Ï㽶ÊÓƵ News - brain atrophy /channels/news_feeds/all/term/brain%20atrophy/rss en Early HIV treatment key to avoiding brain atrophy /channels/channels/news/early-hiv-treatment-key-avoiding-brain-atrophy-287004 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>New study underlines importance of early screening and antiretroviral therapy</h2> <p>While the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has largely dropped from news headlines since the 1990s, at the end of 2016 there were 36.7 million people living with the infection, and of those only 53 per cent had access to treatment. A new study underscores the neurological consequences of exposure to HIV without antiretroviral therapy.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/press_figure.jpg?itok=jvqvH7jr" width="160" height="82" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">3 </span><span class="month">May </span><span class="year">2018</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 03 May 2018 13:36:16 +0000 webfull 137776 at /channels