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Study Says Cannabis Helps HIV Patients Maintain Cognitive Function
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By <span class="reviewer" itemprop="author">Duke London </span> on <span class="dtreviewed"> <time class="value-datetime" datetime="2017-12-14T17:10:46+00:00" itemprop="datePublished"> December 14th, 2017</time></span>
In a potentially groundbreaking discovery, a new Michigan State University (MSU) study says that medical marijuana may be able to decelerate the mental decline that affects as many as 50 percent of patients with HIV.
Its believed that cognitive function decreases in many of those with HIV partly due to chronic inflammation that occurs in the brain, explained Norbert Kaminski, lead author of the MSU study, which can be found in the journal AIDS. This happens because the immune system is constantly being stimulated to fight off disease.
The human immunodeficiency virus attacks the immune cells our body needs to protect itself, and while patients can take a drug cocktail to keep it at bay, the white blood cells can become overstimulated as a result, causing inflammation.....
https://www.marijuana.com/news/2017/12/s...-function/
Study Says Cannabis Helps HIV Patients Maintain Cognitive Function
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By <span class="reviewer" itemprop="author">Duke London </span> on <span class="dtreviewed"> <time class="value-datetime" datetime="2017-12-14T17:10:46+00:00" itemprop="datePublished"> December 14th, 2017</time></span>
In a potentially groundbreaking discovery, a new Michigan State University (MSU) study says that medical marijuana may be able to decelerate the mental decline that affects as many as 50 percent of patients with HIV.
Its believed that cognitive function decreases in many of those with HIV partly due to chronic inflammation that occurs in the brain, explained Norbert Kaminski, lead author of the MSU study, which can be found in the journal AIDS. This happens because the immune system is constantly being stimulated to fight off disease.
The human immunodeficiency virus attacks the immune cells our body needs to protect itself, and while patients can take a drug cocktail to keep it at bay, the white blood cells can become overstimulated as a result, causing inflammation.....
https://www.marijuana.com/news/2017/12/s...-function/