HIV
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HIV infection linked to higher risk of non-melanoma skin cancer
A Danish cohort study found that HIV-positive patients are more likely to develop basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma.
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Antiretroviral choice for pregnant women with HIV does not appear to impact birth outcomes
Three different regimens of antiretroviral therapy did not produce significantly different adverse birth outcomes in women with HIV.
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Comorbidity occurs earlier and more commonly with HIV infection
Increased prevalence of renal, hepatic, and bone diseases seen in patients over age 50 years.
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Medical marijuana’s ‘Catch-22’: Federal limits on research hinder patients’ relief
“Even though medical marijuana is legal, none of my doctors were willing to talk to me about it. . .They just kept telling me to take opioids.”
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And empagliflozin could cut liver fat in diabetes.
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Time to HIV rebound in infants off ART linked to birth health
Immune and birth health influence time to HIV rebound after treatment interruption in infants started on early ART.
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VIDEO: Women living with HIV have more myocardial steatosis, reduced diastolic function
The investigators found an inverse relationship between myocardial triglycerides and diastolic function.
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MicroRNAs flag liver damage in HIV-, HCV-infected persons
MicroRNAs are associated with elevated liver enzymes and fibrosis in HIV, HCV infection.
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High adverse events with TB prevention in HIV-infected pregnant women
Isoniazid preventive therapy during pregnancy was associated with more adverse pregnancy events than delayed IPT.
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Efavirenz-based ART may hamper vaginal ring contraception
BOSTON – Efavirenz-based regimens, the most widely used form of ART in the world, appear to alter hormone exposure from vaginal contraceptive...
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HIV+ dialysis patients: Differential survival by race compared with HIV/HCV coinfection
HIV infection, but not HIV/HCV coinfection, associated with differential dialysis survival according to race.