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Study Finds Pfizer’s Pneumonia, Meningitis Vaccine Protects Against Recurrent Pneumonia In HIV Patients

Pfizer's Prevnar 7 vaccine, which protects against pneumonia and meningitis, has been shown to reduce the risk of recurrent pneumococcal infection in patients living with HIV in Malawi, according to a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine, Reuters reports...
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03/05/2010 | Respiratory & Asthma - HIV / AIDS | Trackback | Comments Off

WHO Recommends Against Using Homeopathic Treatments For HIV, TB, Malaria, Influenza, Infant Diarrhea

The WHO has warned that people with conditions such as HIV, tuberculosis and malaria should not rely on homeopathic treatments, the BBC reports. The agency was responding to a June letter (full text available
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08/24/2009 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - HIV / AIDS | Trackback | Comments Off

News From Annals Of Internal Medicine, July 21, 2009

HIV Susceptibility Testing Increases Patient Survival The use of HIV susceptibility testing (GPT) can help guide the selection of antiretroviral therapy for HIV-positive patients. Susceptibility testing looks for the presence of HIV mutations that are associated with how well the virus responds to various drugs. Researchers observed 2,699 HIV-positive patients eligible for susceptibility testing to evaluate the relationship between testing and survival.
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07/21/2009 | Respiratory & Asthma - HIV / AIDS | Trackback | Comments Off

Chalenges Faced By HIV Patients Living Longer Lives Due To New Therapies

New HIV therapies have prolonged lives and improved health for patients with HIV, but the treatments have also brought the longer-term effects of the disease into sharper focus. Patients with HIV are not only about twice as likely to smoke as HIV-negative individuals, they are also more susceptible to the detrimental effects of smoking and tend to suffer a swifter decline in lung function, according to new research.
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05/19/2009 | Respiratory & Asthma - HIV / AIDS | Trackback | Comments Off

Spiritual Healing Threatening Adherence To Antiretrovirals In Uganda, Official Says

Unverified spiritual healing promoted by some churches throughout Uganda is threatening HIV-positive patients' adherence to antiretroviral drugs, Robert Ochai, executive director of The AIDS Support Organisation, said recently during the organization's 17th annual general meeting, Uganda's
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10/03/2008 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - HIV / AIDS | Trackback | Comments Off

Article Examines Infectiousness Of TB Patients Living With HIV

"The Infectiousness of Tuberculosis Patients Coinfected With HIV," PLoS Medicine: Roderick Escombe of Imperial College London and colleagues conducted the study to examine infectiousness and airborne transmission of TB by exposing guinea pigs to air from the HIV/TB ward of a hospital in Peru.
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09/18/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - HIV / AIDS | Trackback | Comments Off

Philippine Health Department Issues Administrative Order To Address HIV/TB Coinfection

Philippine Health Secretary Francisco Duque recently signed an administrative order aimed at increasing efforts to combat HIV/tuberculosis coinfection, Asia Pulse/Individual.com reports.The order focuses on policies and guidelines for a collaborative approach aimed at decreasing the TB burden among HIV-positive people and decreasing HIV prevalence among people with TB.
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09/04/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - HIV / AIDS | Trackback | Comments Off

HAART Might Increase Risk Of Asthma In Young Children, Study Says

Highly active antiretroviral therapy might increase the risk of asthma among children because of the therapy's effect on the immune system and CD4+ T cell levels, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Reuters reports.
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08/29/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - HIV / AIDS | Trackback | Comments Off

About 1% Of HIV-Positive People Worldwide Have Been Tested For TB, Report Says

Only 1% of people living with HIV/AIDS worldwide have been screened for tuberculosis, according to a report recently released by the coalition Advocacy To Control TB Internationally, or ACTION, Reuters reports. The report, which is based on
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08/13/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - HIV / AIDS | Trackback | Comments Off

Pediatric HIV Treatment Increases Asthma Risk

Medication often recommended to treat HIV in children may increase their risk of developing asthma, according to new research published in July issue of the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (JACI). A study of nearly 2,500 HIV-positive children found that those treated with immune-boosting highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) were three times as likely to develop asthma as children who did not receive HAART treatment.
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08/07/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - HIV / AIDS | Trackback | Comments Off

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