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For National HIV/AIDS & Aging Awareness Day (NHAAD), Hank Trout shares the effects of premature aging with HIV.... Every September 18 since 2008, we have observed National HIV/AIDS & Aging Awareness Day (NHAAD), highlighting the complex issues related to HIV prevention, care, and treatment for aging populations in the United States. The goals of NHAAD are to emphasize the need for prevention, research, and data targeting the aging population and to increase medical understanding of the aging process and its impact on HIV/AIDS, to increase the quality of life for older people living with HIV/AIDS and to reduce stigma surrounding...

Even When Well Treated, HIV Is Linked to Advanced Aging Researchers analyzed 10 biomarkers associated with biological aging among a group of HIV-positive and -negative Europeans. People living with well-treated HIV may experience faster biological aging than their HIV-negative counterparts. Publishing their findings in the journal AIDS, researchers from the ComorBidity in Relation to AIDS (COBRA) study analyzed 134 people with HIV and 79 HIV-negative people with similar sociodemographic and lifestyle factors. The participants were recruited in Amsterdam (these were at least 45 years old) and London (these were at least 50 years old). All the HIV-positive individuals were on...

Insurers have been advised that they shouldn’t be charging for Truvada and Descovy as HIV prevention and that associated clinic visits and labs must also be free.... Truvada, which contains a pair of antiretroviral medications also used to treat HIV, was approved for use as HIV prevention in 2012. Research indicates that when taken daily, the tablet reduces men’s risk of contracting the virus from sex with other men by more than 99 percent. PrEP reduces women’s risk of HIV by at least 90 percent... Descovy, which is associated with improvements in bone density and kidney function tests compared with...