Even with evidence of brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease, highly educated individuals manage to score higher on cognitive tests. Results from this study are published in the November issue of Archives of Neurology. Currently there exists a popular notion - the "cognitive reserve" hypothesis - that people with greater thinking, learning, and memory capabilities can delay symptom of Alzheimer's disease even as the brain is changing. More at...
The New York Times recently examined HIV/AIDS among U.S. residents older than age 50. HIV-positive people are living longer as the virus has become more manageable; however, HIV is "more aggressive" in older people because the immune system begins to deteriorate naturally as people age, according to the Times.
More at...The Angolan government will carry out an HIV awareness campaign and provide no-cost HIV testing and treatment in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus in the country, which has been largely unaffected by the disease because of a 27-year civil war that prevented travel in and out of the country, Reuters reports.
More at...HIV prevention efforts in Namibia should "put more emphasis" on changing behavior and reducing HIV-associated stigma and discrimination, Namibian Health Minister Richard Kamwi said recently at a one-day meeting on the National HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategy in the Namibian capital of Windhoek, The Namibian/AllAfrica.com reports.
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