Better Late Than Never

Diagnosed late and worried that antiretroviral treatment isn't improving your lab numbers enough? A study presented at the Ninth International Congress on Drug Therapy in HIV Infection could ease your mind. It shows that anti-HIV meds still significantly slow disease progression and lower death risks even if they produce smaller than expected CD4-cell gains and do not fully suppress HIV levels. 'Patients on antiretroviral therapy have a much lower risk of death than those not receiving therapy, regardless of viral suppression,' the researchers concluded.