A popular anti-HIV drug nearly doubles the risk of heart attack, a study says.
Abacavir works by reducing the amount of the virus in the body and is often used in combination with other drugs.
But Danish researchers said patients may wish to consider changing treatment programmes after studying over 33,000 people, the Lancet reported.
Experts said the [...]
Anti-HIV drug ‘heart attack risk’
Rift Over AIDS Treatment Lingers in South Africa
It has been proven that using at least two antiretroviral medications dramatically reduces the likelihood of transmitting HIV during childbirth. President Mbeki’s past sex scandal involved him having sex with an HIV-positive woman, which he denies, speaks to a government that is harming its citizens through inaction. There is a widely held belief that pharmaceutical [...]
Bottom Line for Project (Red)
A year ago, staff members at the Treatment and Research AIDS Center could barely cope. Patients, unable to find care elsewhere, flowed in from every corner of the country. And if one of them was fortunate enough to find a bed here, she often had to share it.
Today, a dozen patients, mostly women, sit in [...]
Longer Drug Regimen Found to Help Babies Avoid HIV
Over recent years, giving an antiretroviral drug to a woman infected with the AIDS virus in labor and to her baby at birth has reduced the risk of transmitting the virus to the baby.
Yet many babies born uninfected go on to acquire H.I.V., the AIDS virus, in the lengthy period of breast feeding because of [...]
Possible New Targets for AIDS Drugs
The good people at Harvard University took another step in the combat against HIV/AIDS.
HIV is a relatively simple virus, consisting of a handful of genes. But somehow it is able to infiltrate, infect and replicate within healthy cells. Accordingly, researchers observe that HIV works only on a selected group of proteins, which they dub “HIV [...]
Study: Depression Worsens HIV Treatment
While not necessarily surprising, a new study reveals that individuals living with depression have much lower levels of medical adherence, would greatly reduces the efficacy of HIV antiretrovirals than those who do not. But that discrepancy is greatly minimized with patients who take antidepressants.
“HIV and depression often go hand in hand. If you are HIV-infected, [...]