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Quit Smoking, Cut Risk of Cancers

Smokers in particular would reduce their risk of death similarly through such screening.

Aside from taking antiretrovirals, quitting smoking is the number one way people with HIV can lower their risk of illness and death.

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

A recent study found that daily cannabis use was associated with a reduced risk of the liver condition in this population.

According to a recent analysis, smoking in this population is tied to depression and high blood pressure.

Other factors associated with such airway obstruction included getting older and smoking more heavily.

Researchers recommend the medication for smoking cessation in this population based on results from a recent trial.

Researchers strongly advise those living with the virus to quit cigarettes.

Quitting, even at age 40, can drastically lower this risk.

A case study of a 51-year-old man treated for lung cancer reveals a promising avenue toward possibly curing the virus.

People with HIV have as much as twice the risk of cardiovascular disease compared with the general population.

Other factors linked to a reduced risk of death include a hep C cure, less advanced liver disease, not smoking and well treated HIV.

Quitting, even at age 40, can drastically lower this risk.

A look at a large cohort of Canadians with HIV and hepatitis C also examined modifiable factors associated with a reduced risk of death.

This holds true even when taking into account smoking among people with HIV.