New Research Says HIV Destroys Certain Parts of the Brain

Via the Drudge Report comes a study that proves that HIV viruses do destroy certain parts of the brains cells since drugs used to counter the viruses cannot access the brain barrier where the viruses can easily wreak havoc on those grey matters.

By using high-tech scanners, researchers from two American universities found that the brains of HIV patients were 15 percent thinner in areas that control language, planning and movement. It didn't matter if the patients were on a drug regimen known as HAART, which often allows infected individuals to keep the virus from destroying the immune system.

"The drugs clearly aren't stopping the destruction of brain tissue," said study co-author Paul M. Thompson, a neuroscience researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles.

HIV is no laughing matter since

A large percentage of HIV patients suffer from neurological problems; one study put the number at 40 percent.

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