Remarkably effective drugs must reach all, AIDS conference told Aug 8, 2008
"The scale-up of antiretroviral therapy is the most ambitious public-health undertaking of our lifetimes," he said. Mr. Gonsalves said the lives of millions of people depend on making ARVs universally available, but the world should have no illusions about how difficult that will be. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Smoking Crack May Speed up HIV Course in Women Aug 8, 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, who use crack cocaine risk deterioration in their immune status, development of "AIDS-defining" illnesses, and death from AIDS-related causes, even if they adhere to potent combination antiretroviral therapy used to treat HIV infection. The findings stem from a study of 1,686 HIV-infected women, 29 percent of whom used crack cocaine during the study period (April 1996 to September 2004). (MEDLINEplus)
UH joins in anti-AIDS effort in Vietnam Aug 7, 2008
An HIV clinic was set up in a hospital in Hanoi to deliver antiretroviral care in 2007 and about 140 HIV patients are getting free antiretroviral therapy funded by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Shikuma said ... Shikuma said UH is responsible for training Vietnamese military physicians in how to deliver antiretroviral therapy and HIV care and for setting up clinics in military hospitals to do that in Vietnam. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
In AIDS fight, governments neglecting behavioral efforts Aug 7, 2008
The world cannot treat its way out of the AIDS epidemic, many experts have long said, and a scientific debate exists over the extent to which antiretroviral therapy can reduce transmission of the virus. A pressing need exists to combine HIV prevention and treatment efforts, experts said Tuesday. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
HIV Drug Can Persist In Mothers' Milk, Increasing Risk To Them And Their Babies Aug 7, 2008
10, 2003) Antiretroviral therapy given to babies after birth offers protection against HIV infection, according to researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public. (Aug. (Science Daily)
Growth Hormone Treatment For HIV Patients Improves Abdominal Fat, But Worsens Glucose Level Aug 7, 2008
Patients with HIV infection treated with antiretroviral therapy frequently develop changes in body composition, such as abdominal obesity, and metabolic complications of dyslipidemia (disorders of lipoprotein metabolism, including high cholesterol levels) and insulin resistance, putting these patients at increased cardiovascular risk. Growth hormone (GH) secretion is reduced in patients with HIV and abdominal fat accumulation, and relative GH deficiency (GHD) is observed in approximately... (Science Daily)
Why Treatment Isn't Effective For HIV Aug 7, 2008
7, 2008) University of Minnesota researchers have answered a key question as to why antiretroviral therapy isn't effective in restoring immunity in HIV-infected patients ... (July 7, 1998) When an HIV-infected patient discontinues highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), the virus almost invariably rebounds to substantial levels, even if virus had become undetectable by standard. (Science Daily)
Botswana: Ex-President Addresses International Aids Conference Aug 6, 2008
He added: "To all in the audience living with and affected by HIV/AIDS, I say welcome." The former head of state, who has retained the chairmanship of NACA, the local AIDS coordinating agency, said: "Together, on the eve of this great global conference, let us take a moment to look back and to see how far we have come. From fear and ignorance of this frightening new illness, that sickened and took our friends and relatives, consider the knowledge and tools that 25 years of painstaking research... (allAfrica.com)
Commentary: AIDS chief still hopeful for cure Aug 6, 2008
As antiretroviral therapy is at present a lifelong commitment, it is extremely unlikely that we will have the logistical or financial capacity to reach and treat -- indefinitely -- everyone who requires antiretroviral therapy. As we search for a cure, we should of course continue our efforts to provide proven, lifesaving antiretroviral drugs to every person who needs them, regardless of where they live. (CNN -- Health)
Behavioral Approaches Overlooked in AIDS Fight Aug 6, 2008
The world cannot treat its way out of the AIDS epidemic, many experts have long said, and a scientific debate exists over the extent to which antiretroviral therapy can reduce transmission of the virus. A pressing need exists to combine H.I.V. prevention and treatment efforts, experts said Tuesday. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
U of M study shows why treatment isn't effective for HIV Aug 6, 2008
University of Minnesota researchers have answered a key question as to why antiretroviral therapy isn't effective in restoring immunity in HIV-infected patients. Once a person is infected with the virus, fibrosis, or scarring, occurs in the lymph nodes the home of T cells that fight infection. (EurekAlert!)
HIV vaccine 'allows drug breaks' Aug 5, 2008
" However, he stressed the vaccine was still at a very early stage of development. Immune response The vaccine works by stimulating an immune system response, in contrast to standard HIV drugs, which block replication of the virus. It has already been tested in two small trials on 11 and 38 HIV patients with promising results. The majority of patients were able to refrain from taking their usual antiretroviral therapy (ART) for an average period of 31 months. During this time their level of key... (BBC News -- UK)
Africa: Progress But End of Aids 'Not in Sight' Aug 5, 2008
More than 90% of the patients receiving antiretroviral therapy at state clinics and hospitals were on relatively cheap first-line regimens, but in time many of them would need to switch to more expensive second-line therapy, the health department's HIV/AIDS head, Nomonde Xundu, said. Earlier in the day, Cape Town scientist Andrew Boule presented a study at a satellite session that highlighted drawbacks in using nevirapine for HIV-positive patients who were also infected with tuberculosis. (allAfrica.com)
New Male Circumcision Device For HIV Prevention Aug 5, 2008
(July 1, 2008) The widespread use of highly active antiretroviral therapy may reduce the incidence of HIV in individuals and populations but has been overlooked by public health as a prevention. . (Science Daily)
Long-term HIV treatment may reduce risk for atherosclerosis Aug 5, 2008
The results further suggest that antiretroviral therapy may offer men with HIV some protection against atherosclerosis hardening of the arteries, caused in part by high levels of cholesterol, smoking and other lifestyle factors ... Controlling for traditional atherosclerosis risk factors such as age, family history, smoking and blood pressure, the study team found that CAC scores were almost 60 percent lower in HIV-positive men who received highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) for more... (EurekAlert!)
Sex report stirs controversy at AIDS conference Aug 4, 2008
The panel said that such couples need not use a condom provided the infected partner regularly followed antiretroviral therapy and had no genital infections. In addition, the level of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in his or her blood had to be below detectable levels - a threshold of 40 viruses per millilitre of blood - for the six previous months at least. (ABC Online)
TB hampers HIV treatment - study Aug 4, 2008
In poorer countries, antiretroviral therapy is often initiated in TB clinics, because TB is an infection common in HIV patients ... It shows when you start antiretroviral therapy you may start them on a drug which may compromise their TB therapy, which is important, but this needs more research ... Researchers looked at almost 4,000 patients who started antiretroviral therapy between 2001 and 2006. (BBC News)
Aids - Updates and Analysis Aug 4, 2008
"The scale up of antiretroviral therapy in the developing world is the most ambitious public health undertaking of our lifetimes, ...We were told it couldn't be done, and shouldn't be done, but we persevered, set ambitious goals and targets, and now 3 million people are on antiretroviral treatment." - Gregg Gonsalves, International Treatment Preparedness Coalition (ITPC). As the XVII International AIDS Conference gets under way this coming week in Mexico City (), a report by ITPC is one of many... (allAfrica.com)
Drug addicts benefit from HIV drugs, too: study Aug 4, 2008
They all got highly active antiretroviral therapy or HAART -- the cocktails of drugs that help control human immunodeficiency virus, although they do not provide a cure. After five years, just over 26 percent of the drug abusers and nearly 22 percent of people infected another way died. (Scientific American)
New HIV/AIDS Guidelines Suggest Earlier Treatment Aug 4, 2008
Patients taking rifampicin-based therapy for tuberculosis were more likely to experience virological failure (failure to keep viral levels low) when they start nevirapine-based antiretroviral therapy as opposed to efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy ... The survival rate between HIV-infected intravenous drug users and non-drug users appears similar after four to five years of active antiretroviral therapy. (U.S. News & World Report)
War on AIDS will be long, more funds needed: UN Aug 4, 2008
"The end of AIDS is nowhere in sight," said Peter Piot, executive director of the UN agency UNAIDS. "Every day, almost three times as many people become newly infected with HIV as those who start taking antiretroviral therapy.". The 17th International AIDS Conference is the first to take place in Latin America, a region with entrenched stigma against people with HIV.. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
AIDS parley stresses treatment as prevention Aug 4, 2008
As a result, life expectancy has soared up by 13 years since antiretroviral therapy was introduced in 1996, and mortality has plummeted by almost half, transforming AIDS into a chronic illness. But in the developing world, only a tiny fraction of those infected with HIV-AIDS are being treated, and donor countries are worried about the cost of ramping up and sustaining programs. (Globe and Mail -- International)
No Difference In Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Between HIV ... Aug 4, 2008
No Difference In Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Between HIV-infected Injection Drug Users And Non-users ... " Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy and Survival in HIV-Infected Injection Drug Users Evan Wood; Robert S. Hogg; Viviane Dias Lima; Thomas Kerr; Benita Yip; Brandon D. L. Marshall; Julio S. G. Montaner JAMA(2008). 300[5]: pp. 550 -554. Written by: Peter M Crosta Copyright: Medical News Today Not to be reproduced without permission of Medical News Today Please rate this article:... (Medical News Today)
Growth Hormone Reduces Fat In HIV Patients With Abdominal Obesity Aug 4, 2008
Therefore, the therapeutic window to achieve an optimal risk-benefit ratio of GH in individuals with HIV, abdominal fat accumulation, and insulin resistance may be very narrow and difficult to achieve. " They conclude that, "Growth hormone is not yet FDA-approved for the treatment of abdominal fat accumulation in patients with HIV. Other more potent strategies to safely increase GH and reduce VAT, including the use of GH-releasing hormone (GHRH), may be more beneficial. (Medical News Today)
Highly active antiretroviral therapy of similar benefit for HIV-infected injection drug users Aug 4, 2008
Contrary to the belief that HIV-infected injection drug users (IDUs) receive less benefit from highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), new research finds little difference in the survival rate between IDUs and non-IDUs after 4-5 years of receiving HAART, according to a study in the August 6 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on HIV/AIDS.. Julio S. G. Montaner, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., of the University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, Canada, and President-Elect, International... (EurekAlert!)
Certain HIV treatment less effective when used with anti-TB therapy Aug 4, 2008
Patients receiving rifampicin-based anti-tuberculosis therapy are more likely to experience virological failure when starting nevirapine-based antiretroviral therapy, an HIV treatment that is widely used in developing countries because of lower cost, than when starting efavirenz-based antiretroviral therapy, according to a study in the August 6 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on HIV/AIDS. ... Combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) is frequently initiated in resource-limited countries when... (EurekAlert!)
International panel updates treatment guidelines for HIV infection Aug 4, 2008
The field of antiretroviral therapy continues to evolve rapidly, and, to maintain the highest possible standard of care, treatment guidelines must continually be refined to assist the complex decision-making process, according to the authors ... When to Start Antiretroviral Therapy ... The goal of antiretroviral therapy is to reduce and maintain a plasma HIV-1 RNA level of less than 50 copies/mL. Plasma HIV-1 RNA levels should be monitored frequently when treatment is started or changed for... (EurekAlert!)
A vaccine is essential to eliminating AIDS Aug 2, 2008
While improvements in access to antiretroviral therapy mean that more HIV-infected people in the developing world are getting the benefit of these life-prolonging drugs, the great majority - two-thirds of all infected - still are not. And for every two people put on treatment, there are five new infections. (Boston Globe)
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology devotes special issue to AIDS Aug 1, 2008
Also, a Rostrum article by Lin Shen and Robert F. Siliciano from Johns Hopkins University argues that highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) must be combined with new techniques to attack the viral reservoirs that remain even after viral replication has been stopped. Other issue highlights include original research from a National Institutes of Health multi-center group that finds an increased rate of asthma in HIV-infected children who are being treated with HAART; the report of genetic... (EurekAlert! -- Business News)
Priorities in HIV research; The new China Aug 1, 2008
Despite Garrett's contrary opinion, vaccine research is not a fruitful path to eliminating HIV. If we want to conquer this epidemic in our lifetimes, we need to combine widespread use of antiretroviral therapy (to drive down the virus levels in patients' bodies) with education to prevent the spread of the virus via sexual contact and intravenous drug use. Gary Robinson Gaithersburg, Maryland. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
World makes gains in battle against AIDS Jul 31, 2008
NOTE: EVEN THOUGH HIV PREVALENCE STABILIZED IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE INFECTED CONTINUES TO GROW BECAUSE OF ONGOING NEW INFECTIONS AND LONGER SURVIVAL RATES DUE TO INCREASING ACCESS TO ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY. REGIONAL HIV AND AIDS STATISTICS AND FEATURES, 2007. (Globe and Mail)
New 'From-the-Ground' Report Reformulates Simplistic Argument About HIV/ AIDS and Health Care Systems in a Fundamental Way Jul 30, 2008
"The scale up of antiretroviral therapy in the developing world is the most ambitious public health undertaking of our lifetimes," said Gregg Gonsalves, a co-coordinator of the project. "We were told it couldn't be done, and shouldn't be done, but we persevered, set ambitious goals and targets, and now 3 million people are on antiretroviral treatment." "AIDS is a disease of primary health care, and we need to strengthen health systems to provide for the future of AIDS treatment," Gonsalves... (PR Newswire)
U.S. Blacks, if a Nation, Would Rank High on AIDS Jul 30, 2008
In most areas of the world, more women than men are receiving antiretroviral therapy, the report said. Despite inadequate monitoring systems in many countries, data suggest that most of the H.I.V. epidemics in the Caribbean appear to have stabilized. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Health)
Anti-HIV Therapy Boosts Life Expectancy More Than 13 Years Jul 29, 2008
ScienceDaily (July 28, 2008) The life expectancy for patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has increased by more than 13 years since the late 1990s thanks to advancements in antiretroviral therapy, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia ... It was compiled by The Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration, which includes UAB, Simon Fraser University and more than a dozen other research sites... (Science Daily)
Study Disproves Belief That Hepatitis C Blunts HIV Drugs Jul 29, 2008
Impaired immune response after antiretroviral therapy may be due to genetic factors ... FRIDAY, July 25 (HealthDay News) -- A new study challenges the long-held belief that the hepatitis C virus (HCV) impairs the immune system's ability to restore itself after HIV patients are treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). (MEDLINEplus)
Giving An Additional Early Vaccination May Reduce Measles Outbreaks Jul 28, 2008
Researchers found that only half of the HIV-infected children who survived without antiretroviral therapy maintained. . (Science Daily)
Aussie HIV experts blast the Swiss Jul 26, 2008
The panel said that such couples need not use a condom provided the infected partner regularly followed antiretroviral therapy and had no genital infections. But Australian epidemiologists, led by David Wilson at the University of NSW, said while the risk was low it was not zero. (Sky News Australia)
About 33.2 million people with HIV in the world last year-UNAIDS Jul 26, 2008
Dr Anie said addressing the issue of vulnerability of women, achieving behavioural change, reducing stigma and discrimination, increasing coverage of antiretroviral therapy and nutrition posed great challenges to the Commission. She mentioned other challenges as community support for people with HIV/AIDS, private sector involvement in HIV/AIDS activities and financial support. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
HIV safe-sex ruling debunked Jul 26, 2008
The statement was based on the fact that antiretroviral therapy, commonly in use to treat people with HIV in high-income countries, can lead to undetectable levels of the virus in people's blood. But an article published by Australian researchers in The Lancet today concludes that if people with undetectable levels of the virus stopped using condoms, it could quadruple the number of new HIV infections over the next 10 years. (The Age)
Drug Holds Promise against AIDS Jul 26, 2008
"This problem will surely be multiplied several-fold as patients in the developing world are exposed to antiretroviral therapy for increasing lengths of time.". HealthDay. (MEDLINEplus)
Keep it on, HIV+ people warned Jul 25, 2008
Also in special issue of The Lancet today, Canadian researchers have found that improvements in and long-term effectiveness of combination antiretroviral therapy (cART) for HIV-positive patients have seen life expectancy increase by some 13 years since cART was introduced in 1996. The same period saw an accompanying drop in mortality of nearly 40 per cent. The figures, however, only relate to patients in high income countries in Europe and North America. (Australian Life Scientist)
HIV-Infected Patients' Life Span Increased 13 Years by Combination Therapy Jul 25, 2008
Hogg worked as part of the Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration, which included researchers in Canada, the U.K., France, Switzerland, the U.S., Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain. London-based GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Europe's largest drugmaker, and the U.K. Medical Research Council sponsored Hogg's paper. (Bloomberg -- UK)
HIV Cocktail Adds 13 Years to AIDS Patients Jul 25, 2008
They looked at several studies of patients living in the United States, Canada and several European countries who received drug combinations known as highly active antiretroviral therapy or HAART.. Robert Hogg of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS in Vancouver, Canada and colleagues looked at 43,000 patients in 14 different studies. (Newsmax)
Tuberculosis Presents Major Challenges To HIV Treatment In Developing Countries Jul 24, 2008
Antiretroviral Therapy - ART is one of the most powerful weapons against TB. From the perspective of TB prevention, the earlier that ART is initiated, the less the risk for TB.. TB Infection Control - One of the most challenging areas in TB infection control is the implementation of measures in both outpatient and inpatient health care facilities that will reduce the risk of TB transmission and protect health care workers. (Science Daily)
U.S. Immigrants Bearing More of the Tuberculosis Burden Jul 24, 2008
The authors, from the University of California, San Francisco, proposed several strategies, including intensified efforts to identify HIV-positive patients with TB; treating individuals with active TB; making the antibacterial drug isoniazid and antiretroviral therapy more available; implementing TB infection control; and making sure health-care workers record and report TB cases. HealthDay. (MEDLINEplus)
U.S. researchers urge integrating TB into HIV care Jul 23, 2008
Another strategy is the provision of antiretroviral therapy to HIV patients earlier, before their immune systems are severely compromised. This measure would also lessen HIV patients' risk of TB infection, they say. (Xinhuanet, China)
Art Therapy Useful To Treat Mental Disease Jul 13, 2008
9, 2006) Antiretroviral therapy (ART) for infants born with HIV infection may be most effective when given in their first five months of life, according to a study published in the April 1 issue of The. (Sep. (Science Daily)
Since Introduction Of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, HIV Death Rate Has Decreased Jul 3, 2008
A number of studies have reported the dramatic decreases in mortality among individuals infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) since the widespread introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in industrialized countries ... (July 1, 2008) The widespread use of highly active antiretroviral therapy may reduce the incidence of HIV in individuals and populations but has been overlooked by public health as a prevention. (Science Daily)
Death Rates for HIV Patients Decrease Dramatically Jul 3, 2008
Dramatic declines in death rates for HIV-infected individuals following the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) in industrialized nations in the mid-90s have already been documented. "HIV is now a complex chronic disease," said Dr. Michael Horberg, director of HIV/AIDS at Kaiser Permanente Health Plan in Santa Clara, Calif. (MEDLINEplus)
Study finds people with HIV living longer Jul 2, 2008
The advent of combination drug therapy in the 1990s called highly active antiretroviral therapy, or HAART, has greatly extended the lives of many HIV-infected people, particularly in developed countries. There is no cure or vaccine but the drugs, which interfere with HIV at several levels, can keep people healthy for years even if they never eradicate the virus. (Reuters)
Asthma risk increases in children treated for HIV Jul 2, 2008
"We think this occurs because important immune system components called CD4 cells increase in children treated with highly active antiretroviral therapy," said Dr. William T. Shearer, professor of pediatrics and immunology at BCM in Houston and chief of the allergy and immunology service at Texas Children's Hospital. He is also senior author of the report. (EurekAlert!)
Antiretroviral Therapy As HIV Prevention Strategy Jul 1, 2008
ScienceDaily (July 1, 2008) The widespread use of highly active antiretroviral therapy may reduce the incidence of HIV in individuals and populations but has been overlooked by public health as a prevention strategy, write Dr. Julio Montaner and colleagues in CMAJ. ... Dr. Montaner and co-authors argue that "expanded access to highly active antiretroviral therapy for patients with a medical indication will reduce AIDS-related illness and deaths and may reduce HIV incidence." ... "At the... (Science Daily)
Doctor 'may have cleared HIV man' Jun 21, 2008
The court heard Mr Neal, of Coburg, was diagnosed in June, 2000 and was given antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection from April, 2003. Dr Medland said the therapy aimed to reduce the level of virus - or viral loads - in an infected person's system. (Melbourne Herald Sun)
New Abbott Aluvia Tablet for Treatment of HIV Available in South Africa Jun 10, 2008
Redistribution, accumulation or loss of body fat may occur in patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy ... Combination antiretroviral therapy may cause new cases of diabetes and high blood sugar or worsening of existing diabetes, as well as increased fats and raised lactic acid in the blood ... Some patients taking combination antiretroviral therapy may develop a bone disease called osteonecrosis. (allAfrica.com)
Molecular Changes In Brain Fluid Give Insight Into Brain-damaging Disease Jun 8, 2008
24, 2002) Treating HIV-infected children with antiretroviral therapy can stop and potentially even reverse neurological damage caused by HIV, doctors from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas report in an. (May 2, 2007) A green tea extract may represent a new and natural compound for preventing and treating HIV-associated dementia, a study using a new mouse model for the devastating disease. (Science Daily)
South Africa: Water, Sanitation Issues Undermine Health Efforts Jun 6, 2008
Sanders said that even in the best sub-districts such as those in the Western Cape the approach is very selective with emphasis placed on success in antiretroviral therapy and TB programmes but a dismal failure to address sanitation and water. Human resource development was minimal and that the number of health workers remained totally inadequate in the peripheral areas. (allAfrica.com)
South Africa HIV Rates Dropping Jun 6, 2008
She has often voiced her mistrust of antiretroviral therapy, and espoused the benefits of garlic, beetroot and lemons ... Pointing to the number of South Africans on antiretroviral therapy, the minister said South Africa's program was "the largest in the world" and "contradicts those voices that suggest that this government is not concerned about treatment.". (Time.com)
Many still denied HIV drug access Jun 3, 2008
Access to antiretroviral therapy remains limited ... A major report found just 31% of people in need of treatment in low and middle-income countries had access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2007. (BBC News -- Health)
Progress painfully slow Jun 3, 2008
There's no question we're having an impact on mortality with 3 million people on antiretroviral therapy ... "There is no question we're having an impact on mortality with 3 million people on antiretroviral therapy. "But the only solution in the long term is to stop new infections. (BBC News -- Health)
Vast distances a barrier to combating HIV/AIDS in India Jun 3, 2008
There are 147 "antiretroviral therapy" or ART centres in the country, part of a government drive that has been encouraged by the World Health Organisation in a bid to prevent HIV from becoming a major health problem. Share. (Reuters India)
HIV Patients Suffer More From Osteoporosis May 30, 2008
ScienceDaily (May 29, 2008) Following the introduction of HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy), the survival and quality of life for people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) have increased in the resource-rich countries ... The principal investigator of the study, Jos; Manuel Olmos, clarifies to SINC that: As soon as Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy was introduced, which we call HAART, this infection was transformed into a chronic disease with an acceptable... (Science Daily)
Undergoing HAART May 24, 2008
Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) is a form of involving three or more in a daily regimen to treat HIV infections and AIDS.. Timing and Dosage. (Suite101.com)
Challenges of HIV-1 subtype diversity May 22, 2008
The authors address the implications viral diversity has on HIV prevention, vaccine development and antiretroviral therapy. For example, subtypes and their interaction with the human host may influence disease progression and transmission. (EurekAlert!)
Cancer risk soars in HIV-infected people: study May 21, 2008
But the advent of combination drug therapy in the 1990s called highly active antiretroviral therapy, or HAART, greatly extended the lives of many HIV-infected people, particularly in developed countries. "Most significant was the finding of anal cancer being so elevated even in the HAART era," Patel said. (Scientific American)
Summary for Patients May 20, 2008
These treatments are known as HAART (highly active antiretroviral therapy). With HAART, fewer people with HIV infection develop AIDS and the infections and types of cancer related to AIDS.. (Annals of Internal Medicine)
