Sunday, July 22, 2012

International health panel says treat all HIV infections

A HIV-infected patient displays medicine at a hospital in Payao provinceLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - An international health panel has recommended for the first time that all HIV patients be treated with antiretroviral drugs, even when the virus's impact on their immune system is shown to be small. The nonprofit International Antiviral Society-USA cited new evidence that untreated infection with the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS can also lead to a range of other conditions, including cardiovascular disease and kidney disease. In addition, data have shown that suppressing HIV reduces the risk of an infected person passing the virus to another person. ...


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