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The 2019 Liver Meeting in Boston provided an array of important findings about the treatment and prevention of chronic liver diseases.

However, a recent study found that this varied based on the specific integrase inhibitor used.

The virus is as strongly associated with irregular heartbeat as with high blood pressure.

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HIV is associated with an elevated risk of diabetes.

HIV-positive individuals tend to develop frailty at a younger age than the general population.

This from a small study of people who switched from a boosted protease inhibitor to Isentress (raltegravir) or Tivicay (dolutegravir).

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease can lead to more severe, potentially fatal liver diseases, including cirrhosis.

HIV-positive individuals tend to develop frailty at a younger age than the general population.

However, while HbA1c and fasting glucose levels decline after a hep C cure, the clinical significance of such shifts remains unclear.

A research team has sought to address the critical lack of treatment guidelines for addressing HIV’s complex effects on aging.

This is according to an analysis of multiple factors potentially related to a diabetes diagnosis in a large group of French people with HIV.

As treatment of the virus has improved among women with HIV, type 2 diabetes care lags far behind.

More of those living with HIV are developing diabetes.

Compared with their HIV-negative peers, HIV-positive individuals have higher rates of treatment for a host of health problems.

A recent study found that the virus was associated with abdominal obesity as well as high triglycerides and low LDL cholesterol.