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Early HIV drugs give immune system a brief reprieve before dysregulation returns, study finds

Despite effective HIV medication, the immune system of people with HIV remains disrupted in the long term.

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Low-dose THC may reduce side effects of HIV treatment

Long-term, low doses of THC mitigate many harmful side effects and inflammation caused by HIV and antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to new research from Texas Biomedical Research Institute.

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Early HIV treatment: Research reveals critical gaps

In an article published in The Lancet HIV, authors including Distinguished Professor Denis Nash and Professor Constantin Yiannoutsos aim to provide the most comprehensive estimates of pediatric mortality among children and ...

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How HIV disrupts sleep across Africa

HIV significantly affects sleep, with many affected people living in a state akin to chronic jet lag. A new study with Wits researchers published in The Lancet HIV describes how people living with HIV (PLWHIV) experience ...

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'Undetectable' HIV patients could hold key to treatments

A rare group of HIV-positive people who maintain undetectable levels of the virus in their blood without medication could hold the key to new therapies for others living with the disease, says a leading genome expert.

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S.Africa's HIV research power couple says fight goes on

Through decades of pioneering work on fighting the spread of infectious diseases such as HIV, South African public health power couple Quarraisha and Salim Abdool Karim are credited with saving thousands of lives.

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How HIV/AIDS got its name

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first used the term "AIDS" on Sept. 24, 1982, more than a year after the first cases appeared in medical records. Those early years of the crisis were marked by a great deal ...

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Childhood HIV vaccination strategy shows promise in study

Research at Weill Cornell Medicine suggests that childhood immunization against HIV could one day provide protection before the risk of contracting this potentially fatal infection dramatically increases in adolescence.