HIV/AIDS
Study data from St. Vincent's Hospital update understanding of HIV/AIDS
Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, May 11th, 2009
According to a study from Australia, "Combined antiretroviral therapy (cART) in the treatment of HIV-1 infection confers significant survival benefit and, by immunoreconstitution, has altered the natural history of this life-threatening disease. Metabolic complications of cART include hyperlipidemia, insulin resistance, and lipodystrophy, with resultant increases in risk for type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease."
"These diseases will present new challenges in the management of HIV infection. This article reviews the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its antecedents in HIV-infected patients treated with cART," wrote K. Samaras and colleagues, St. Vincent's...
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