#kidney disease

As people with HIV live longer thanks to effective antiretroviral treatment, they are prone to a host of additional health problems.

Congress passed a law in 2013 allowing such organ transplants in research studies.

Among people with well-treated HIV, age-associated non-AIDS-related health conditions are increasing.

Researchers compared data on more than 9,000 people with HIV who took either version of tenofovir.

That’s according to a study of 55 HIV-positive people with end-stage kidney failure.

A review of the major findings presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases in San Francisco

Advocate John Tenorio could be the first HIV-positive person to receive a kidney from a living donor with HIV.

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

Highlights from HIV and hepatitis C research presented at the 2018 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston

Researchers urge clinicians to closely monitor their patients with HIV and chronic kidney disease.

With a grant to follow their large study population through 2021, researchers hope to gain vital new insights about HIV infection.

For people living with HIV, exposure to hepatitis C virus (HCV) is linked to a higher risk of kidney disease and bone disorders.

People with HIV in British Columbia have a shorter life expectancy and spend longer living with illnesses compared with those without HIV.