Bone Problems & HIV/AIDS
Bone disease in HIV-positive people is more common than you think. For a thorough overview, check out our interview with Todd Brown, M.D., Ph.D., and Ben Young, M.D., Ph.D.
The Basics
 Ask the Doctor: HIV and Bone Disease (November 23, 2011)
From Black AIDS Institute
- Osteonecrosis (August 3, 2011)
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From AIDS InfoNet
- Bone Problems (August 3, 2011)
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From AIDS InfoNet
- Boning Up on Bone Health (Summer 2011)
Growing evidence suggests that people with HIV may be at risk of bone-related problems.
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- New Screening and Treatment Guidelines for Bone Disease (December 8, 2010)
Part of "Top HIV/AIDS-Related Clinical Developments of 2010," by David Wohl, M.D.
From The Body
- For Me, HIV/AIDS Is Not a Chronic, Manageable Disease: A Blog Entry by ScotCharles (June 8, 2010)
Blogger ScotCharles details his harrowing experiences with the neurological effects of long-term HIV infection.
From The Body
- A Bad Break -- Bone Issues in People With HIV (January/February 2010)
What we've learned so far, and what you can do.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Bone Disease and HIV/AIDS (January 2010)
From The Well Project
- Endocrine Society Calls for Medicare Coverage of DXA Bone Density Testing to Be Extended to Men With Testosterone Deficiency (August 11, 2009)
New society position statement endorsed by National Osteoporosis Foundation.
From The Endocrine Society
- Break No Bones About It (May/June 2009)
A look at recent studies on bone problems and HIV, some of the risk factors HIVers should be aware of and recommended treatment options.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Bone Mass Measurement: What the Numbers Mean (May 2009)
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From National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- What Is Bone? (May 2009)
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From National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Calcium and Bone Health (December 3, 2008)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV Treatment Tied to Decreased Bone Mineral Density, Study Finds (October 27, 2008)
In The 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting, from The Body PRO
- Bone Health and HIV Disease (February 2008)
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From Project Inform
- Bone Health for Life (January 2008)
Easy-to-read information for patients and families.
From National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
- Bone Death and Destruction (2006)
Part of "A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Side Effects"
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From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- Women, HIV and Aging: An Overview of Heart and Bone Risks (Winter 2005/2006)
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Osteonecrosis, Osteopenia and Osteoporosis (October 2005)
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From AIDSinfo
- Osteopenia/Osteoporosis: A "BABES" Perspective (January 10, 2003)
[Archived Article]
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In STEP Ezine, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
- Keeping Your Bones Healthy (2003)
[Archived Article]
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From PositiveWords
- Osteonecrosis and HIV Disease (Winter 2002)
[Archived Article]
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Treatment Issues for Women: Bone Health (November 2002)
[Archived Article]
From AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
- Building Better Bone (September/October 2002)
[Archived Article]
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- Bone Disease and HIV (September 2002)
[Archived Article]
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Osteonecrosis, Osteopenia and Osteoporosis (March 2002)
[Archived Article]
Excerpted from the "Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents".
In What's New, from Project Inform
- When Hips Fail (August/September 2001)
[Archived Article]
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
- The Buzz: Dem Bones -- Reports of Abnormal Changes in HIV (July/August 2001)
[Archived Article]
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Osteoporosis and HIV Disease (Summer 2001)
[Archived Article]
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Bone Problems (September 2000)
[Archived Article]
From Project Inform
- Bone Problems (August 2000)
[Archived Article]
In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
- Bone, Hip Problems: Overview Article Online (June 23, 2000)
[Archived Article]
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- Avascular Necrosis and HIV (Summer 2000)
[Archived Article]
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
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