MONDAY, May 14 People with HIV/AIDS are four times more likely to die of sudden cardiac arrest than those in the general population, a new study finds.
The findings held true even for people with well-controlled HIV, according to researchers from the University of California, San Francisco . In sudden cardiac arrest, also referred to as sudden cardiac death, the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating.
The researchers looked at the health records of more than 2,800 HIV patients from April 2000 to August 2009. About 8 percent died during an average follow-up period of nearly four years.
Cardiac-related events accounted for 15 percent of those deaths.
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By Brett Edward Stout While much of the talk about the Blunt-Rubio Amendment to the Senate highway funding bill has been about contraception, the implications of the measure extend beyond womens healthcare and could have serious consequences for the future of HIV treatment. The Senate voted down the bill 51-48, but it is important to note that all but one Republican senator voted for the Amendment and that proponents have proclaimed this issue is far from over. The Blunt-Rubio Amendment, as it was written, says that an employer can make decisions about what is covered by medical insurance based on religious beliefs.