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The Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference was held in Sydney in October. Here are some of the treatment highlights: read more »

Information about the START trial, which is seeking to establish the best time to start HIV treatment. read more »

There are lots of possible combinations of HIV drugs. It’s not possible to describe them all in this booklet. Further, people will respond differently to the same combinations, for a variety of reasons. Just because something worked for a friend doesn’t mean it will work for you, and vice versa. There are many factors affecting individual responses to HIV and therapy. read more »

There is no set rule on when to start HIV treatments - if you feel generally lacking in energy, are suffering fevers, rashes or swollen glands you can consider HIV treatment at any CD4 count. However, you do not need to make any decisions straight away. read more »

An international trial that has just started enrollingThe act of signing up participants into a study. Generally this process involves evaluating a participant with respect to the eligibility criteria of the study and going through the informed consentThe process of learning the key facts about a clinical trial before deciding whether or not to participate. It is also a continuing process throughout the study to provide information for participants. To help someone decide whether or not to participate, the doctors and nurses involved in the trial explain the details of the study. process. in Australia aims to determine whether it is better to start treatment earlier, when T-cell counts are above 500, or when they drop to 350 as per the current recommendations. read more »

John Daye reports on treatments developments from the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Montréal, Canada. read more »

From Treat Yourself Right, this article, targeted at positive women, discusses management of common side effects when starting or changing treatments. read more »

HIV positive? Want to hear the latest about HIV treatments and health? You should, because there have been important developments in HIV treatments over the past year. To catch up with the latest information, watch a webcast of a community treatment update held in Sydney on 25 November. read more »

There is no set rule on when to start HIV treatments, if you feel generally lacking in energy, are suffering fevers, rashes or swollen glands you can consider HIV treatment at any CD4 count. However, you do not need to make any decisions straight away. read more »

Your chance to ask an HIV-experienced doctor about any medical query you might have. We are grateful to Dr Louise Owen, medical director of the Centre Clinic in St Kilda, who will be answering your questions. read more »