HIV & Aging
HIV & Aging
Older People with HIV Have Reduced Life Expectancy
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- Category: HIV & Aging
- Published on Tuesday, 15 September 2015 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Mortality among HIV-positive people age 50 or older has fallen dramatically since the advent of effective combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) in the mid-1990s, but even well-treated people in this age group without AIDS-defining events or comorbidities have reduced survival time, on average, compared with the general population, according to a report in the August 27 advance edition of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
June 5 is National HIV/AIDS Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day
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- Published on Thursday, 04 June 2015 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
Friday, June 5, is the second annual National HIV/AIDS Long-Term Survivor Awareness Day (NHALTSAD). Coinciding with the anniversary of the first reported casesof the disease that would come to be known as AIDS, in 1981, the day aims to raise awareness about people living with HIV since the early years of the epidemic, many of whom are facing new and unexpected challenges as they age.
People with HIV and Uninfected People Diagnosed with Age-related Diseases at Similar Ages
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- Published on Wednesday, 19 November 2014 00:00
- Written by Johns Hopkins
HIV positive people are more likely than HIV negative individuals to have heart attacks and develop end-stage kidney disease and non-AIDS cancers in the era of effective antiretroviral therapy, but they do so at around the same ages, on average, according to study of U.S. veterans published in the October 30 edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
7. AIDS Long-Term Survivors and Aging with HIV
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- Published on Monday, 12 January 2015 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
Long-term survivors of the AIDS epidemic continued to make news in 2014, with the first-ever National HIV/AIDS Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day. There was more confirmation that people who start HIV treatment early may have a life expectancy matching that of uninfected individuals, but older people with HIV face health issues including cardiovascular disease and frailty.
September 18 is National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
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- Published on Monday, 15 September 2014 00:00
- Written by HIVandHepatitis.com
This Thursday, September 18, is the 7th annual National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day (NHAAAD), an occasion to focus on the challenges facing the aging population regarding HIV prevention, testing, care, and treatment, as well as overall health and wellbeing for the growing population of older people living with HIV.
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