HIV/AIDS

A vaginal ring can protect women from HIV infection but women who are in physically abusive relationships fear using it.

Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) continue their reduction efforts in men who have sex with men (MSM) – a population that made up 67% of new HIV infections in 2014.

“Our results suggest that HIV in varied tissue compartments can be untouched by the medications,” said Michael S. McGrath, MD, PhD.

Patients who are depressed and who have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) could benefit from evidence-based treatment for depression and adherence counseling, according to recent research.

There's more to HIV/AIDS prevention than instructions in condom use, behavioral researchers note. A team outlines next steps in confronting complex health-related behaviors.

As new HIV strains gain ground, it is important to keep testing which antivirals will work to halt them. A study focused on HIV-1 subtype C infection.

Studies have long determined that a woman is more likely to contract HIV from a man than vice versa, so finding an effective prevention method is crucial for high-risk women.

Using a drug database British Columbia researchers can identify new HIV hotspots by looking at phylogenotypic clusters and watching for any sudden growth. It works to get new cases into treatment, but comes with ethical concerns.

We know that HIV results in a compromised immune system, making patients more susceptible to other illnesses, but specific information about the connection between HIV and TB has been lacking.

Primary care clinics could easily offer pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV/AIDS to appropriate patients, a team of Boston, Massachusetts researchers concluded.

Researchers report there is evidence of a correlation between immune recovery and the behavior of a certain subset of gut bacteria in patients with HIV treated with antiretroviral therapy.

The risk of getting Non-Hodkins Lymphoma is greater in patients co-infected with hepatitis B and hepatitis C if those patients are also receiving anti-retroviral therapy for HIV infection.

There are different subtypes of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and the one at the forefront of the epidemic is actually the one that replicates very slowly.

Although men who have sex with men make up more than half of those infected with HIV in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), many are not aware of the benefits of PrEP.

The concept of pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent HIV infection is well established. In an editorial in Hepatology, and Australian researcher proposes extending the concept to people at high risk for getting hepatitis C: HIV-infected men who have sex with men.

One out of eight people infected with HIV don’t know it, according the CDC. Although these patients don’t make up the majority, they are still a key driver behind the epidemic.

Tuberculosis infection adds major risks for patients with HIV/AIDS. Two case studies describe what can happen to such patients.

In a study of 170 South African children infected with HIV prenatally, researchers believe they have observed similarities between the immune responses of those who avoid developing full-blown AIDS and those of primate species that carry Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), the disease from which human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) derives.

Baby Boomers face unique risks when it comes to HIV infection--ones due more to attitudes and behavior than medical issues.

The Collaborative HIV Eradication of viral Reservoirs UK BRC project, or CHERUB, is a collaboration by five of England’s major research institutions. This week, they announced a study that will target dormant HIV in a concerted effort to cure the disease.

The fight against the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic has made huge strides in recent years, but there is still much more work to be done. What role technology will play in that effort has yet to be determined.

There are several areas of the country where the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) epidemic remains to be a problem. Both minorities and those in the southern states are seeing a continued problem with the disease, while the northern states are seeing improvements in numbers.

As the battle against the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS_ epidemic continues, a project funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is looking at different ways to use technology to help in the prevention and care of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and AIDS.

Hepatitis C has seven genotypes. Researchers in China looked at the geographic distribution of genotypes among people co-infected with hep C and HIV.

A considerable amount of progress has been made in battling the AIDS epidemic in recent years. However more work still needs to be done in certain patient populations.

The body’s inflammatory response to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is one reason why patients with HIV can experience chronic pain.

HIV is spread by risky sexual behaviors. But since most people know that, why do they do it? An ongoing study of black men who have sex with men in the Southern US blames racial slights for changing these men's self-esteem and fostering this self-destructive behavior.

The study identified several characteristics to observe in HIV patients who develop broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies (bnAbs), which occur naturally in about one percent of those infected with the disease and could be key in an eventual vaccine. Black patients were found more likely to develop them than white.

There is no significant risk of increased cardiovascular events associated with drug regimens containing atazanavir, according to the results of a recent study

A study out of the University of Montreal explores newer, more accurate methods of targeting "HIV reservoirs" and tests two drugs, originally developed for cancer treatment, for their ability to bring the virus out of hiding.