Thursday, February 9, 2012

HIV Infection, Meds Age the Brain: Study

(United Press International) UPDATED 2010-01-27
Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and the medications that treat it appear to age the brain prematurely. Researchers found that people infected with HIV have levels of blood flow in their brains that resembled the brains of people who were as much as 20 years older than the patients' chronological ages. This suggests that HIV infection and treatment appear to speed up the pace at which the brain ages, since reduced blood flow levels in the brain are part of the natural aging process.  Read full story >
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