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Conference Highlights: CROI 2012

CROI 2012, the annual Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, took place from March 5-8 in Seattle. The features below highlight just some of the studies that emerged from the conference.…

Managing HCV/HIV Coinfection

HIV patients coinfected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) are at risk for significant morbidity and mortality, but the therapeutic pipeline is growing. Provisional guidance has been issued on the use of new HCV protease inhibitors in coinfected patients.

Conference Highlights: CROI 2011

This feature highlights some of the studies that emerged from the 2011 CROI annual conference, including the protective effects of circumcision against HIV, treatment of HIV-tuberculosis coinfection, and research on HIV-resistant T cells.…

OPINION ARTICLES

Smoking Cessation in HIV/AIDS: A Call to Action

Smoking prevalence among the 1.1 million Americans living with HIV/AIDS is two to three times higher than the 19.8% smoking rate that has been reported among the general population.

Extending Survival for HIV-Infected Patients

Over the past few decades, advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART) have enabled many HIV-infected patients to live longer lives. Despite these successes, substantial avoidable losses in life expectancy of HIV-infected persons persist in the United States. …

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CDC Taps Pri-Med to Educate Physicians on HIV Screening

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has chosen Pri-Med, parent company to Physician’s Weekly, to educate and inform thousands of primary care physicians on strategies to employ routine HIV screening and diagnosis in primary care practice, a component …

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Hepatitis B Vaccination in High-Risk Adults

A study of adults at high risk for hepatitis B infection suggests that the majority of such people (51.4%) go unvaccinated for the virus. More than half also had a missed opportunity for vaccination. Those who were vaccinated against pneumonia …

Stroke Incidence Increasing in HIV Patients

Over the past decade in the United States, there appears to have been a substantial and significant rise in patients hospitalized for stroke with coexisting HIV infection, according to findings of a study from the University of California, San Diego. …

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