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How Does HIV Age The Mind And Body?

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A new study helps explain why people with HIV age faster than their HIV-negative counterparts, despite similar lifestyles. Additionally, the findings might offer poz people the ability to calculate how many years certain factors are adding to their biological age.

The study, published in the journal AIDS,  suggests that those living with HIV who have had CD4 T-cell counts drop below 200 (and those who have specific co-infections) are especially at risk of experiencing advanced aging.  Read More

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