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Title: Among People With HIV, Treating Hep C Improves Indicators of Overall Health
Post by: Hep Editors on February 27, 2017, 10:01:23 am
Treating hepatitis C virus (HCV) among people with HIV was associated with an improvement in a composite assessment of overall health and mortality risk but not with any change in cognitive function in a recent small study.
 
Researchers conducted a study of 62 people with HIV and HCV who were beginning treatment for the latter virus. They gave the participants a neuropsychiatric assessment before starting them on hep C therapy and again 12 to 24 weeks after the completion of treatment. They also calculated the participants’ scores on what is known as a VACS Index before starting them on hep C treatment and six months after the treatment’s completion.

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