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Caffeine Is Linked to Lower Risk of Death in Those With Chronic Kidney Disease

This finding held true even when the researchers restricted their analysis to caffeine from soft drinks.

Poor Oral and Mental Health Are Related in People With HIV

The association was stronger among those with diagnosed depression in a recent Brazilian study.

Medicaid Expansion Complicated Health Care Access for Californians With HIV

Prior to Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion, uninsured low-income residents with the virus got care through the Ryan White system.

Antiretrovirals Not Likely the Cause of Developmental Problems in HIV-Exposed Kids

Researchers argue that among children born to mothers with HIV, other factors such as the virus and substance use prompt such outcomes.

Western Europe Nears UNAIDS’s 90-90-90 Targets While Rest of Continent Lags

Sixty-six percent of those with HIV in Western Europe are virally suppressed, compared with just 14 percent in Eastern Europe.

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Immunotherapy Shows Promise for HIV-Related Kaposi Sarcoma

Six out of nine patients experienced cancer remission with Opdivo or Keytruda.

Highly Effective HIV and Hep C Vaccines Unlikely by 2030 Given Spending

However, there is hope that two HIV vaccines under investigation may at least cut transmission risk in half and qualify for mass use.

Counseling Intervention Boosts Health of People With HIV Who Inject Drugs

The study was conducted in Indonesia, Ukraine and Vietnam.

STI Tests Are Conducted at 1 in 10 Adolescent Visits to Children’s Hospitals

A recent study analyzed half a million visits to children hospitals by those 14 to 18 years old.

HIV Medications Vary Widely in Their Ties to Negative Birth Outcomes

A review of recent studies found that some antiretrovirals were associated with preterm birth and low birth weight.

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Curing Hepatitis C Is Tied to Liver-Fibrosis Regression

Those with greater fibrosis before treating hep C see the greatest benefit.

Switching to an HIV Regimen of Just Tivicay Is Neither Safe nor Ethical

So argued researchers behind a study that switched people from triple-antiretroviral regimens to Tivicay monotherapy.

FDA Approves Merck’s Delstrigo and Pifeltro to Treat HIV

Delstrigo (doravirine/lamivudine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) includes Pifeltro (doravirine) in a three-drug single-tablet regimen.

Tivicay Has Top Dropout Rate Due to Neuropsychiatric Effects Among Integrase Inhibitors

This is according to a French study looking at discontinuations of Tivicay compared with Vitekta and Isentress.
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