Carolyn Colwell

A study found that the demographic characteristics of patients who failed to initiate ART within 2 years of entering care were not as important as clinical factors.

The rates of viral rebound in people with long-term viral suppression on first-line regimens have become "extremely low," according to a study.

The UNC-based research covered the period from January 2003 to December 2012, when most patients in the study were not covered by the most recent federal guidelines pertaining to HIV treatment.

Cesarean sections can lead to higher rates of respiratory distress syndrome and transient tachyprea.

It’s more effective and cheaper than present technology, researchers said.

Combination ART treatment has substantially improved the life expectancy of HIV patients; 10 years in men and 9 in women.

Low sugar Mediterranean diet helps depression:study.

Revealing an HIV-positive status to family and friends isn't easy.

Research found that some women are more susceptible to become infected with HIV.

Patients with multiple sclerosis may have excess iron in their brains, a possible explanation for brain atrophy, the debilitating condition some develop. If so, the culprit is likely leaky red blood cells, a UK team reported.

There are a lot of tasty things that people with diabetes should not eat. But butter is not one of them, a study found.

Aiming to investigate the metabolic changes that occur before the onset of non-alcoholic fatty live disease (NAFLD) and type 2 diabetes, researchers found that insulin resistance and waist circumference were associated with NAFLD among women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus (pGDM).

Phase 3 trials showed that empaglifloxin (Jardiance/Boehringer Ingelheim and Lilly) can reduce blood pressure in type 2 patients.

Personality traits such as being calm and organized are associated with types of uveitis, researchers in India found.

Bioethics programs have grown and they are turning out thousands of graduates, but a degree doesn't necessarily mean a job.

As long as they are able, people with multiple sclerosis should sit less and move around more. Sedentary behavior worsens the disease, a UK team reports.

A possible connection between Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and a genetic malfunction in the thalamus may explain the distractibility and physical restlessness that plague children and adults with ADHD,

Heavy, persistent pot use is bad news for those who hope to be financially and socially successful by midlife.

Refractory cases of myasthenia gravis can be relieved by a new treatment based on replacing a patient’s immune system with new one created from transplants of his own stem cells, Canadian researchers report.

Truvada has been shown effective in preventing HIV infection, but for it to work for women it takes a daily dose, while men may get by with just two weekly doses, North Carolina researchers report.

The cost of treating HIV in nine nations in Africa with antiretroviral drugs through 2050 is an estimated $261 billion, far more than the $98 billion it will cost to sustain current levels of treatment, a Harvard study found.

Physicians need to be more aggressive in treating status epilepticus, prolonged seizures lasting 30 minutes, according to a new guideline from the American Epilepsy Society. Nearly a third of patients who experience this condition die.

Using Functional MRI scans researchers can "see" pain, study reports. The finding should be useful in evaluating pain-relievers.

Researchers are closing in on a medical treatment for wart-like skin growths know as seborrheic keratosis.

A history of multiple surgeries and general anesthesia shouldn't necessarily worry the elderly about their risk of diminishing mental abilities, according to a new Mayo Clinic study.