Bone Loss
Bone Loss
Screening for Bone Fracture Risk Should Be Routine for HIV+ People over 40
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- Category: Bone Loss
- Published on Wednesday, 11 February 2015 00:00
- Written by Keith Alcorn
Screening for fracture risk should be a routine part of HIV care for all people over 40, and all postmenopausal women, all men over 50, and people at high risk for fractures of any age should undergo DEXA screening (a type of X-ray) to assess bone mineral density and their need for treatment, experts on bone disorders recommend in new guidelines published in the January 21 online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
People with HIV Have Higher Bone Fracture Risk in Danish Study
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- Category: Bone Loss
- Published on Wednesday, 28 May 2014 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Being HIV positive was associated with a nearly 3-fold greater likelihood of bone fractures overall -- and a 9-fold higher risk of hip and spine fractures -- compared with HIV negative people, according to results from a large Danish population study described in the May 1 Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
CROI 2014: Researchers Discuss HIV, Aging, and Frailty
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- Category: HIV-Related Conditions
- Published on Friday, 04 April 2014 00:00
- Written by Theo Smart
People living with HIV are at greater risk of geriatric syndromes such as frailty and difficulty with daily activities than HIV negative people of the same age -- and this can have a significant effect upon their quality of life as they age, according to several studies presented at the 14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2014) last month in Boston.
CROI 2014: Vitamin D and Rosuvastatin Improve Bone Loss in People with HIV
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- Category: Bone Loss
- Published on Tuesday, 08 April 2014 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
A combination of high-dose vitamin D and calcium may help reduce bone loss after starting antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to a presentation at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2014) last month in Boston. A related study found that rosuvastatin increased hip bone mineral density in HIV positive people on ART, though insulin resistance worsened.
CROI 2014: Newborns Exposed to Tenofovir Have Lower Bone Content [VIDEO]
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- Category: Bone Loss
- Published on Tuesday, 18 March 2014 00:00
- Written by Gregory Fowler
Infants born to women who took tenofovir during pregnancy had significantly lower bone mineral content than babies who were not exposed, according to study findings reported at the 21st Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2014) this month in Boston.
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