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The CMV Paradox Why a Silent Virus May Be Driving the HIV Aging Gap, and What a New Trial Reveals About Closing It A research summary for people living with HIV, clinicians, and advocates Chronic inflammation, not HIV itself, is driving the premature heart disease, cancer, and frailty that...

Advances in antiretroviral therapy (ART) have made it possible for persons with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) to have a lifespan that approaches that of people without HIV without progressing to AIDS or transmitting HIV to sexual partners or infants. There is, therefore, increasing emphasis...

https://academic.oup.com/smr/article-abstract/12/3/469/7673985?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false Abstract Introduction Patients with long-term chronic illnesses frequently present with hypogonadism, which is primarily managed through exogenous testosterone. These same patients also...

TESTOSTERONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH CACHEXIA: A CONTEMPORARY REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE (2022) Sean Hou, BS, Armaan Singh, BA, T. Mike Hsieh, MD MBA, Omer Raheem, MD Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA Department of Urology, University of California...

I am a sixty plus year old woman with HIV-1. I was diagnosed October 18,2001. Two years after starting my medication regime I was given Atripla and have been on it ever since. This year I began loosing weight intentionally but now over the last 4 to 5 months I have loss of appetite and have lost...

Background: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is characterized by irreversible airflow limitation and is associated with weight loss and decreased muscle strength and exercise capacity. Methods: A double-blinded randomized controlled trial of 32 male COPD patients (age, 54.94 ±...