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July 24, 2023

Daily statin reduces heart disease risk among adults living with HIV

A National Institute of Health-supported study found that statins, a class of cholesterol-lowering medications, may offset the high risk of cardiovascular disease in people living with […]
July 14, 2023

Statin use in people living with HIV

By Priya Venkatesan The REPRIEVE trial has shown a benefit of statins in reducing the risk of cardiovascular events in people living with HIV, but many […]
May 3, 2023

Daily Statin Trial for People With HIV Halted Early for Clear Benefit

By Emily Harris People with HIV and a low to moderate traditional risk of cardiovascular disease who took a daily 4-mg dose of pitavastatin reduced their risk […]
April 13, 2023

Statin Reduces Cardiovascular Risk for People With HIV

By Liz Highleyman Large trial finds that pitavastatin lowered the risk for major cardiovascular events by 35%. Read the full article here.
April 13, 2023

Statin Primary Prevention Trial in HIV Halted for Efficacy

By Megan Brooks An international clinical trial testing statin therapy for primary cardiovascular prevention in people living with HIV has been stopped early due to strong […]
April 13, 2023

REPRIEVE Stopped: Big MACE Reductions With Statins in HIV+ Subjects

By Shelley Wood HIV is merely a “risk modifier” in current guidelines; these results pave the way for a new primary-prevention indication for statins. Read the […]
March 16, 2023

INSTI Use Beyond Two Years Not Associated With Greater Weight Gain in Global REPRIEVE Study

By Barbara Jungwirth People living with HIV (PLWH) taking integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) gained more weight during the first two years of that regimen than […]
March 13, 2023

New insights into how patient factors and COVID-19 infection affect antibody responses in people with HIV

Press Release from Massachusetts General Hospital Read the full feature here.
November 14, 2022

Diet Quality is Suboptimal or Poor in Large Proportion of Global Population with HIV

In Massachusetts General Hospital Advances in Motion Read the full feature here.