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Life expectancy for HIV patients has increased by 10 years in U.S. and Europe

Life expectancy for 20-year-olds initiating treatment for HIV has increased by about a decade in the European Union and North America since the introduction of antiretroviral therapy in the mid-1990s, according to a study co-authored by Yale researcher Dr. Amy Justice and published in The Lancet HIV. The increases are among treated individuals compared with untreated individuals, the global team of researchers said.

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Published: Sunday, May 14, 2017