Inulin fiber supplement raises gut permeability marker in people with well-controlled HIV
A 42-day pilot study found that daily inulin supplementation significantly raised zonulin levels, an indirect marker of gut permeability, in ...
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Most Ethiopian HIV patients on dolutegravir therapy show good knowledge, survey finds
A cross-sectional survey of 308 people living with HIV at Bule Hora University Teaching Hospital in Ethiopia found that 76.0 ...
Blood cytokine levels predict treatment response and survival in HIV-linked Kaposi sarcoma
A study of 73 treatment-naïve patients with HIV-associated Kaposi sarcoma found that baseline blood levels of eotaxin, interleukin-6 and interleukin-8 ...
Nomogram predicts catheter-related thrombosis risk in people living with HIV
A retrospective study of 1,216 people living with HIV produced a temporally validated nomogram that identifies eleven risk factors for ...
Household exposure to symptomatic tuberculosis raises long-term TB risk in South African cohort
An 11-year linked cohort in South Africa's Western Cape found that people who lived with a household contact with symptomatic ...
HIV research highlights treatment gaps, inequality and stigma worldwide
A new editorial argues that treatment disengagement, care inequalities and stigma remain the central barriers to improving HIV outcomes worldwide.
Mental Health Diagnoses Linked to Poorer HIV Treatment Outcomes in Rural Zimbabwe
A retrospective matched cohort study in rural Zimbabwe found that adults with documented mental health disorders had significantly poorer retention ...
Checkpoint Inhibitors Show Promise for People With HIV, but Africa Remains Excluded
A new review finds checkpoint inhibitors are safe and effective for virologically suppressed people with HIV, while sub-Saharan Africa remains ...
Intrinsic Capacity Heavily Impaired in Nigerians Ageing with HIV
A cross-sectional Nigerian clinic study found impaired intrinsic capacity in 98 percent of people living with HIV on antiretroviral therapy ...
Oral Glucocorticoids and Antiretroviral Therapy Controlled Severe HIV-Linked Psoriasis in One Case
A case report describes a man whose severe HIV-associated psoriasis improved during prednisolone treatment for pneumonia and stayed in remission ...
Nearly Half of HIV Patients in Nigerian Cohort Hit First Drug Reaction Within 13 Months
A retrospective cohort of 332 treatment-experienced adults with HIV at a Nigerian hospital found that nearly half experienced at least ...
Fewer than four in ten women on HIV therapy in Ambo town report good quality of life
A cross-sectional study of 420 women on antiretroviral therapy in Ambo town, Ethiopia, found 39.3 percent had good quality of ...
HIV Brain Conditions Split Into Two Distinct Patterns in Ugandan Cohort
A network analysis of 581 HIV patients in Kampala identified separate acute and chronic brain health phenotypes, with depression, bipolar ...
Public cancer investment linked to better survival at Uganda’s leading cancer centre
A five-year study of 12,438 patients at the Uganda Cancer Institute finds that residence outside Kampala, informal employment, and HIV ...
Inflammatory Blood Indices Show No Link to Erectile Dysfunction in Young Men with HIV
A cross-sectional study of 308 young men living with HIV in Italy found no significant association between erectile dysfunction and ...
Research report: Prevalence and factors associated with atrial fibrillation among adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus at Hoima Regional Referral Hospital, Western Uganda: a cross-sectional study
A cross-sectional study of 355 adults with type 2 diabetes at Hoima Regional Referral Hospital found atrial fibrillation in 7.9% ...
Diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia raise kidney disease risk in people with HIV
A large Kaiser Permanente cohort study found that people with HIV developed chronic kidney disease at 2.52 times the adjusted ...
Chest CT patterns in Pneumocystis pneumonia vary with immune status and co-infection
A retrospective ICU study of 106 patients found that chest CT patterns in Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia differ according to the ...
Oral uracil raises rectal SIV susceptibility in macaques
Oral uracil treatment increased susceptibility to rectal SIV acquisition in macaques despite limited measurable intestinal immune changes, while uracil suppositories ...
Kidney filter estimates that disagree may flag immune vulnerability in HIV
A retrospective study of 409 treated people with HIV found that a common pattern of disagreement between creatinine- and cystatin ...
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