#weight gain

Switching from TAF to TDF may help people lose weight, but this must be balanced against the risk of kidney problems and bone loss.

The updated guidance says antiretroviral therapy should be started as soon as possible after diagnosis and outlines the latest options.

Increases in body mass index and waist size appear to raise the risk for male breast cancer.

Data from 42,000 people with HIV suggest that income and Medicaid coverage play a role in unintentional weight loss.

Gut bacteria soak up certain drugs, which might end up weakening the effectiveness of medications.

Younger women were particularly susceptible to developing long-term body image dissatisfaction fueled by videoconferencing.

Sometimes the older formulation of tenofovir is a better choice for HIV prevention.

The body’s ability to remove and store fat declines with age.

The updates include new information on optimizing therapy, dealing with virological failure and managing opportunistic infections.

Idiopathic intracranial hypertension occurs more commonly in people of color, and mostly affects women ages 20 to 50.

Excess weight, which is often linked to metabolic abnormalities, can contribute to a wide variety of health problems.

Benefits stem not from fewer cancers but from preventing tumors from progressing.

Fat is bad for you.

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Just one ounce each day of this bittersweet treat is enough to reap health benefits.