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June 12, 2012

HIV Material Detected in Berlin

Patient Samples Spurs Cure Questions, Confusion

Does a recent conference presentation noting

that HIV genetic material has been detected at low levels,

in a minority of recent samples taken from Brown,

a.k.a. “the Berlin Patient,†debunk the

conclusion that he has been cured of the infection? While

one scientist is publicly arguing that Brown “still

has detectable HIV in his body†and goes so far to

suggest that he may even have been reinfected,

others—including the original study

presenters—counter that these claims misrepresent the

new data and are therefore misleading.

June 11, 2012

Truvada HIV PrEP Approval

Decision Delayed Three Months

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has

extended its review of Gilead Sciences’ approval

application for Truvada (tenofovir plus emtricitabine) as

pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), according to a June 6

announcement by the company. Whereas an approval decision

was originally expected by this Friday, June 15, the agency

now has until September 14 to make its final determination.

June 8, 2012

HIV Still a Chief Cause in

Smaller Racial Life Expectancy Gap

The gap in life expectancy between black and

white American is not only shrinking, it’s now the

lowest ever recorded in the United States, but HIV still

plays a role in the disparities, according to a report in

The Journal of the American Medical Association that looked

at black-white differences in mortality.

June 7, 2012

Untreated HIV Increases Stroke

Risk, Particularly in Young People and Women

People living with HIV, notably women,

anyone younger than 50 and those with unchecked viral loads,

are significantly more likely to experience a stroke

compared with those not infected with the virus, according

to a study published online ahead of print by the Journal of

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.

June 6, 2012

Diabetes Further Increases

Kidney Disease Risk Among People With HIV

People living with both HIV and diabetes are

much more likely to develop progressive chronic kidney

disease (CKD) than people living with only one of the

conditions, according to a study conducted by Veterans

Healthcare Administration investigators and published ahead

of print by the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency

Syndromes.

AIDSmeds Lessons

AIDSmeds Lessons

Side Effects & Other Health

Problems

While the short-term effects of

HIV—and the medications used to treat it—are

generally well known, the long-term effects of the infection

and antiretroviral therapy are still being studied. And just

as we are learning about the long-term dangers that

HIV-positive people face, we are also learning about the

ways to limit these risks and manage complications and side

effects, should they occur.

Heard in the Blogs

Staley

Donna Summer's Letter to ACT UP

When the news hit that Donna Summer

had died, I was reminded of her little-known scrape with ACT

UP, the AIDS activist group I joined shortly after its first

demonstration in 1987. As many will recall, even though her

music was hugely popular with the gay community, she faced

an ongoing backlash after the Village Voice attributed some

quotes to her from a concert in 1983, saying she slammed

gays and claimed AIDS was a punishment from God.

To everyone's surprise, Donna Summer

wrote a letter to ACT UP New York attempting to mend the

divide. A few quotes from the letter were reported at the

time, and appeared often in recent online obituaries, but

the letter itself has never been seen publicly.

Heard in the Forums

The problem lies in

the fact that I don't know how to date I miss affection I

miss having someone but I can't forgive myself that I lost

the chance to be normal to be life my friends (who are all

getting married and having families) while I'm stuck going

on dates with chicks and then having to tell them my status

and being looked at in disgust even though I'm a good guy.

It's frustrating it keeps me up at night and I've looked

into dating poz but the results around me are not my type at

all.

—whatstheodds'

"I can live with it but I can't live

with myself"

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