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Drinking three or more cups of coffee per day halves all-cause mortality risk in patients co-infected with HIV/hepatitis C virus

High Coffee Intake Tied to Lower Mortality in HIV/HCV

Those who drink at least 3 cups daily have 50 percent lower all-cause mortality

September 2017 Briefing – HIV & AIDS

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in HIV & AIDS for September 2017. This roundup includes...
Notification rates of new HIV diagnoses in older adults increased in 16 European countries from 2004 to 2015

Notification Rates of New HIV Diagnoses Up in Older Adults

Significant increase in rates in 16 European countries, clustering in central/eastern nations
A combination antibody strategy could be the key to halting the spread of HIV

Combination Strategy Could Be Key in HIV Prevention

Research supports need for regimens that protect against several targets
For people living with HIV

Expected Burden of Lung Cancer High for People Living With HIV

PLWH who adhere to antiretroviral tx but smoke are substantially more likely to die from lung cancer
A specific subset of tissue factor-expressing monocytes persist after virological suppression and trigger the coagulation cascade by activating factor X in HIV

In HIV, Tissue Factor-Expressing Monocytes Trigger Coagulation

The anticoagulant Ixolaris blocked functional activity of tissue factor in vitro and in vivo
For adolescent men who have sex with men participating in a 48-week HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis intervention

PrEP Adherence Decreases Over Time in Adolescent MSM

Findings in diverse sample of adolescent men who have sex with men who are at risk for HIV

August 2017 Briefing – HIV & AIDS

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in HIV & AIDS for August 2017. This roundup includes...
Customers of health insurance giant Aetna in many states were sent mail with envelopes that clearly revealed their HIV status

Insurer Aetna’s Envelopes Revealed Customers’ HIV Status

Mail went to estimated 12,000 customers, and 23 complaints have so far been received
There has been a significant decline in the risk of secondary cancers after Kaposi sarcoma in the era of highly-active antiretroviral therapy

ART Era Has Changed Secondary Cancers After Kaposi Sarcoma

Certain cancers -- ALL and cancers of the tongue, penis -- becoming more common