Overweight People With HIV See Lower CD4 Gain While on HIV Medications, Study Suggests - a podcast by TheBody.com
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Until the mid-1990s in the U.S., packing on a few extra pounds seemed like a good thing: It helped protect a person against the dangers of wasting and HIV's destructive effects on the immune system. But today, for people on potent HIV treatment, those extra pounds may no longer help -- in fact, they may reduce the immune benefits of HIV meds, a new study suggests.
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