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Tim Horn

He has spent his entire professional life working in the fields of HIV/AIDS treatment education and advocacy. Former president and editor-in-chief of AIDSmeds.com.

Articles

Many Health Benefits for Patients with Access to Their Medical Records

Patients were enthusiastic about open access to primary care provider visit notes.

Black Women With HIV and Hep C Less Likely to Die of Liver-Related Disease

Black women living with HIV and hepatitis C are less likely to die of liver disease, compared with coinfected white and Latina women

CDC Officially Recommends One-Time Hep C Tests for All Baby Boomers

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released final guidelines indicating that all U.S. baby boomers get a...

Despite ARV Therapy, HIV/Hep C Patients Face Increased Risk of Serious Liver Disease

Even with the use of antiretroviral (ARV) therapy, U.S. veterans living with both HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) face a higher risk of advanc...

HIV/Hep C Coinfection and Each Virus by Itself Increase Hip Fracture Risk

People living with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) coinfection are more likely to experience a hip fracture as a result of decreased bone mine...

Curative Hep C Treatment Benefits Non-Liver Health and Survival in HIV

For people living with both HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), not only does curative hepatitis C treatment reduce the risk of liver-related dis...

Depression Is Common and Needs Managing Before and During Hep C Interferon Treatment

Monitoring people undergoing therapy for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection for depression, and taking steps to manage this common side effect...

Risk of Liver-Related Deaths Twice as High With Chronic Hep B Versus Hep C

In a cohort of men who have sex with men, most of whom were living with HIV, those who were coinfected with chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) we...

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Facebook to Promote Organ Donation; May Benefit People With Hep C or HIV

Social networking giant Facebook has announced a plan to encourage its 161 million U.S. members to advertise their organ donor status

FDA to Docs: Best to Avoid Victrelis With Norvir-Boosted HIV Protease Inhibitors

Victrelis (boceprevir), Merck’s hepatitis C virus (HCV) protease inhibitor, should not be combined with the following Norvir (ritonavir)...

Revised U.S. Guidelines Make Key HIV and Hep C Treatment Recs

Important preliminary recommendations involving the use of hepatitis C protease inhibitors among people living with HIV are provided by U.S. D...

Clearing or Curing Acute HCV Does Not Protect Against Reinfection

Getting rid of acute hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection once, whether it is cleared by strong immune response during the initial months of infe...

Marker of Active Hep B Infection Declines in Those Coinfected with HIV, Treated with Tenofovir

Prolonged therapy with antiretroviral regimens containing tenofovir is associated with a decline in hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) levels...

Treating HIV During Pregnancy Also Lowers Risk of Transmitting Hep C to Baby

Most research on mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of hepatitis C was done before there was widespread access to combination ARV therapy

ARV Liver Toxicity in HIV/Hep C Coinfected Patients on the Decline

Rates of antiretroviral (ARV)-associated liver toxicity among people living with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) have decreased since 1997, bu...

12 Weeks of GS-7977 Plus Ribavirin Not Effective for Null Responders With Hep C Genotype 1

Despite rapid reductions in hepatitis C virus (HCV) levels in 10 previously treated null responders with genotype 1 HCV, only one person had a...