Infection used to be the main cause of dementia. Treatment for infections and inflammation of the central nervous system (CNS) has dramatically decreased the incidence of infection-related dementia. But there has been one infectious disease that has reversed the trend and that is HIV/AIDS. It is the statistical increase that is one of the few aspects in which HIV dementia can be compared to Alzheimer's. The big difference is that with Alzheimer's the increased incident of the disease is due to t...
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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New insight into the process of HIV infection may lead to new treatments for the disease. Scientists recently discovered that... Read summary »
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research reveals a surprising interaction between a drug used for herpes and HIV. The research shows that drug, acyclovir... Read summary »
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SEATTLE (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- It's being touted as the most promising AIDS vaccine in more than 20 years. Millions of people around the... Read summary »
DURHAM, N.C. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- There are more than 1 million people living with HIV right now in the United States. Last year, nearly... Read summary »