- Observational studies have generally reported similar results in HIV-positive and HIV-negative people who have been hospitalized with COVID-19.
- Long-acting HIV treatment in people with multiple challenges
- Before effective HIV treatment (ART) was available, people with HIV had weakened immune systems. As a result, they could develop injury to the brain or surrounding tissue and serious infections…
- Some strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) are sexually transmitted and can cause abnormal development of cells in the following places:
- Studies have found that people with HIV are at heightened risk for head and neck cancer. These cancers consist of tumours that can occur on the lips, mouth, throat and voice box; less commonly, the…
- Cancer cells release chemical signals that can weaken the immune system and its ability to sense and attack tumours. For more than a decade, pharmaceutical companies have been developing a class of…
- Some people develop difficulty breathing during sleep. That is, their breathing becomes intermittent and can stop for a time. When they wake up, people with sleep-disordered breathing (sleep apnea)…
- Emerging experimental treatment – bictegravir + lenacapavir.
- Higher physical activity levels linked to less belly fat.
- British Columbia researchers find cases of LGV are on the rise.