Results from a recent French study indicate that diseases such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and depression, but not HIV, increase the risk that people with HIV will stop work prematurely.

The researchers also found that more than a third of study participants had stopped working five years after the start of the study.

Based on the results, the study authors concluded that people with HIV are still at a substantial risk of stopping employment after their diagnosis and recommended further investigation into strategies to help keep people with HIV…

The Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, announced yesterday that it will begin offering kidney and pancreas transplants to HIV-positive patients with end-stage kidney disease and diabetes.

To be eligible, patients must have undetectable viral loads (amount of HIV in the blood) and CD4 (white blood cell) counts above 200 cells per microliter.

“With the utilization of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) to control HIV disease, it is very clear that solid organ transplant is both feasible and successful [in people with HIV],” said Dr. Mary Prendergast, a kidney specialist at…

Results from a recent Swiss study indicate that as people with HIV get older, additional diseases such as diabetes, heart attacks, and cancer become increasingly common in this population.

The study authors also said that a comparison of their results with studies of HIV-negative, older adults suggests that people with HIV have around a three- to four-fold higher risk for cancer and heart attacks and a five-fold higher risk for diabetes than people of the same age without HIV.

Based on their results, the authors recommended that older adults with…

Researchers from the United States recently found an increased rate of kidney damage in people who have both HIV and diabetes compared to people with just HIV or just diabetes. The researchers also found that kidney damage was more common in people with higher viral loads.

“The important message from this study is to raise awareness about the high prevalence of albuminuria [a marker of kidney damage] among health care providers for individuals with HIV and diabetes,” said Dr. Colleen Hadigan, a researcher at the National Institute of Allergy and…

Results of a recent review indicate that people with HIV are at an increased risk of pre-diabetes and diabetes, particularly if they are on antiretroviral therapy. The authors also found that more research is needed on the most effective way to treat diabetes in HIV-positive patients.

Based on their results, the review authors recommended that people with HIV receive routine screening for diabetes before starting antiretroviral therapy, three to six months after starting therapy, and once a year thereafter.

Diabetes is a chronic disease marked by high levels of sugar…