Carolyn Colwell

“We ought to learn as much as we can about what makes these persons unique so we can find more therapeutic options that can be expanded to a larger population.”

A study found that the demographic characteristics of patients who failed to initiate ART within 2 years of entering care were not as important as clinical factors.

The rates of viral rebound in people with long-term viral suppression on first-line regimens have become "extremely low," according to a study.

While the national split is a significant jump from previously reported rates, the degrees of the success vary in different parts of the country, Barry S. Zingman, MD, Medical Director, AIDS Center, Montefiore Health System, told MD Magazine.

The appeal of home testing kits for HIV has experts planning a pilot program to roll them out in highly impacted areas.

The UNC-based research covered the period from January 2003 to December 2012, when most patients in the study were not covered by the most recent federal guidelines pertaining to HIV treatment.

Each of these 5 long-acting treatments holds the potential to change the way doctors treat their patients.

Women are more likely to participate in riskier sexual behaviors that can cause HIV-infection, with non-Hispanic black women representing the highest-risk.

As the average age of HIV patients has risen, difficulties in physical abilities compared to the norm have become a new obstacle.

Cesarean sections can lead to higher rates of respiratory distress syndrome and transient tachyprea.

Paid patients experienced a 4% increase in viral suppression.

Many HIV outcomes are improving, unless the patient smokes.

It’s more effective and cheaper than present technology, researchers said.

Adherence has improved by 50% in most populations.

Programs could have prevented 43,000 HIV infections over 20 years

Combination ART treatment has substantially improved the life expectancy of HIV patients; 10 years in men and 9 in women.

Has this connection hampered HIV prevention and treatment because of laws that criminalize drug abuse?

AIDS epidemic in the US could end.

HIV infection may affect cognition in young patients.

Continuing antiretroviral treatment postpartum provides better health for HIV-positive moms.

An enzyme may be the key agent in "shock and kill" therapy, study says.

Could downward-facing dog be a therapeutic adjunct in MDD?

16.8% of RA patients in the study presented with major depression.

Research from UNC may bring medicine closer to understanding the conundrum.

Low sugar Mediterranean diet helps depression:study.

Deciding which antidepressant is effective could get easier.

The association between periodontal disease, RA is a chicken-or-egg question.

VA study found overall adherence low, but better in MTX and TNFi group.

Diabetes is associated with weight gain and loss may not help.

Higher smoking rates in HIV-positive patients may contribute to COPD diagnoses.