One Less Concern About Health Risks Associated With HIV

Although there have been worries that HIV disease or treating it with protease inhibitors might boost risks for atherosclerosis'hardening of the arteries'a study in the June 10 edition of the journal AIDS rules out these as risk factors for the condition. Instead, such traditional risk factors as smoking, high blood pressure, and older age are linked with the condition, the researchers report. Caucasians, men, and postmenopausal women also were at a higher risk for hardened arteries.