Protect Your Liver

Here's yet another reason you want an antiretroviral regimen that not only suppresses your viral load but also boosts your CD4-cell count. Cell counts below the AIDS-defining threshold of 350 are linked with an increased risk for liver cancer, especially among HIVers coinfected with hepatitis B, according to a study in the journal AIDS. Low counts also are linked to higher risk of heart, liver, and kidney disease.