treatment of hiv

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) Episodic treatment of HIV/AIDS with antiretroviral drugs increases the overall risk of death when compared with continuous antiretroviral treatment, but the reasons why have been unknown.

Now, researchers have found that higher levels of certain markers of inflammation and blood-clotting are strongly associated with intermittent ART and with a higher risk of death from non-AIDS diseases.

PITTSBURGH -- Effective treatment of HIV infection appears to be associated with reduced cardiovascular risk, contradicting evidence of an association between antiretroviral therapy and heart disease, investigators here reported.