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Many older people living with HIV in the UK worried about poverty, loneliness and social care

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One third of participants were diagnosed before effective treatment became available in 1996.Their experiences were very different to those who were diagnosed later.People diagnosed earlier were more likely to be dependent on benefits, to have no employment and to have three or more additional health conditions.
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Levels of discrimination against elderly people with HIV so high 'it's like going back to the 1980s'

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An increasing number of older people living with HIV are facing such prejudice and discrimination at the hands of medics and carers that they say "it's like going back to the 1980s" when the virus was considered akin to a plague.Care homes are refusing to accept residents with HIV on the grounds of "infection control", or discouraging contact with other residents, a report published by the Terrence Higgins Trust found.'Gross lack of understanding'Effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) has allowed many people with HIV to look forward to the same life expectancy as their peers who are HIV negative.
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Vitamin D deficiency reduces statin potency, increases risk of muscle pain in people with HIV

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The SATURN-HIV study tested the effect of rosuvastatin on immune activation and vascular disease in people with viral load below 1000 copies/ml on antiretroviral treatment.The impact of rosuvastatin on vitamin D levels was a secondary study endpoint, and in the light of their findings the investigators also carried out an analysis of the relationship between baseline vitamin D levels and cardiovascular risk markers.The study randomised 147 adults to receive either 10mg of rosuvastatin a day or placebo for 96 weeks.
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