News tagged with drug ritonavir
Scientists reveal a new mechanism that increases atherosclerosis in mice
(PhysOrg.com) -- For all the good it does, a liver protein that senses and gets rid of drugs and pollutants from our body has a downside. For the first time, it has been shown that when it is chronically activated, ...
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Nov 05, 2009 |
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HIV drugs interfere with blood sugar, lead to insulin resistance
The same powerful drugs that have extended the lives of countless people with HIV come with a price – insulin resistance that can lead to diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
Nov 22, 2010 |
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NIH studies influence revision of WHO guidelines for treating HIV-infected women, infants
Two studies appearing in the October 14, 2010 New England Journal of Medicine and funded by the National Institutes of Health helped influence the World Health Organization (WHO) to change its guidelines this year for th ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Oct 13, 2010 |
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Study examines HIV treatment response in men and women, finds overall similarities
A new landmark study, which demonstrated it is possible to recruit large numbers of women into a clinical trial evaluating treatments for HIV infection, found no significant gender-based differences in response to the anti-HIV ...
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Sep 20, 2010 |
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Nevirapine use may be beneficial for some HIV-infected children who have achieved viral suppression
HIV-infected children in South Africa who were exposed to the drug nevirapine at birth (used to help prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission) and then received a protease inhibitor (PI) for viral suppression achieved lower ...
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Sep 07, 2010 |
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New HIV treatment guidelines indicate importance of early, individualized antiretroviral treatment
Advances in antiretroviral treatment (ART) have shown that the progressive immune system destruction caused by HIV infection, including AIDS, can be prevented, indicating the importance of beginning ART early, when a person ...
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Jul 18, 2010 |
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AIDS drugs given to pregnant women block 99 percent of HIV transmission to breastfed babies
An international clinical trial led by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) has found that AIDS-fighting antiretroviral drug combinations given to pregnant and breastfeeding women in Botswana, Africa, ...
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Jun 16, 2010 |
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Consortium seeks best treatment for HIV-positive cancer patients
Preliminary findings from a unique study with sunitinib suggest that it might be possible to tweak the dosage of chemotherapy drugs used to treat HIV-positive cancer patients to achieve therapeutic benefit. Given the type ...
Jun 07, 2010 |
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AIDS patients with serious complications benefit from early retroviral use, study shows
HIV-positive patients who don't seek medical attention until they have a serious AIDS-related condition can reduce their risk of death or other complications by half if they get antiretroviral treatment early on, according ...
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May 16, 2009 |
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Landmark study defines benefits of early HIV testing and treatment for infected infants
Testing very young babies for HIV and giving antiretroviral therapy (ART) immediately to those found infected with the virus dramatically prevents illness and death, according to a report in the New England Journal of Me ...
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Nov 19, 2008 |
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