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March 10, 2015

Dr. Steven Grinspoon is Interviewed about REPRIEVE

At the 2015 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI Conference) in Seattle, Washington, Dr. Steven Grinspoon, Co-PI of the REPRIEVE trial, is interviewed on the topic of his plenary presentation: “Cardiovascular Disease in HIV Patients: An Emerging Paradigm and Call to Action”.
October 27, 2014

MGH: Can statin treatment cut cardiovascular risk in HIV-infected patients?

BOSTON – A nationwide study based at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) will investigate, for the first time, whether treatment with a statin drug can reduce the elevated risk of cardiovascular disease in individuals infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
October 22, 2014

NY Times: “Heart Trouble Early and Often in H.I.V. Patients”

He was 29 when he began antiretroviral therapy.He was 43 when he had a heart attack.“I felt fluttery,” he said. “Weird and fluttery. It went away. I ignored it. A week later, it came back, and this time I felt something in my arm too. I was too stupid to call an ambulance. I got in a cab and went to the hospital.”