Heart drugs 'may slow down HIV'
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Statins, which are used to treat high cholesterol, may also fight HIV, a study suggests.
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The low-cost antibiotic Co-trimoxazole reduced mortality rates of HIV-positive children in Africa by nearly 50 percent, according to a new study in The Lancet.
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A study of six AIDS patients has revealed that statins can reduce levels of HIV and boost immune cell numbers. If the results can be repeated in large-scale trials, it&#39;s hoped that statins could provide an alternative to standard HIV treatments.
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A new drug from Sanofi-Aventis reduced significantly episodes of atrial fibrillaton or irregular heart beat in two clinical studies released on Sunday.
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Cholesterol-lowering 'statin' drugs -- such as Lipitor or Zocor, for example -- also lower blood pressure to a modest extent, according to a report at the American Heart Association annual meeting.
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AIDS patients expect to take only one pill a day to treat HIV infection in the near future, which will make them easier to stick with medication.
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A cheap drug has been discovered which could cut Aids-related deaths in African children by almost half. Tests on the new antibiotic drug in Zambia were so successful that the trial was halted early to make the drug available more quickly.
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Methotrexate, used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis, may also reduce the risk of atherosclerosis and circulatory diseases affecting the heart and brain, investigators have found.
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Some drugs that drop blood pressure can help prevent heart disease from getting worse in patients with lower blood pressure who would not routinely be given such medicine, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK  - More than 25 years into the AIDS epidemic, many drugs are used to treat HIV, but an alarming number of patients are becoming resistant to therapy, driving research into new ways to combat the virus.
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A new study suggests that popular cholesterol-lowering drugs like Lipitor may help not just the heart, but the brain as well
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The impotence drug Viagra may also  help prevent the abnormal growth of the heart seen in some  types of heart disease, researchers reported on Sunday.
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A new drug from Sanofi-Aventis reduced  significantly episodes of atrial fibrillaton or irregular heart  beat in two clinical studies released on Sunday.
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Anti-retroviral drugs have been so effective at treating HIV that researchers are now exploring whether they can perform double duty
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The excitement over a novel class of drugs being developed to fight HIV has been dampened by fears they could pose serious safety risks, including the possibility they might actually speed the progression of AIDS.
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Giving HIV-positive children in Africa a daily dose of antibiotic could nearly halve the death rate.
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Treatment with cholesterol-lowering "statin" drugs, such as Lipitor and Zocor, seems to improve survival in elderly patients with heart failure, new research suggests.