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Sunday, October, 25, 2009

Is There A Cure For Hiv

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How Does HIV/AIDS Dementia Differ from Alzheimer's?

By Christine Kennard Health Expert

Infection used to be the main cause of dementia. Treatment for infections and inflammation of the central nervous system (CNS) has dramatically decreased the incidence of infection-related dementia. But there has been one infectious disease that has reversed the trend and that is HIV/AIDS. It is the statistical increase that is one of the few aspects in which HIV dementia can be compared to Alzheimer's. The big difference is that with Alzheimer's the increased incident of the disease is due to t...

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Expert & Community Posts

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Potent Anti-HIV Drugs Associated with Arthritis
By Christine Miller , Health Expert

...disease are unexpectedly more likely in people with HIV taking potent anti-HIV therapy. The two... Read more »

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Advanced Viral Research Corp. Granted Patent for New RA Drug
By Christine Miller , Health Expert

...with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS); human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), including... Read more »

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Pulmonary Hypertension - What You Need to Know
By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

...of smoking; Pulmonary Embolism or blood Clots; Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV; Advanced... Read more »

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Why is ADHD a Syndrome?
By Dr. Ballas , Health Expert

...many years since researchers have discovered the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) as the... Read more »

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Herpes and HIV: When You Have Both
By healthgal , Health Expert

Apparently having HIV means you may also be likely to get herpes. The co-infection rates are quite... Read more »

Health Guide

The Truth About a Cure
For many years, HIV and AIDS were synonymous with a death sentence, yet now there's lots of talk of a possible cure. What truth, if any, lies behind this? The truth is that there still is no cure for... Read more »
Gene Increases HIV Risk
...it to live about two years longer. "It's well-known that individuals vary in their susceptibility to HIV and that after infection occurs, the disease progresses at variable rates," study author... Read more »
HIV Transmission
...misunderstandings as HIV. Nearly twenty years into the global pandemic, some people are still confused about how HIV is transmitted. Read on to learn what you need to know to protect yourself. Who... Read more »
HIV infection
HIV infection is a viral infection caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that gradually destroys the immune system, resulting in infections that are hard for the body to... Read more »
Early symptomatic HIV infection
AIDS-related complex - ARC; Chronic symptomatic HIV infection Treatment Many of the symptoms of early symptomatic HIV infection can be... Read more »

Medications

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...(such as azole antifungals-including ketoconazole, HIV protease inhibitors including... Read more »

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...barbiturates including phenobarbital, cimetidine, HIV protease inhibitors including ritonavir,... Read more »

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...including erythromycin/clarithromycin/troleandomycin, HIV protease inhibitors including... Read more »

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...(e.g., itraconazole, ketoconazole) delavirdine HIV protease inhibitors (e.g., ritonavir,... Read more »

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...including erythromycin/clarithromycin/troleandomycin, HIV protease inhibitors including... Read more »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New insight into the process of HIV infection may lead to new treatments for the disease. Scientists recently discovered that... Read summary »

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research reveals a surprising interaction between a drug used for herpes and HIV. The research shows that drug, acyclovir... Read summary »

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