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Hepatitis C Main Forums => Hepatitis C and HIV Coinfection => Topic started by: Hep Editors on March 06, 2017, 10:10:11 am
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People with HIV and hepatitis C virus may reduce their risk of diabetes and possibly chronic kidney failure as well by curing HCV, Healio reports. These health benefits are in addition to a lowered risk of numerous liver- and AIDS-related health problems and death.
Publishing their findings in the journal Hepatology, researchers studied a group of 1,625 HIV/HCV-positive individuals who received interferon and ribavirin treatment for HIV between 2000 and 2008 and were followed through May 2014.
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