Experts test drugs that fight neuroAIDS
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061002/ap_on_he_me/healthbeat_hiv_brain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061002/capt.d97c9a2991004b8899a8d2984c498659.hiv_brain_wx102_jpg.jpg?x=130&y=80&sig=Tmw2J9sPA9n84lD.849Jjg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="These images of brain scans released by the University of Rochester, N.Y., show a healthy brain, left, and the brain of a patient with neuroAIDS; the white areas indicate brain cell loss. The AIDS virus can sneak into the brain to cause dementia, despite today's best medicines, an Achilles heel of HIV therapy. Now scientists are beginning to test drugs that may protect the brain from the memory loss and other symptoms of so-called neuroAIDS that afflicts at least one in five people with HIV, and is becoming more common as patients live longer. (AP Photo/University of Rochester)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's an Achilles' heel of HIV therapy: The AIDS virus can sneak into the brain to cause dementia, despite today's best medicines.</p><br clear="all"/>