017. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications, TB coinfection.
Effects of ART initiation on human papillomavirus antibody response
27 February 2017. Related: Antiretrovirals, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Rosuvastatin for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in people with HIV
27 February 2017. Related: OIs, coinfections and complications.
AT LAST: Gay men and transgender people in England get vaccine to prevent genital warts and anal cancer – impressive pilot results
27 February 2017. Related: Treatment access, OIs, coinfections and complications, Other news.
Higher rates of eye complications in HIV positive people on ART
1 October 2016. Related: Conference reports, Antiretrovirals, OIs, coinfections and complications.
High prevalence of multiple high-risk HPV infections in young HIV positive gay men
1 June 2016. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications, Vaccines and microbicides.
Non alcohol fatty acid liver disease: an emerging problem
1 June 2016. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
HIV positive people on ART have impaired alveolar immunity
1 June 2016. Related: Conference reports, Antiretrovirals, OIs, coinfections and complications.
START substudies: increased quality of life from earlier treatment but no impact on vascular function or cardiovascular markers
1 June 2016. Related: Conference reports, Antiretrovirals, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Impact of early ART on lung function: results on ART and COPD from START substudy
1 December 2015. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
No difference in neuropsychological test results between early and delayed ART in START substudy
1 December 2015. Related: Conference reports, Side effects, OIs, coinfections and complications.
HIV and cardiovascular disease
1 June 2015. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Increased cardiovascular risks in HIV positive children in Uganda and Zambia partially reversed by ART
24 March 2015. Related: Conference reports, Paediatric care, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Recommendations for management of bone disease in HIV
24 March 2015. Related: OIs, coinfections and complications.
FDA approves 9-valent HPV vaccine: active against types 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52 and 58
24 March 2015. Related: OIs, coinfections and complications.
CMV associated with 50% increased risk of non-AIDS related mortality in HIV positive people
29 January 2015. Related: Side effects, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Impact of smoking on life expectancy in HIV infection
29 January 2015. Related: Side effects, OIs, coinfections and complications.
High prevalence of COPD at baseline in START study sub-study
1 October 2014. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Immunotherapy for PML: two case reports using IL-7 and experimental recombinant JCV VP1 protein therapeutic vaccination
1 October 2014. Related: OIs, coinfections and complications.
Kidney signal trouble worsens over 5 years in Japanese on tenofovir
1 October 2014. Related: Side effects, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Caution against prolonged use of bisphosphonates in patients with mild-moderate fracture risk
1 December 2013. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Osteoporosis triples risk of later fracture in 1000-person US HIV group
1 December 2013. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Bone turnover marker changes early in ART predict bone loss after 96 week
1 December 2013. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Classic risk factors, but not HIV, linked to arterial stiffness in middle-aged
1 December 2013. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Cardiovascular disease and other non-AIDS defining events
29 May 2013. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
RIFAQUIN study demonstrates once-weekly dosing during follow-up phase of TB treatment
1 April 2013. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications, TB coinfection.
Combining Xpert and LAM urine testing improves TB diagnostic sensitivity
1 April 2013. Related: Conference reports, Diagnostics, OIs, coinfections and complications, TB coinfection.
Deferring ART by four weeks reduces mortality in patients diagnosed with cryptococcal meningitis
1 April 2013. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
One third of HIV positive people at five UK clinics have symptomatic depression: link to adherence and viral suppression – 40% cases are untreated
1 June 2012. Related: Conference reports, Side effects, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Hodgkin’s lymphoma: survival normalises to HIV negative rates despite more advanced disease at diagnosis
1 June 2012. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications.
Promising outcomes from laser ablative treatment of AIN2/3 to prevent anal cancer
1 June 2012. Related: Conference reports, OIs, coinfections and complications, Cancer and HIV.
