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Now that he’s on PRO-140, an experimental weekly injection, Sheen “is feeling fantastic.”

This man’s diagnosis could be an indicator of what is to come for an aging HIV population.

HIV damages the brain by infecting white blood cells that enter the organ and set off a harmful immune response.

Factors associated with mental decline in the general population are related to the same factors in impairment of HIV-positive adults.

A byproduct formed during the breakdown of efavirenz, found in Sustiva and Atripla, appears to damage nerve cells, according to new Johns Hopk...

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have released data that HIV interferes with a protein that supports brain function.

Problem: To treat HIV-related neurological problems (such as cognitive disorder, dementia and opportunistic infections), doctors need to...

For the first time, researchers have shown that HIV can actively reproduce in a cell type other than CD4 cells.

An expert team of neuroscientists has discovered that HIV weakens the blood-brain barrier that keeps infectious diseases and harmful chemicals...

Douglas Warney, a man with AIDS dementia who was wrongfully convicted of murder and denied compensation for his imprisonment, has taken his...

An active compound in morphine, and thus heroin as well, might protect against HIV-related dementia, according to a study announced by researc...

The New York Times Magazine recently profiled acclaimed HIV-positive jazz pianist Fred Hersch, who was featured in the third issue of POZ back...

People with HIV responding well the antiretroviral (ARV) therapy commonly experience at least minor signs of thinking and memory problems, acc...

People living with HIV often worry about how the virus affects their brain function.