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01-28-2026In our latest blog post, we’re highlighting the link between HIV and heart health. Explore why people living with HIV face a higher risk of heart disease and…
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HIV and Heart Health: What You Need to Know - Blog
ICYMI: Research Roundup from CROI 2024 05-01-2024A quick roundup of key topics of HIV.gov’s coverage of the 2024 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections from HIV testing, treatment, and PrEP… - Blog
Addressing Liver and Cardiovascular Disease among People with HIV and HIV Prevention During Pregnancy: Dr. Dieffenbach’s Second Update from CROI 2024 03-06-2024On Tuesday at the 2024 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), HIV.gov spoke with NIH’s Dr. Carl Dieffenbach about research on common… - Blog
New Guidelines for Use of Statins by People with HIV to Prevent Cardiovascular Events 02-29-2024The Department of Health and Human Services Guidelines Panel for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Adults and Adolescents with HIV (the Panel) has developed… - Blog
Daily Statin Reduces Heart Disease Risk Among Adults Living with HIV 07-28-2023Cross-posted from National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Newsroom A National Institutes of Health-supported study found that statins, a class of cholesterol… - Blog
IAS 2023: HIV Vaccines, bNAbs, and an Update from NIH’s Office of AIDS Research 07-25-2023On Tuesday at the International AIDS Society’s 12th Conference on HIV Science (IAS 2023), HIV.gov continued our conversations about research highlights,… - Blog
Daily Statin Reduces the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in People Living with HIV, Large NIH Study Finds 04-14-2023Cross-posted from NIAID Newsroom A National Institutes of Health (NIH) clinical trial was stopped early because a daily statin medication was found to reduce… - Blog
People with HIV Have High Prevalence of Coronary Plaque Associated with Inflammation, Immune Activation 07-20-2021Adapted from National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases emailPeople with HIV have significantly higher rates of cardiovascular disease than people… - Blog
More HIV Research Highlights from CROI 2018 (Videos) 03-07-2018Our coverage from the 2018 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston continued yesterday with three interviews with Federal HIV… - Blog
Happy Heart Month: What People Living with HIV Should Know 02-14-2018Cross-posted from NIAID Now BlogToday marks not just a time to exchange valentines and chocolates, but also the midpoint of American Heart Month. Did you know… - Blog
NIAID Supports Research Towards Healthy Aging for People Living with HIV 09-18-2017Cross-posted from NIAID Now BlogToday marks the 10th National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day. This annual observance brings attention to the unique social… - Blog
Spotlight on: #HeartHealth and People Living with HIV 02-22-2017February is heart health month, a perfect time to focus our attention on an important area of concern in the HIV community: cardiovascular health. People… - Blog
Highlights from First Day of CROI 2017 02-15-2017This week, we’re at the 2017 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle sharing news and information about some of the important… - Blog
This February, Take Heart: NIH is Committed to Preventing HIV-Related Heart Attacks and Strokes 02-14-2017Antiretroviral therapy (ART) has transformed HIV infection from an almost-always fatal disease to what is now a manageable, chronic health condition. Today, a… - Blog
REPRIEVE Trial To Host Second Twitter Chat, #HIVAgingChat 09-13-2016Thanks to advances in effective HIV treatment, people living with HIV have the potential to live a nearly normal lifespan. In addition, more people living with… - Blog
Tweeting for Heart Health 02-16-2016Today we highlight a Twitter chat that will focus on an area of concern in the HIVcommunity: cardiovascular health. That chat will take place at 1:00 p.m. (ET)… - Blog
Starting antiretroviral treatment early improves outcomes for HIV-infected individuals 05-27-2015For Immediate Release: Wednesday, May 27, 2015NIH-funded trial results likely will impact global treatment guidelinesA major international randomized clinical… - Blog
New NIH Study to Tackle Cardiovascular Heart Disease in HIV-infected Individuals 04-17-2015If you are HIV positive and on antiretroviral therapy (ART), are you doing all you can to maintain and improve your health? While early diagnosis of HIV…