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This Week in HIV Research: The Beat Goes On
March 19, 2020: Mood disorders and metabolic syndrome; comorbidity burden among women living with HIV; two-year weight gain after switching to integrase; long-term adipose tissue density trends.
Common Antidepressant Reduces Meth Use and High-Risk Sexual Behavior for Gay and Bisexual Men and Transgender Women
Could this give hope to people struggling with crystal meth addiction?
This Week in HIV Research: New Explorations of Antiretroviral Adherence
Nov. 14, 2019: Psychiatric disorders, adherence, and viral suppression; depression and adherence among women with HIV; using hair to link food insecurity and HIV viremia; a point-of-care test for tenofovir adherence.
Trans Women Are Increasingly A Focus of HIV Programs, But What About their Cisgender Male Partners?
This population is under-represented in HIV data, and few prevention or treatment interventions exist to support them. A new meta-analysis hopes to paint a picture of what's needed.
Strong Peer Networks in Prison Boost Overall Health, Study Finds
But other research links prisons themselves to mental health challenges and infectious disease outbreaks.
This Week in HIV Research: Braining Bad
Aug. 22, 2019: Links between thiamine deficiency and cognitive issues; HIV in cerebrospinal fluid and neurocognitive impairment; frailty, depression, and symptomatic cognitive issues; alcohol consumption and HIV disease progression.
This Week in HIV Research: The Clinical Impacts of Stigma
July 25, 2019: Challenges in viral suppression for young, black women; stigma's impact on women's health; generalized anxiety disorder screening needed; how depression harms the brain.
This Week in HIV Research: The Racism of Perceived Risk
June 6, 2019: HIV/STI risk perceptions differ by race; psychosocial issues and HIV risk among young trans women; switching to dolutegravir/atazanavir; reports of severe hepatotoxicity on dolutegravir.
This Week in HIV Research: Disparities Drive the Epidemic
April 25, 2019: stigma and viral load among African-American women; U.S. HIV incidence sans racial disparities; the care continuum is failing young MSM; a moment of reckoning regarding HIV among U.S. youth.
Depression Linked to Cognitive Dysfunction in HIV-Positive Women
More research is needed to understand the connections between HIV, mental health, and the neurocircuitry that controls executive function.