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 November 06, 2009
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Rochester Researchers Explore Possible HIV-Associated Hearing Loss
Specialists in HIV and in hearing at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York State and are gearing up to conduct what they believe is the first large study to examine potential connections between HIV infection and hearing loss. The study, announced in a November 5 press release, is being supported by a $1.9 million grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.
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November 05, 2009
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No Heart Rhythm Problem With 25 mg of Rilpivirine
People taking a 25 mg once-daily dose of rilpivirine (TMC278) had no signs of trouble with their heart rhythm, according to a study presented November 1 at the Infectious Disease Society of America conference in Philadelphia and reported by the National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project (NATAP). These study results are encouraging, as this is the dose being explored for use in people starting HIV treatment for the first time.
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November 04, 2009
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Many HIV-Positive Swiss MSM Have Chlamydia—and Don’t Know It
More than 10 percent of Swiss HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) were infected with rectal Chlamydia trachomatis—many without knowing it—according to a study published November 15 in Clinical Infectious Diseases and reported by aidsmap.com.
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November 02, 2009
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Coffee Lowers Risk of Hep C Progression
People with hepatitis C virus (HCV) who drank three or more cups of coffee per day had a 53 percent lower risk of liver disease progression than those who didn’t drink coffee, according to a study published in the November issue of Hepatology and reported by ScienceDaily. The people in the study were infected only with HCV and not with both HIV and HCV.
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