Heart Disease & HIV/AIDS
The Basics
 Keep Your Ticker Tocking (Winter 2011)
As if living with HIV isn't enough, it's becoming increasingly clear that HIV-positive people have a higher risk of heart disease. Fortunately, there are many things you can do to keep your heart healthy.
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- Inflammation Information (Spring/Summer 2010)
Why the concept of HIV as a disease of inflammation is the talk of the HIV research community.
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In The Positive Side, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- HIV Wellness Series: HIV, Your HAART and You (May/June 2010)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
 HIV and Inflammation: A New Threat (Spring 2010)
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In Achieve, from ACRIA and GMHC
- Justin's HIV Journal: High Steaks vs. High Cholesterol: A Video Blog Entry by Justin B. Terry-Smith (March 8, 2010)
From The Body
- The Beating of Your Heart (November/December 2008)
Special conference looks at what's known -- and not known -- about cardiovascular disease in HIV.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Cardiovascular Risk and Management in HIV-Infected Patients (PDF) (November/December 2007)
In Topics in HIV Medicine, from International AIDS Society-USA
- Cardiovascular Disease and HIV (April-June 2007)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- The Tingling of My Heart (September/October 2006)
An HIV-infected patient describes what happened when he had a heart attack.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Avoiding Metabolic Problems: Dietary Advice for HIV-Positive People (March/April 2006)
Includes helpful tips and a detailed chart of safe and unsafe foods for people at risk for metabolic problems such as body fat changes, high cholesterol/triglycerides and diabetes.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Metabolic Complications in HIV-Infected Patients Receiving HAART (February 3, 2006)
From The Body PRO
- Cardiac Concerns (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
- Hyperlipidemia and HIV (October 2005)
Hyperlipidemia is just a fancy word for fats in your bloodstream that usually show up as high cholesterol and triglycerides.
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From AIDSinfo
- Managing Medical Conditions Associated With Cardiac Risk in HIV-Positive People (August 2004)
Daniel Wlodarczyk, M.D., provides a detailed overview of the health problems associated with heart risk in people with HIV -- namely hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidemia.
From HIV InSite
- Managing Metabolic Syndrome and Lowering Cardiovascular Risk (May/June 2004)
[Archived Article]
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- New Guidelines for Avoiding Heart Disease by Managing High Cholesterol, Triglycerides, or Related Problems in HIV (September 12, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- AIDS Treatment Initiatives: Staying Heart-Healthy (August 2002)
[Archived Article]
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- HIV Linked to Increased Risk of Blood Clots (June 14, 2002)
[Archived Article]
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Cardiovascular Disease in People With HIV (Summer/Autumn 2002)
[Archived Article]
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Ask Dr. Brad: Can Flaxseed and Fish Oil Lower Triglycerides? (Spring 2002)
[Archived Article]
In STEP Perspective, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
- Pulmonary Hypertension and HIV (March 2002)
[Archived Article]
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From Project Inform
- Homocysteine, HIV and Heart Disease (August 24, 2001)
[Archived Article]
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In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- Blood Fat Levels and Anti-HIV Drugs: Now What? (July 2001)
[Archived Article]
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In HIV Treatment ALERTS!, from The Center for AIDS
- How Do You Heal a Broken Heart (August 2000)
[Archived Article]
Learning to heal after a heart attack.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- HAART to Heart (August 2000)
[Archived Article]
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Metabolic Changes: Concerns About Heart, Circulatory Risks (May 15, 1998)
[Archived Article]
Protease inhibitors and cholesterol.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- Heart Disease in People with HIV: An Interview with Joseph Sonnabend, M.D. (May 1998)
[Archived Article]
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Cardiac Manifestations in HIV Disease; Injection Drug Users Are More Susceptible (Summer 1994)
[Archived Article]
In Women Alive Newsletter, from Women Alive
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