Death Rate From HIV Falls 75% With Early Treatment, Study Finds
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Early treatment for HIV cuts patients’ risk of death by about 75 percent, according to a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Researchers tested two groups of 408 adults with HIV, the AIDS-causing virus. Among patients given antiviral drugs after their infection-fighting cells fell below a certain level, 23 people died, exceeding the 6 deaths in the group whose participants were provided earlier treatment, the study showed.