TheBodyPro: Expert analysis from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.
A new, detailed study offers some of our strongest evidence yet that, in the modern HIV treatment era, neurocognitive degradation is not inevitable among people with HIV as they age. Viral suppression remains significantly protective — though there are several questions about the intersection of HIV, aging, and cognition that we have yet to conclusively answer.
Study investigators conducted a comparative study of the effects of HIV on cognitive function and brain volumes.
The study doesn’t rewrite the HIV neurocognition story, but it suggests that the scary parts we’ve long worried about are far more conditional than inevitable, and that viral suppression really does what we’ve been hoping it does for the aging brain.
There’s still nuance. There are still aspects of uncertainty. But these results move us away from “HIV causes accelerated brain aging no matter what” and toward something more precise — and frankly, more humane.
Read the full analysis here.
Source : TheBodyPro
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