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What's New at The BodyHIV/AIDS News You Can UseAugust 22, 2001 | ||||||||||
Structured Treatment Interruption"I am currently logging the progress of my longest time off therapy since this experiment began some five years ago. My March 2001 viral load, nine months off therapy, was a mere 12,000 copies; my CD4s, at 660, were higher than ever -- even on the protease triple combo." Mike Barr writes about his experiments with AIDS treatments.Growth Hormone for LipodystrophyResearchers reported results from six males with HIV who received growth hormone at a dose of 3mg per day injected under the skin. Over the course of six months of GH use, the drug reduced buffalo humps and excess fat that had built up in their abdomens. Click here for more details.Clarithromycin and Nevirapine InteractionBizarre side effects from an interaction between nevirapine and clarithromycin have been reported. Read the details from the Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange. Or ask The Body's experts your question.HIV and Hepatitis CGot a question about HIV and hepatitis C virus coinfection? Check out this new fact sheet from the CDC.Saving ADAP in GeorgiaGerry Hoyt and Jeff Graham of AIDS Survival News struggle to save ADAP in Georgia. Read Gerry's notes on the process.Vitamin and Other SupplementsAIDS Survival Project looks at long-time survivor Nelson Vergel's vitamin and mineral supplement regimen.Finding Heterosexual AIDS SupportNo resources for heterosexuals with HIV? Sometimes you just have to start your own organization. Terry Wilder from AIDS Survival News tells you how.Daily News at The BodyBookmark this page! Read our daily news updates from the Centers for Disease Control. Or browse through back issues.Book Review"The bitter truth was that AIDS did not just happen to America -- it was allowed to happen by an array of institutions, all of which failed to perform their appropriate tasks to safeguard the public health," wrote San Francisco Chronicle reporter Randy Shilts. Body Positive takes a fresh look at Randy Shilts' re-released book: And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic.Loss and AIDSAntoinette-Marie Williams writes about her brother, Houston -- who died July 9, 1989 of AIDS:A phone call sends me to the hospital To see my brother lying there, dying there. Unable to communicate -- His eyes closed. And then his eyes sunk. And then his eyes sunk deeper. Now no longer with us . . . But mostly I remember his bright eyes! Online Archive of The Body's UpdatesMissed one of The Body's updates? Check out our online archive!Web Highlights
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