HAART Helps HIV Patients in ICU (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Treatment useful even when the cause of admission is not HIV-related (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - October 29, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Effective HAART Reduces HBV Risk in Men With HIVEffective HAART Reduces HBV Risk in Men With HIV
Treatment that brought HIV viral loads to undetectable levels also prevented additional susceptibility to HBV, but HBV vaccination is still needed. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - October 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV/AIDS News Source Type: news

Retention in HAART as a Recurrent Event ProcessRetention in HAART as a Recurrent Event Process
Monitoring HAART retention, dropout, and reentry should be prioritized for HIV surveillance. AIDS (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - October 6, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV/AIDS Journal Article Source Type: news

Adherence and HIV RNA Suppression in the Era of HAARTAdherence and HIV RNA Suppression in the Era of HAART
This study examines trends in adherence to HAART regimens and how they relate to HIV RNA suppression. JAIDS: Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - August 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV/AIDS Journal Article Source Type: news

Waking up HIV
Highly active anti-retroviral therapy has helped millions survive the human immunodeficiency virus. Unfortunately, HIV has a built-in survival mechanism, creating reservoirs of latent, inactive virus that are invisible to both HAART and the immune system. But now, researchers have identified a compound that activates latent HIV, offering the tantalizing possibility that the virus can be flushed out of the silent reservoirs and fully cured. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - July 30, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news

HBV-Active HAART Regimens in an HIV-HBV Multinational CohortHBV-Active HAART Regimens in an HIV-HBV Multinational Cohort
Which method of HAART is preferred to treat HIV-HBV co-infected patients? AIDS (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 21, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV/AIDS Journal Article Source Type: news

Social Factors Tied To Risk for Detectable HIV in PregnancySocial Factors Tied To Risk for Detectable HIV in Pregnancy
Even with HAART, socially disadvantaged women are at higher risk for detectable HIV at delivery during a first pregnancy, a new study suggests. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - January 20, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV/AIDS News Source Type: news

Immune Reconstitution Syndrome in HIV InfectionImmune Reconstitution Syndrome in HIV Infection
This HIV+ patient undergoing HAART presented to the emergency room with weakness, headache, neck stiffness and fever. What was the diagnosis? Applied Radiology (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - January 19, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV/AIDS Journal Article Source Type: news

Annals of Internal Medicine tip sheet for Jan. 20, 2015
(American College of Physicians) Below are summaries of articles being featured in the next issue of Annals of Internal Medicine, including 'Too much sitting linked to serious health risks and death, regardless of exercise habits,' 'Despite HAART, socially disadvantaged pregnant women with HIV at greater risk for having detectable virus at delivery' and 'Small study makes important discovery about idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.' (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - January 19, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news

Late Initiation of HAART in HIV+ Young AdultsLate Initiation of HAART in HIV+ Young Adults
Which patient factors make a young adult with HIV more likely to initiate late HAART? Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 21, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV/AIDS Journal Article Source Type: news

Highlights on HIV Eradication in 2013Highlights on HIV Eradication in 2013
Almost 20 years after the introduction of HAART, we are still struggling to find a way to eradicate HIV. Is a cure for HIV infection achievable? AIDS (Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hiv-Aids Headlines - January 22, 2014 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: HIV/AIDS Journal Article Source Type: news

The Year in HIV/AIDS: Ten News Stories That Defined 2013
There have been years that one could rightly proclaim as being pivotal in the global fight against HIV/AIDS -- among them, the ACTG 076 study in 1994, which demonstrated the efficacy of antiretrovirals in preventing mother-to-child transmission; the introduction of protease inhibitors and HAART in 1996; and the founding of The Global Fund and PEPFAR in 2002....Read Full Post (Source: About AIDS / HIV)
Source: About AIDS / HIV - December 13, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

HIV cure may lie in radioimmunotherapy
A new study suggests targeting HIV with radioimmunotherapy could eradicate HIV from infected cells. If given in conjunction with highly active antiretroviral therapy, it may form the basis of a cure.Although highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) kills human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the bloodstream, it does not completely eliminate it from the body because the virus can linger in infected cells and replicate. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 5, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news

Radioimmunotherapy shows promise for possible HIV cure
Researchers have used radioimmunotherapy (RIT) to destroy remaining human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected cells in the blood samples of patients treated with antiretroviral therapy, offering the promise of a strategy for curing HIV infection. Results of the study were presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has transformed the outlook for patients infected with HIV by suppressing the replication of the virus in the body. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 4, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV / AIDS Source Type: news

Alternative to Standard HAART Regimen May Be Better Alternative to Standard HAART Regimen May Be Better
Dolutegravir plus abacavir-lamivudine was safer and more effective against HIV-1 infection than an efavirenz, tenofovir DF, and emtricitabine combination, in a randomized, controlled trial. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 6, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: HIV/AIDS News Source Type: news