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" A selenium pill taken daily may help patients who have been diagnosed with HIV keep the infection under control, according to new research. The University of Miami study gave more than 90 patients with HIV a capsule with 200 micrograms of high selenium yeast, while a control group which had similar selenium levels was given a placebo. After studying the two groups for nine months, the scientists found that those taking the capsule had a higher level of selenium and were also more likely to have a lower HIV viral load, along with higher numbers of cells which help fight off HIV. The role of selenium in combating the virus is not currently known, but researchers believe the results provide hope that selenium could be useful in combination with other treatments. Writing in the Archives of Internal Medicine, they said: &amp;quot;Given the challenges of using conventional pharmacotherapy to achieve and maintain virologic suppression in HIV spectrum disease, our results support the use of selenium as a simple, inexpensive and safe adjunct therapy.&amp;quot; About 40 million people worldwide have been infected with HIV since it was first identified, according to the NHS. \u00A9 Adfero Ltd "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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