NIH-Led Study Explores Prevention of Heart Disease in HIV-Infected People

Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014

256px-World_Aids_Day_RibbonThe National Institutes of Health has launched a clinical trial to assess the effects of aspirin and cholesterol-lowering drugs, or statins, on preventing cardiovascular disease in people with long-term HIV infections. This group, which includes people on antiretroviral therapy (ART) as well as „elite controllers“ who can limit the virus without ART, have a higher risk of developing heart disease and stroke compared to the general population. The study is funded by NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID).

„With the remarkable success of antiretroviral therapy, people living with HIV have a near-normal life expectancy,“ said NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. „However, as this population ages, non-infectious complications such as cardiovascular disease begin to arise. We need to study the effects on the immune system of drugs normally prescribed for these conditions to ensure that they are beneficial for HIV-infected individuals.“

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Reducing harm while improving health

Man in pharmacy

Trevor Bills the pharmacy manager at Life Med Pharmacy in Whitecourt, Alta. on Friday, Oct. 3, 2014. (photo: Whitecourt Star)

Whitecourt is part of a collection of rural towns and municipalities included in the rollout of the province’s first rural-based harm reduction program.

Sarah McNicoll, client support and outreach for Edson, Hinton, Whitecourt and area with HIV West Yellowhead, said there is a need in the region for a harm reduction program targeted at people who use injection drugs.

The program seeks to curb the health-risks associated with injection drug use by providing safer injection kits.

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National Coming Out Day: Coming Out as HIV+

thomasdavis-blog263When I think about „coming out“ as HIV-positive, I feel so blessed to be surrounded by people that love me.

When I first found out I was POZ it didn’t really „hit“ me until I told my first friend. He didn’t try to give me „words of advice“ or judge me. He just hugged me. After telling him, I felt much more confident in my self and continued to disclose my status to close friends, which usually resulted in similiar response.

When I eventually told my parents, they were supportive. They admired that I wanted to tell my story to other people.

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Decriminalization of Sex Work Needed to Help Slow Down HIV Epidemic

The Lancet looks at HIV and sex workers

by Enid Vázquez

مجله پزشکی لانست یک مورد خاصی را در کنفرانس بین المللی ایدز تیر ماه سال 2014  منتشر کرد. این موضوع  ویژه مر بوط  به جرم زدایی انسانهایی که شغل روسپی گری دارند, یا در آمد هزینه زندگی شان را از این راه بدست می آورند می باشد. برخی معتقدند که جرم زدایی کارگران جنسی و زدودن انگ و استیگما به دلیل شغل آنان, موجب کاهش در سرعت بیماری اپیدمی ایدز میشود. بنابر این عقیده تولید و دسترسی به وسایل بهداشتی و استفاده از پوششی بنام کاندوم را تسهیل می کند که خود گام بزرگی برای پیشگیری از بیماریهای آمیزشی و یکی از راههای مبارزه با بیماری ایدز است. 

نوشتار: کیومرث سراج الهی

A young chowkri (bonded sex worker) waits for customers on the 3rd floor of the Joinal Bari brothel in Faridpur.

A young chowkri (bonded sex worker) waits for customers on the 3rd floor of the Joinal Bari brothel in Faridpur, central Bangladesh. © Allison Joyce 2011

The British medical journal The Lancet published a special issue on HIV and sex workers for this year’s 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014), held in Melbourne, Australia in July.

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PrEP use in the „real world“: Results from the iPrEX open label extension

red_ribbon-229x300Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an HIV prevention strategy that involves HIV-negative people taking anti-HIV drugs to reduce their risk of HIV infection. This strategy also involves regular visits with a service provider to test for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs), monitor side effects and receive adherence and risk-reduction support. Several randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trials (RCTs) have shown that the daily use of a pill containing the anti-HIV drugs tenofovir and FTC (known by the brand name Truvada) is generally safe and can reduce the risk of HIV infection by over 90% if taken as directed. It is less effective if pills are missed. The daily use of Truvada as PrEP has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in the U.S. Also, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) have released guidelines recommending that PrEP be offered to HIV-negative people at high risk of HIV infection.

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HIV cure continues to evade doctors
پزشکان: درمان اچ آی وی ملزم به ادامه مداوم آن می باشد

_77964144_c0200994-hiv,_artwork-splGiving drugs within hours of HIV infection is not a cure, say doctors treating a baby in Milan, Italy.

The newborn infant cleared the virus from their bloodstream, but HIV re-emerged soon after antiretroviral treatment stopped.


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Doctors had hoped rapid treatment would might prevent HIV becoming established in the body.

Experts said there was „still some way to go“ before a cure was found.

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Ebola and AIDS: A tale of Two Viruses
ابولا و ایدز, داستان دو ویروس

Ebola vaccine research at Vanderbilt University. Photo: EPA

Ebola vaccine research at Vanderbilt University. Photo: EPA

A deadly virus appears in Africa, and makes the jump from animals to humans.

Decades later the virus causes an epidemic across the continent: Preying on poor sanitary conditions and public-health practices, it kills thousands and threatens millions. A worldwide pandemic seems imminent.

Sound familiar?

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New List „Antiretrovirale Therapie“ (ART) 2014
لیست جدید اسامی داروهای رترو ویروس برای درمان اچ آی وی

لیست جدید اسامی داروهای رترو ویروس برای درمان اچ آی وی از ابتدا تا تیر ماه سال

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Older HIV patients ’need more support‘

The older generation of people with HIV need better support to keep them well, nurses say.

Man in his 50s (photo: Thinkstock)

Man in his 50s (photo: Thinkstock)

About a quarter of the 100,000 people with HIV in the UK are aged over 50.

Two-thirds of these are on treatment for other long-term conditions – twice the rate for the general population, Terrence Higgins Trust data shows.

With people living for longer with HIV thanks to advances in treatment, nurses have reported they are seeing more patients with the condition seek help for conditions associated with old age.

Dr Mark Lawton, a sexual health consultant at Royal Liverpool Hospital, said there was some data which suggested that some people who worked in care homes had a negative attitude, and also that there was an “overwhelming lack of knowledge and understanding”.

“There are still problems – people not getting tested because they don’t think they’re at risk of getting HIV and HIV doesn’t discriminate and we shouldn’t,” he added.

A Department of Health spokesman said: “It’s unacceptable that people diagnosed with HIV should face any form of stigma, discrimination or prejudice.

“Older people diagnosed with HIV should be able to access any additional health and social care services they need to ensure they can live independent and fulfilled lives.”


Source: BBC

نکات مهم و حیاتی برای پیشگیری و درمان فوری در مواقع اضطراری با ویروس اچ آی وی با داروی تراوادا

نکات مهم و حیاتی برای پیشگیری و درمان فوری و اضطراری در ساعات اولیه ابتلای احتمالی به ویروس اچ آی وی پس از رفتار پر خطر.

graphic: ACON

اگر شخصی در طی حداکثر 72 ساعت اولیه حال ازهر طریقی به ویروس اچ ﺁی وی ابتلا شود،  بطور مثال از راه آمیزش جنسی بدون پوشش یا آمپول تزریق مواد مخدر مشرک بشرطی که  یکی از آنها مبتلا به ویروس اچ آی وی باشد، پزشکان و یا کلینیکهای مثلثی و یا مراکز مربوطه با تخصص به اچ آی وی و ایدز،  با استفاده از داروهای ترکیبی ضد ویروس اچ آی وی، که به پروفیلاکس یا پیشگیری مشهور  نیز هستند میتوانند در حد بیش از 99 درصد این شخص را کمک کرده تا تکثیر ویروس درخون او جلوگیری شود و حتی ویروسها کاملا منحل شوند
زیرا پزشکان بر حسب تجربیات و آزمایشات بسیار بر این باورند که چون سیستم ایمنی فرد تازه مبتلا به ویروس اچ ﺁی وی، توانایی کاملا مناسبی دارد با استفاده از این داروهای ترکیبی ویروسی را که هنوز فعل و انفعالات اصلی خود را در بدن انجام نداده آسانتر از بدن خارج کنند. پزشکان پیشنهاد میکنند که بهتر است که پس از همان دو ساعت اولیه بعد از رفتار پر خطر با دارو شروع کنند. در صورت نبود این امکان 24 ساعت و یا 48 ساعت نیز ممکن می باشد وبرخی پزشکان هم معتقدند که این امکان درمانی حتی تا 72 ساعت یعنی 3 روز جوابگو و شدنی است. اما برخی دیگر در مورد درمان 3 روز بعد چندان هم موافق نیستند

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