Guest guest Posted June 5, 2006 Report Posted June 5, 2006 Colleagues, the following is FYI and does not necessarily reflect my own opinion. I have no further knowledge of the topic. If you do not wish to receive these posts, set your email filter to filter out any messages coming from @nutritionucanlivewith.com and the program will remove anything coming from me. --------------------------------------------------------- Source: University of Alabama at Birmingham Released: Sun 04-Jun-2006, 14:20 ET http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/521032/?sc=dwhp Nutrition And AIDS Description Since 2004, there has been an increased availability of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. Newswise — Since 2004, there has been an increased availability of anti-retroviral therapy (ART) for HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. But surprisingly, there has been a high mortality rate following the beginning of ART in low-income countries. “Because of the profound wasting associated with AIDS, proper nutrition is an important part of therapy, yet chronic malnutrition coexists with HIV disease in Africa,” said Heimburger, M.D., UAB professor of nutrition sciences. “We know little about how dietary intake and poor nutrition interact with ART, creating an urgent need to investigate this link.” Heimburger has a Fulbright Scholar award to investigate the effects of poor nutrition on ART, working at UAB’s Center for Infectious Disease Research in Lusaka, Zambia. -- ne Holden, MS, RD < fivestar@... > " Ask the Parkinson Dietitian " http://www.parkinson.org/ " Eat well, stay well with Parkinson's disease " " Parkinson's disease: Guidelines for Medical Nutrition Therapy " http://www.nutritionucanlivewith.com/ Quote
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