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Depression linked to immune system decline in women
La dépression contribuerait au déclin de l'immunité chez les femmes- HoseinSR
- Researchers reported results on 765 HIV positive women who made regular visits to study clinics so that their health could be assessed. Researchers began recruitment between 1993 and 1995. Monitoring continued until March 2000. Thus, in some cases, researchers collected up to seven years of data.
- Carnitine for high triglycerides
- Carnitine contre les taux de triglycérides élevés
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- Carnitine is an amino acid that is used to help move fatty substances to places inside cells where they can be burnt to release energy. The parts of a cell where this energy release takes place are called mitochondria. Carnitine can also act as an antioxidant and appears to play a role in maintaining the health of nerves and protecting the liver and kidneys from the toxicity of drugs. Carnitine exists in several forms; the two most commonly used are L-carnitine and L-acetyl-carnitine.
- Lipid-lowering drugs and changes to diet can make a difference
- Agents hypolipidémiants et modifications alimentaires contre les taux de lipides élevés
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- Increased levels of lipids or fatty substances — triglycerides and cholesterol — in the blood of some people with HIV/AIDS (PHAs) who use highly active antiretoviral therapy (HAART) places them at increased risk for cardiovascular disease.
- Sexual dysfunction and HAART
- Dysfonction sexuelle et multithérapie
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- The use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) can cause many side effects, as mentioned in our report on nevirapine. One possible side effect of HAART that is not usually mentioned is sexual dysfunction. There's not much information on this problem, in part because people in clinical trials of HIV/AIDS drugs are not usually questioned about sexual dysfunction. As well, both research subjects and data collectors may not feel comfortable talking about this issue.
- Immune booster used to fight drug-resistant herpes
- Un immunostimulant s'avère utile contre un virus herpétique résistant
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- Unfortunately, cases of herpes that are resistant to these drugs are increasingly leaving doctors and their patients with few options. However, a group of doctors in New York recently reported the case of a person with AIDS who successfully recovered from drug-resistant herpes when he was treated with the immune booster Aldara (imiquimod).
- Effect of HAART on cervical growths
- Effet de la multithérapie sur les tumeurs cervicales
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- The use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has greatly improved survival rates among people with HIV/AIDS (PHAs). This occurs because HAART suppresses production of HIV, which allows the immune system to begin repairing itself. Unfortunately, the immune system does not become fully restored, perhaps because a low level of viral activity occurs even though HAART is used. As a result, the immune system is not 100% effective and some complications can still occur. This means that although the level of restored immunity may be enough to help PHAs resist many AIDS-related infections, it does not appear to be sufficient to prevent the development of some cancers.
- Switching to nevirapine — results after one year
- Traitement de remplacement par la névirapine – résultats un an plus tard
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- Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has improved survival and decreased the chance of death from AIDS-related infections in people who can afford, adhere to, and tolerate the drug cocktails. The last point — tolerate — is important because HAART-users can experience a variety of side effects depending on the combination of drugs taken.
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