CAN SERUM SELENIUM LEVELS PREDICT LIPID ELEVATIONS?
In what was a new angle to this observer, Rodriguez, A and colleagues reported on 92 of their patients who attend their research clinic in the US. They are all HIV+ with a history of IVDU. They set out to compare their patients who were on HAART with those who weren’t and how many in each group developed hypertriglyceridemia, hypercholesterolemia and hyperglycemia. The most striking finding was, the significant predictive value of oncoming hyperglycemia among the HAART group by serum levels of selenium. DOES VIRAL LOAD HAVE TO BE BELOW 50 COPIES/ML? Jeff Greene and colleagues in New York reached once again into their large observational database to share an interesting item that runs contrary to prevailing wisdom. They presented 95 patients who were divided into 2 groups starting in 1998 when the more sensitive HIV RNA assays (ultrasensitive assay <50 copies/ml) were implemented in their clinic. In group I, 54 patients were below the level of quantification for by both the 1st generati
