Bone Disorders & HIV/AIDS

Overview | Research

In this patient-friendly interview, Todd Brown, M.D., Ph.D., and Ben Young, M.D., Ph.D., focus on the etiology, diagnosis and treatment of bone disease in HIV-infected people.

Overview

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 patients should be aware of and recommended treatment options.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Continuous HAART Associated With Decreased Bone Mineral Density, SMART Substudy Finds (October 27, 2008)
In one of ICAAC/IDSA 2008's most talked-about studies, a SMART substudy suggests that participants who remained on HAART continuously experienced a significantly greater reduction in bone marrow density than patients on intermittent therapy. (An interview with Birgit Grund, Ph.D.)
In The 48th Annual ICAAC/IDSA 46th Annual Meeting, from TheBodyPRO.com
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
Osteonecrosis and HIV Disease (Winter 2002)
In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Bone Disease and HIV (September 2002)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
When Hips Fail (August/September 2001)
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
The Buzz: Dem Bones -- Reports of Abnormal Changes in HIV (July/August 2001)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Abnormal Glucose Metabolism and Bone Disease in HIV-Infected Patients by Kimberly Y. Smith, M.D., M.P.H. (June 2005)
PowerPoint presentation from the 8th Annual Clinical Conference for Ryan White CARE Act.
From International AIDS Society-USA

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