What's New at The BodyHIV/AIDS News You Can UseJuly 23, 2001 | ||||||||||
Visitors' SurveyTake The Body's Summer 2001 Visitor Survey and win an Amazon.com gift certificate! We want to find out who you are and what you like and dislike about our site! Please take a moment to let us know!Dating and HIV"Nothing has had more of an impact upon gay men's sexuality and relationships with friends and lovers than HIV/AIDS." HIV-positive psychotherapist and prolific author Michael Shernoff offers helpful insights into sex, dating, romance and HIV/AIDS for gay men.AIDS Poetry"You closed your eyes, and I said goodbyeAs tears rolled down my face; I held your hand as you died Wishing I could take your place. . . ." Poems by readers of Body Positive. New Research AgendaActivists demanded a new research agenda and sent a consensus statement to the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Read the statement that was sent and look at the SMART study, recently approved for funding by the NIH. It's a long-term clinical endpoint study in response to the consensus statement and it will focus on the use of antiretroviral therapy.When to Start TreatmentThe case against a when-to-start antiretroviral therapy trial by Dr. Jeffrey T. Schouten, in Research Initiative/Treatment Action!Dangers of EcstasyRead this interesting article about ecstasy and other recreational drugs and some of their dangers and interactions with HIV medications.News RoundupsAll the HIV/AIDS news of the last month, compiled by Ernie Evangelista of AIDS Survival Project. Click here to take a look.Body Positive also rounds up the latest HIV/AIDS news. Counterfeit DrugsBeware of counterfeit products! Recently there have been reports of two counterfeit drug products. One is counterfeit human growth hormone (rHGH, Serostim) and the other is counterfeit filgrastim (Neupogen). Read the details from Project Inform.STD 101Warts it all about? David Salyer looks at sexually transmitted diseases.Suppressing HIV with GinsengCan ginseng help suppress HIV? A research team suggests that one type of ginseng -- Korean red ginseng -- may contain compounds that have the ability to enhance the activities of immune cells. Read the details from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange.Women in Prison with HIV"Members of the HIV in Prison Committee of California Prison Focus (including myself) witnessed the seventh death of a woman prisoner since November 9th." A frightening report of what it's like for some women living with HIV in prison, from Judy Greenspan, in Positively Aware.Patrick WebbA look at the art of Patrick Webb, from Body Positive.Web Highlights
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