Neurological & Neurocognitive Complications of HIV/AIDS
General/Neurocognitive Complications
- Nervous System Problems and Dementia (December 19, 2011)
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From AIDS InfoNet
- HIV and the Brain (September 2011)
From The Well Project
- Stroke Numbers Rise Among People With HIV: A Blog Entry by Candace Y.A. Montague (January 18, 2011)
"Research suggests that people with HIV are up to three times more likely to have a stroke than those who are not infected."
From The Body
 Sometimes You Just Have to Take a Chance: A Blog Entry by ScotCharles (January 10, 2011)
"In a few days I'm off to Egypt for three weeks on a trip I've dreamt of all my life. ... Whether or not a trip to Egypt is a risky venture for me is to be seen."
From The Body
- Is It All in Your Head? (May/June 2010)
Every biological aspect of living with HIV has a psychological response.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- HIV and the Brain (Summer/Fall 2009)
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- NINDS Neurological Complications of AIDS Information Page (October 30, 2009)
From U.S. National Institutes of Health
- Neurological Complications of AIDS Fact Sheet (August 29, 2007)
From U.S. National Institutes of Health
- Different Neurological Problems Affecting People With HIV in the Era of HAART (July 3, 2007)
From aidsmap.com
- NIH Allocates Funds to Study Drugs That Might Prevent Cognitive Dysfunctions Among HIV-Positive People (October 4, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Neurological Complications of HIV/AIDS (Winter 2004/2005)
[Archived Article]
A clinical review by Venkat K. Rao, M.D., and Florian P. Thomas, M.D., M.A., Ph.D.
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Headache and HIV (Winter 2004/2005)
[Archived Article]
Gregory Pauxtis, M.D., discusses potential causes and treatments for headaches in people with HIV.
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- Life After Sustiva: Depression, Anxiety Side Effects (May/June 2004)
[Archived Article]
Gerry Hoyt is one of a small number of people who suffer severe, long-term psychological side effects while using efavirenz.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Dizzy, Dreamy, Depressed: Dealing With Sustiva Side Effects (July/August 2003)
[Archived Article]
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Neurologic Complications in HIV-Infected Children and Adolescents (March 2003)
[Archived Article]
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From New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute
- The Central Nervous System and HIV (Fall 2002)
[Archived Article]
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In STEP Perspective, from Seattle Treatment Education Project
- Good News and Bad News on Neuromuscular Problems (November 2001)
[Archived Article]
In HIV Treatment ALERTS!, from The Center for AIDS
- Cause and Effect: HIV Drugs May Stem Nerve Disorder (September 25, 2001)
[Archived Article]
In The New York Times
- Current Views on Common Neurologic Manifestations of HIV (September 2000)
[Archived Article]
In The PRN Notebook
- "Mental" Issue Threatens Medical Care (June 2, 2000)
[Archived Article]
Restrictions on "psychiatric" care mean that many patients with organic brain disease cannot be treated in the hospital wards equipped to manage the behavioral problems which may result from the illness.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- What's New in Treatment Information? Myelopathy and HIV Infection (June 2000)
[Archived Article]
In What's New, from Project Inform
- Communication Disorders and HIV Disease (April 1999)
[Archived Article]
In Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- SAMe As It Ever Was? (Spring 1999)
[Archived Article]
In Notes From the Underground, from PWA Health Group
- HIV-1 Viral Load in the CSF and Brain (February 3, 1998)
[Archived Article]
From Seattle Treatment Education Project
- Vitamin B-12 and Cognitive Impairment (September 1997)
[Archived Article]
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Interpretation of Cranial MRI Scans in AIDS (March 1997)
[Archived Article]
In Hopkins HIV Report, from Johns Hopkins AIDS Service
- HIV and the Brain: Highlights of the Seventh Neuroscience of HIV Infection Meeting (June 1996)
[Archived Article]
In Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- Review of AIDS and the Impact of Cognitive Impairment: A Treatment Guide for Mental Health Providers (June 1996)
[Archived Article]
By Penelope Zeifert, Ph.D., Mark Leary, M.D., and Alicia A. Boccellari, Ph.D.; reviewed by Cheryl S. Weinstein.
In Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- Peptide T Info Sheet (May 1996)
[Archived Article]
From PWA Health Group
- Memantine Info Sheet (May 1996)
[Archived Article]
From PWA Health Group
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