Mum-to-baby transmission rate now below one per cent
Herpes and STIs aid gay HIV transmission
Half of all HIV transmitted by people infected for less than a year
Fuzeon could prevent transmission to babies
Immune therapy produces long-term CD4 increases, few side effects
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More money in Scotland for sexual health
HIV positive journalist cleared of rape
Health & Social Care Bill ‘gives draconian powers’
‘Wrong to blame immigrants for TB epidemic’
Heavy boozing and unsafe sex on the South Coast
THT offers grants to young leaders
Insurers still refusing people with HIV
Insurers Is gay wedding honeymoon over?
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Thailand to keep generic HIV drugs scheme
Chinese activist faces subversion trial
‘Women of Africa bear the brunt of human rights abuses’
India & Saudi Arabia back HIV marriage tests
Zimbabwe facing HIV drug shortages
Homophobic mob abuse in Jamaica
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Hepatitis NewsHepatitis C treatment improves mental healthSuccessful treatment of hepatitis C (HCV) in patients both with and without HIV results in measurable improvements in mental agility, mental health and quality of life post-treatment, an Australian study has found. Although deteriorations in mood and mental ability happened while patients were actually on treatment, these being well-known side-effects of interferon, these were back to normal six months later. By this time cognitive function (mental ability) had bounced back to pre-treatment levels for the HCV patients and was considerably better than pre-treatment levels for the HCV/HIV patients. Mental health in terms of depression, anxiety and stress was considerably better post-treatment than pre-treatment for the HCV mono-infected patients and back to pre-treatment levels, though not improved, for the HIV patients. Given that HCV, HCV treatment and HIV all affect the brain, few studies have been done of the mental effects of HCV treatment. This was too small a study to tell us a lot, and larger studies are needed to see to what degree HCV treatment really does improve patients’ mental functioning. • HIV Medicine 8(8), p 520-528. |
Issue 137 NHS “failing” patients who catch hepatitis C Faster hep C damage in people who already have HIV Tenofovir works better for hep C patients Continued interferon doesn’t help Issue 136 Click Here 
Issue 137 Abacavir implicated in heart attacks Gay men with HIV have near-normal death rates One shot a month – the next stage in HIV therapy? Resistance rates tumble – but there may be more there than meets the eye Does undetectable mean uninfectious? Compiled by Gus Cairns Issue 136 Click Here 
March 2008 Issue 137 Is it time to give up the search for an Aids vaccine? New report on guidance for professionals on Asylum Seekers and HIV Researchers developing breath test which could monitor adherence to treatment Scotland takes action on sexual health New ‘rough sex’ website for gay men launched Nurse’s death prompts needle stick concerns ‘Hepatitis C linked to hard sex’ ‘If you can’t get up, get down. If you can’t get down, get out!’ Manchester HIV prosecution dismissed but more on way Issue 136 Click Here 
Issue 137 Charity honours African community activists Queen breaks HIV taboo in Uganda HIV activists join the US election campaign trail Elton & David ride to the rescue in Lesotho ‘Egypt is torturing people with HIV’ Stick to condom advice, say experts European HIV cases ‘have doubled since 1999’ ‘Kenyan civil war fuelling HIV crisis’ British man gets prison in Sweden for HIV transmission Compiled by Martin Flynn Issue 136 Click Here |
