Index of Articles From Test Positive Aware Network (TPAN)

2012

• Controversy Surrounds AIDS Memorial Park in NYC (February 6, 2012)
• HealthHIV Survey of HIV and Primary Care Doctors Finds Concern (February 6, 2012)
• New Protein Discovery Could Lead to New HIV Drugs (February 6, 2012)
• Do What Fred Says! (February 6, 2012)
• Ishaug Steps Down as AIDS United President and CEO (February 6, 2012)

2011

• First Clinical Trial of ARV Vaginal Ring Underway (November 23, 2011)
• Gilead and Tibotec Agree on New Single-Tablet Regimen (November 23, 2011)
• Capsaicin Patch for Neuropathy Granted FDA Review (November 23, 2011)
• AIDS Activism From USCA to Obama Campaign Headquarters (November 23, 2011)
• Chicago Transgender Activist Dies (November 23, 2011)
• Photographs From "A Day With HIV in America" Now Online (November 3, 2011)
  Dozens of images taken on one day, September 21, 2011, chronicle the lives of people living with and affected by HIV in America.
• Editor's Note: Back to the Drawing Board (September/October 2011)
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• Raising Awareness to an Art Form (September/October 2011)
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• What You Can Do to Control Your Risk for Heart Complications (September/October 2011)
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• Opportunistic Infections in 2011 (September/October 2011)
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• Conference Update From IAS 2011: Towards a Cure (September/October 2011)
  While research progresses, challenges persist.
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• Conference Update From IAS 2011: Prevention (September/October 2011)
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• Conference Update From IAS 2011: Medication News (September/October 2011)
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• Understanding the Puzzle That Is Our Immune System (September/October 2011)
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• Some of the Most Important Lab Tests and What They Mean (September/October 2011)
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• How a Case Manager Can Help You Find the Services You Need (September/October 2011)
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• Newly Diagnosed or Long-Term Survivor -- What Everyone Should Know About HIV and Their Rights (September/October 2011)
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• Practically Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Meds (September/October 2011)
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• Know Where to Look: Consider the Source When Searching for Information (September/October 2011)
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• ADAP Advocacy Is Alive and Well (September/October 2011)
  A report on the fourth annual ADAP Advocacy Association Conference.
• What Makes the HPTN 052 Study So Significant? (September/October 2011)
  An interview with Myron Cohen, the study's lead author.
• To Tell or Not? Disclosure Should Be Made to Measure (September/October 2011)
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• "If They Could Just See" -- A Day With HIV in America (September 14, 2011)
• PositivelyFrisky.com Launches (July 18, 2011)
  PositivelyFrisky.com is an invite-only site that gives a fun and lighthearted community forum to those living with HIV.
• HIV/AIDS Legislation Watch: July 18, 2011 (July 18, 2011)
• NIH Funds New Research Strategy for an HIV Cure (July 18, 2011)
• Chicago AIDS Advocate Denied Medication While in Jail (July 5, 2011)
• New Contest Recognizes Heroes in the Fight Against HIV (July 5, 2011)
• Tibotec and Gilead Team Up to Develop Prezista/Cobicistat Combo (July 5, 2011)
• Tobira Therapeutics Initiates Phase 2b Trial of Cenicriviroc (July 5, 2011)
• HIV/AIDS Legislation Watch, July 5, 2011 (July 5, 2011)
• Illinois Alliance for Sound AIDS Policy Launches Anti-Stigma Campaign (April 4, 2011)
• HIV-Positive Organ Donation Could Save 500 Lives Per Year, Study Finds (April 4, 2011)
• New HIV Infections Decline in San Francisco (April 4, 2011)
• ViiV/GSK NNRTI "761" Development Placed on Hold by FDA (February 16, 2011)
• AIDS United Announces Access to Care (A2C) Programs (February 16, 2011)
• FDA Approves Reyataz Labeling Update for Pregnant Women (February 16, 2011)
• USAID Joins Forces to Fight Pediatric HIV/AIDS in Tanzania (February 16, 2011)
• Legislation Watch: ADAP Advocacy Association's 2010 Congressional Scorecard (February 16, 2011)
• Shionogi-ViiV Healthcare Starts Phase 3 Trial for "572-Trii" (January/February 2011)
• Fair Pricing Coalition Brokers Rescue of Troubled ADAP (January/February 2011)
• Emergency ADAP Summit Attendees Send Letter to President Obama (January/February 2011)
• STD Rates in San Francisco Continue to Climb (January/February 2011)
• NNPA Announces Year-Long Series on AIDS in Black America (January 24, 2011)
• Egrifta Patient Support Information Now Available (January 24, 2011)
• California Medical Center Celebrates 15-Year Milestone (January 24, 2011)
• AIDS United Sends Help to Puerto Rico (January 24, 2011)

2010

• ADAP Crisis Deepens as More Are Disenrolled (November 17, 2010)
• FDA Advisory Committee Supports Approval of Gardasil for Prevention of Anal Cancer and AIN in Both Men and Women (November 17, 2010)
• Study of New ViiV HIV Integrase Inhibitor Yields Encouraging Early Results (November 11, 2010)
• CDC Reports 50 Million Americans Uninsured (November 10, 2010)

September/October 2010

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• Faith, Hope and Destiny
  Editor's note.
  By Jeff Berry
• Atripla's Co-Pay Program Now Saves More Money
  By Enid Vázquez
• Testosterone: A Man's Guide
  By Enid Vázquez
• Successful Safe Sex Intervention for African-American Couples
  By Enid Vázquez
• One on One With Sharon Lewin
  By Jeff Berry
• Ask the HIV Specialist: What Is the Difference Between My Doctor and the NP Who Sometimes Sees Me?
  By Mary Beth Alder, Ph.d., A.P.R.N., A.A.H.I.V.S.
• Get Sharp: Quest for a Cure
  An activist donates his DNA to the cause.
  By Matt Sharp
• What's Goin' On? Lessons From the Book of Real
  Critical conversation produces critical reflection.
  By Keith R. Green
• Wholistic Picture: Advance and Retreat
  By Sue Saltmarsh
• Renewed Hope
  Efforts to discover a cure for HIV take on a new life -- but it still won't be easy.
  By Bob Huff
• Getting Closer
  Studies take aim at eradicating the virus.
  By Enid Vázquez
• Update: 2010 International AIDS Conference
  Tales from Vienna: The world's AIDS community converges upon Vienna for the International AIDS Conference
  Reported by Enid Vázquez
• Virtual You
  Tips for writing your personal profile.
  By Brett Grodeck
• Status Symbols
  Cleveland rocks at fighting stigma and discrimination.
  By Sue Saltmarsh
• Republicans to ADAP's Rescue?
  Senate Democrats are MIA in the effort to end ADAP waiting lists; could Republicans be the saviors?
  By Sue Saltmarsh

July/August 2010

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• What Makes a Good Advocate?
  Editor's note.
  By Jeff Berry
• West Side Stories
  Black women discuss life, family and HIV.
  By Enid Vázquez
• Stella's Journey
  From survival to healing.
  By Enid Vázquez
• Lessons From the Frontline
  Advocates discuss communities at risk.
  By Enid Vázquez
• The Power of Advocacy
  A first-hand account of how testimony helped win an FDA panel's approval of a new drug.
  By Jeff Berry
• HIV Wellness Series: Ready, Set ... When?
  Debate continues over when to begin treatment.
  By David Alain Wohl, M.D.
• To Start, or Not to Start?
  Leading advocates and physicians offer their thoughts on a new study.
  By Jeff Berry
• Ask the HIV Specialist: White Blood Cell and Neutrophil Loss on HAART
  By Bruce Rashbaum, M.D., A.A.H.I.V.S.
• Salient Ramblings: Imagining a Perfect Future -- Without HIV or Race
  By Sal Iaocpelli

May/June 2010

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• Dual Stigma
  Editor's note.
  By Jeff Berry
• Briefly
  By Enid Vázquez
• Ask the HIV Specialist
  Jason Faulhaber, M.D., A.A.H.I.V.S.
• HIV Wellness Series: HIV, Your HAART and You
  Gary Blick, M.D., A.A.H.I.V.S.
• The Buzz: Something to CROI About
  Three integrase inhibitors offer great promise.
  Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• What's Goin' On? Finding Your Voice in the Aftermath of Abuse
  Keith R. Green
• Wholistic Picture: Assumption of Sadness
  Sue Saltmarsh
• CROI Conference Update
  Jeff Berry and Enid Vázquez
• Hepatitis Highlights From CROI
  Sexual transmission of hepatitis B, hepatitis C survival in syringes and more.
  By Liz Highleyman
• Is It All in Your Head?
  Every biological aspect of living with HIV has a psychological response.
  Marshall Forstein, M.D.
• Economic Impact
  Economic hard times can be another complication when living with HIV.
  By Jeff Levy, L.C.S.W.
• Threads of Connection
  One man's quilt and its journey.
  Sue Saltmarsh

March/April 2010

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• Reader's Forum
• The Art and Science of Treating HIV
  Editor's note.
  By Jeff Berry
• Tips for Using This Guide
  By Jeff Berry
• HIV Drug Guide Introduction: Mix and Match
  With as many as six drug categories, more than ever, how to treat HIV can become a matter of strategy.
  By Joel Gallant, M.D., M.P.H.
• The 14th Annual HIV Drug Guide
  Updated by Swarup Mehta, Pharm.D., M.B.A., A.A.HIV.E. and Enid Vázquez
• 2010 HIV Drug Chart (PDF)
  Sponsored by Walgreens
• A Dose of Unintended Consequences
  A quick guide to HIV drug interactions.
  Updated by Swarup Mehta, Pharm.D., M.B.A., A.A.HIV.E. and Enid Vázquez
• Cause and (Side) Effects
  A quick guide to HIV drug side effects.
  Updated by Swarup Mehta, Pharm.D., M.B.A., A.A.HIV.E. and Enid Vázquez
• New to the Game?
  Current DHHS treatment guidelines for first time therapy.
• One on One With Cal Cohen, M.D.
  Stalemate -- but not checkmate: An expert takes on the challenges.
  By Jeff Berry
• Coming Down the Line
  Several new drugs in development offer hope for the future.
  By Swarup Mehta, Pharm.D.
• Pick a Card, Pick a Plan
  How and where to get financial support to help pay for your meds.
  By Jeff Berry

January/February 2010

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• Readers Forum
• The Year of the Tiger
  Editor's note.
  By Jeff Berry
• News Briefs
  By Enid Vázquez
• A User's Guide to Health Care Reform
  What's at stake in national health care reform for HIV-positive people and what you can do about it.
  By David Ernesto Munar
• Is Anybody Out There?
  Life with HIV down on the farm or in Small Town, U.S.A.
  By Sue Saltmarsh
• Agnes Nyamayarwo: A True Fighter
  A Ugandan nurse teaches Bono and the world where she finds her courage.
  By Jeff Berry
• A Bad Break -- Bone Issues in People With HIV
  What we've learned so far, and what you can do.
  By Patrick G. Clay, Pharm.D.
• One-on-One With Donna Sweet, M.D., AAHIVS
  The woman "behind the curtain" in Kansas.
  Interview by Jeff Berry
• The ABCs of ADAPs
  The past, present, and future of AIDS Drug Assistance Programs.
  By Lanny Cross
• ICAAC Update
  Three new drugs in development, plus Isentress with Reyataz.
  By Enid Vázquez
• Ask the HIV Specialist
  This issue's specialist: Richard Prokesch, M.D., AAHIVS.
• Dissecting the "Rocket Science" Behind Rising HIV Infection Rates Among Black MSM in Chicago
  A practical perspective.
  By Keith R. Green
• More Than We Seem
  A spark of specialness.
  By Sue Saltmarsh
• Salient Ramblings
  "I'd like to be, under the sea, in an octopus' garden, in the shade." -- The Beatles.
  By Sal Iacopelli

2009

November/December 2009

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• Got Lube?
  The slippery slope for African men who don't.
  By Jim Pickett
• HIV Care in the Correctional Setting
  An overview of the reality and the challenges.
  By Chad Zawitz, M.D.
• Fighting HIV, One Grandmother at a Time
  Necessity is the grandmother of invention in Khayelitsha.
  By Jeff Berry
• Good Things for Corrections Staff to Know
  An HIV/AIDS primer.
  By Enid Vázquez
• The Reverend Doris Green
  A prison minister shares the peace of her own survival.
  By Enid Vázquez
• The Down Low vs. the Lockdown
  Shining a light on prison sexual violence.
  By Laura Jones, M.H.S.
• Chrysalis
  Breaking free of the cocoon.
  By Billy Minshall
• I Smile Now
  A story of redemption.
  By Sue Saltmarsh

September/October 2009

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• HIV Stigma and Disclosure
  Can social support help?
  By Zoltan Nabilek
• What's Next?
  Beyond the test.
  By Sue Saltmarsh
• OIs and Co-Infections and STIs -- Oh, My!
  Staying healthy with HIV.
  By Enid Vázquez
• Clinical Courtship or Medical Matrimony
  Finding the doctor who's your ideal partner in care.
  By Ray Mobley
• It's the End of the World as We Know It
  (And I Feel Fine)
  By Sal Iacopelli
• Design for Living
  Jack Mackenroth takes his message of hope on the road, battling stigma along the way.
  By Jeff Berry
• HIV and Your Immune System
  How they work and why it's important.
  By Joseph S. Cervia, M.D., F.A.C.P., F.A.A.P., F.I.D.S.A., A.A.H.I.V.S.
• What's for Breakfast (and Lunch and Dinner)?
  HIV and what you eat, drink and take.
  By Sue Saltmarsh
• Exercise: The Best Therapy for Managing Side Effects
  How to stay active and energetic.
  By Michael Mooney and Nelson Vergel

July/August 2009

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• The Feminization of an Epidemic
  Women and HIV in the United States.
  By Saraswati Iobst, M.D. and Monica Gandhi, M.D., M.P.H.
• Protect Yourselves, Ladies
  Young or old, black women continue to be at higher risk.
  By Enid Vázquez
• Interview With Evany Turk
  A success story.
  By Sue Saltmarsh
• Tiger Medicine
  A Native American woman's story.
  By Sue Saltmarsh
• Prepping for a PrEP Trial
  Critical observations before the study even begins.
  By Keith R. Green
• Doctors Urge the Government to Keep Up With Medical Progress
  HIV policy and funding left in the dust of treatment success.
  By Enid Vázquez

May/June 2009

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• The Graying Epidemic
  Editor's Note
  By Jeff Berry
• Beyond Ripe
  But hanging in there!
  By Jim Pickett
• Aging With HIV
  Lessons from CROI 2009.
  By Victor Valcour, M.D.
• Nelson Vergel: Going Beyond Survival
  A leading advocate's thoughts on getting the most out of life.
  By Jeff Berry
• You're Not Getting Any Younger
  Embrace it!
  By Matt Sharp
• Break No Bones About It
  HIV itself -- as well as medications and traditional causes -- may increase the risk of fracture.
  By Enid Vázquez

March/April 2009

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• HIV Drugs in the Pipeline
  A concise summary of drugs further along in development.
  By Paul Djuricich, R.Ph. Pharm.D.

January/February 2009

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• The Biography of an HIV Doctor
  A 20-year retrospective.
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• To Return to the Closet, or Not?
  Embracing life outside of HIV.
  By Keith R. Green
• One on One With Barack Obama
  The politics of HIV.
  Interview by Jeff Berry
• HIV Treatment News From the 48th ICAAC
  A round-up of reports.
  By Enid Vázquez
• Starting Therapy Earlier Found to Improve Survival
  Study raises the implications of more testing, less transmission.
  By Enid Vázquez
• Lipodystrophy Conference Update
  By Jeff Berry

2008

November/December 2008

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• Ambassador of Healing
  YouthAIDS ambassador Seane Corn circles the globe teaching the healing power of yoga.
  By Jeff Berry
• Race, Sex and Pregnancy
  A round-up of news in special populations.
  By Enid Vázquez
• World AIDS Day 2008: Some Thoughts on Leadership
• Statistics 101
  A basic guide to the numbers game behind research.
  By Amy G. Cutrell
• Sexual Encounters With Undetectable HIV-Positive Men
  A controversy about HIV transmission.
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• The Beating of Your Heart
  Special conference looks at what's known -- and not known -- about cardiovascular disease in HIV.
  By Enid Vázquez

September/October 2008

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• Methadone Wellness
  Doctor and advocate Sarz Maxwell on the science -- and madness.
  Interview by Enid Vázquez
• Comparing Two Integrase Inhibitors
  The first head-to-head study comparing raltegravir and elvitegravir.
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• Spotlight on Houston Buyers Club
  Club founder Fred Walters Jr. talks about the history of HBC and the importance of nutritional supplements.
  Interview by Jeff Berry
• Life Savers
  On the front lines at the FDA.
  By Matt Sharp
• A Personal Story
  Learning to live and love, all over again.
  By Kim Johnson
• Wellness Checklist
  Important things to consider when you're HIV-positive.
  By Joel Gallant, M.D., M.P.H.
• The Next Generation of Human Growth Hormone
  How serostim and tesamorelin measure up.
  By Brett Grodeck
• Long-Term Survivors of HIV and Wellness
  No longer an oxymoron.
  By Jeff Levy, L.C.S.W.
• What's Going On? The Glamorous Life of HIV
  Twisted words, hurt feelings, and redemption.
  By Keith R. Green
• Pickett Fences: And the Band Plays On
  Beyond testing.
  By Jim Pickett

July/August 2008

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• Safer Sex Post-SRS: A Brave New World, Indeed
  Answers to questions about sexual safety after sex reassignment surgery.
  By Laura Jones
• Ginger Valdez: Glamour and Grit, Advocacy and Outreach
  By Enid Vázquez
• Joy Morris-Hightower
  Survival and transcendence, blessed and not damned.
  By Enid Vázquez
• Lois Bates
  The essence of strength, courage and wisdom.
  By Keith R. Green
• Wholistic Picture: Balancing Male and Female
  We all carry both genders within.
  By Sue Saltmarsh
• The Buzz: HAART 2.0
  Some future hope, a current nightmare.
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• A Transgender Therapy Primer
  Basic information for hormonal treatment and drug interaction.
  By Enid Vázquez
• The Invisible
  A quick look at the HIV/AIDS epidemic in a group often overlooked.
  By Gretchen P. Kenagy, Ph.D., M.S.W.
• Transgender Therapy and HIV
  Two complicated conditions rolled into one.
  By Enid Vázquez
• One-On-One With Alexandra Billings
  The star of stage and screen talks to PA about the importance of love, humor and her Chicago roots.
  By Jeff Berry
• An Interview With Walter Bockting, Ph.D.
  A leading expert on HIV in the transgender community explains why there's more work to be done.
  By Jeff Berry
• Policing Gender and Sexuality
  Transgender sex workers, HIV and justice.
  By Darby Hickey

May/June 2008

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• The Papilloma Chronicles
  A personal perspective on HPV and anal cancer.
  By Matt Sharp
• The Price of Surviving HIV
  Aging and complications.
  By Matt Sharp
• Co-Infection at the 2008 Retrovirus Conference
  Liver fibrosis, hep C treatment, and the role of ART.
  By Liz Highleyman
• Tesamorelin for Fat Accumulation
  52-week effects and safety of tesamorelin (growth hormone releasing factor) in HIV patients with fat accumulation.
  By Dan Berger, M.D.
• An Opportunity to Overcome My Fear of HIV
  Sometimes our greatest fear is fear itself.
  By Carolyn Anne Paulius with Peter Ji, Ph.D.
• What Is Sacred?
  Sacredness and sexuality, side by side.
  By Tony Hollenback
• That Hump
  Reflections on the rising rates of STIs in African-American teenage girls.
  By Keith R. Green
• The Setpoint Study (Study A5217)
  A randomized study comparing immediate treatment vs. treatment as indicated in newly-infected HIV-positive patients.
  By the A5217 Study Team
• Editor's Note
  Four minutes to save the world.
  By Jeff Berry

March/April 2008

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• River Huston -- I Feel Good!
  Attaining survival through illness.
  By River Huston
• Evelyn Hernandez Valentino -- No Longer Alone in the Desert
  One woman's quest to raise awareness.
  By Enid Vázquez
• Dating Positively
  When should we disclose our status while dating?
  By Matthew Carter
• Tony Mills, M.D.: International Dr. Leather
• Snake Oil for Meth Addiction -- Only 15k
  We need good science, not shady marketing.
  By Jim Pickett
• Matthew Cusick -- Performance Extraordinaire
  A victory for all.
  By Jeff Berry
• Brett Grodeck -- Infinite Possibilities
  A former editor catches up.
  By Brett Grodeck
• Dazon Dixon Diallo -- Sisterly Love at its Best
  Helping those in need.
  By Keith R. Green
• Martell Randolph -- Rare Virus, Rare Strength
  A struggle against the lesser-known HIV-2.
  By Keith R. Green

January/February 2008

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2007

November/December 2007

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• Editor's Note: In My Own World AIDS
  By Jeff Berry
• Metabolic Complications Myths
  Some misunderstandings about treatment.
  By David Alain Wohl, M.D.
• Highlights of Biomedical Prevention Strategies
  Methods to prevent HIV from the angle of biology offer hope.
  By Keith R. Green
• Get Sharp: Mr. Sharp Goes to Washington
  Advocating for a new drug before the FDA.
  By Matt Sharp
• Pickett Fences: Deliverance
  Deeply disturbed.
  By Jim Pickett
• Complications in HIV Treatment
  TB and co-infection news from IAS.
  By Bill Farrand
• Update on New Antiretroviral Drugs
  An interview with Harold Kessler, M.D.
  By Matt Sharp
• Getting Things Done
  AmeriCorps program offers invaluable training while providing service to HIV/AIDS community.
  By Leslie Anderson

September/October 2007

• What to Check Under the Hood
  Some of the most important tests, and what they mean.
  By Judith Feinberg, M.D.
• A Brief History of HIV
  A look at the medical and political landscape.
  By Bill Farrand
• Rejected Because of Your HIV Status?
  By Jack Degnan
• Complications and Emerging Connections
  By Enid Vazquez
• Legal Issues for the Newly Diagnosed: Important Things to Consider and Tips for Protecting Yourself
  By Justin Hayford
• Counting Beans: A Look at Epidemiology
  By Matt Sharp
• How HIV Does (and Does Not) Infect, and How it Replicates: A Quick Look at the Transmission and Lifecycle of the Virus
  By Chad Zawitz, M.D.
• An Open Letter: Woman to Woman
  On great liberation, and more.
  By Heidi M. Nass
• Pickett Fences: Big Deal
  Offering advice to a friend who tests positive.
  By Jim Pickett

July/August 2007

• Charity Begins at Home: Or It Might Not Happen at All
  By Keith R. Green
• The Buzz: Syphilis Complications After Starting Treatment for HIV
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• Is HIV a Gay Disease? What U.S. Statistics Show
  By Enid Vázquez
• Gay Sex, Cash, and Webcams: An Inside Look at an Illegal Porn Operation Featuring Black and Latino Men
  By Keith R. Green
• Critical Encounters: Students at Columbia College Effect Change Through Art
  By Jeff Berry
• Bi Bi Baby: I Need Help
  By Jim Pickett
• You're Fired! Changing Your Doctor
  By Matt Sharp
• The Emotional Needs of HIV-Positive Patients: Gay or Straight, Control Is Paramount
  By Marah J. Lee, D.O., F.A.C.P., A.A.H.I.V.S.

May/June 2007

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• Sweet Release: An Exercise for Letting Go of Negative Energy
  By Sue Saltmarsh
• A New Approach: Immune-Based Treatments Against HIV
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• What's Love Got to Do With It? The Emotional Side of Serodiscordant Relationships
  By Keith R. Green
• Demystifying MRSA: Drug-Resistant Bacteria Threatens HIV Community
  By Rupali Jain, Pharm.D.

March/April 2007

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• Rescue Me
  By Jeff Berry
• There's Nothing Routine About HIV: CDC's Recommendations for HIV Testing
  By Matt Sharp
• The Burning Bowl: An Rx for the Spiritual Health of the AIDS Advocacy Movement
  By Jim Pickett
• Tales of Salvage: Three Men Tell Their Story in a New Era of HIV Treatment
  By Enid Vázquez
• When Opposites Attract: An Exploration of Serodiscordant Relationships
  By Keith Green
• Managing Long-Term Side of Effects of HIV Therapy: What to Look for and Tips to Use
  By Maurice W. Oelklaus, D.O., F.A.A.F.P., Charlott L. Williams, R.N., C.C.R.C., and Patrick G. Clay, Pharm.D.
• A People Who Once Were
  By Keith Green

2006

Fall 2006

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• Editor's Note: The Deluxe Tune-Up Issue
  By Heidi M. Nass
• Lessons I Learned From Dr. Cruise Control: How One Man's Search for a Doctor Taught Him to Be an Active Participant in His Own Health Care
  By Greg Milward
• In Sickness and in Health: A Conversation About Doctor-Patient Relationships
  By Heidi M. Nass With Greg Milward
• The 10-Point Inspection, HIV-Style: What to Check Under the Hood -- Some of the Most Important Tests, and What They Mean
  By Judith Feinberg, M.D.
• Helping Your Antiretrovirals Help You: Things to Consider When Choosing What Goes in the Tank
  By Melissa Ngo, Pharm.D.
• Can It Get Even Better Than This? You Don't Need to Trade in for a Newer Model -- You Can Live Longer and Better ... While Controlling HIV
  By Charlie Smigelski, R.D.
• Don't Forget Your Head: Before You Get Behind the Wheel, Make Sure You Are in Full Control
  By Tonia Poteat, PA-C

September/October 2006

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• HIV and the Kidneys: How to Know When Something Is Wrong, and Why It Is Important
  By Lynda Anne Szczech, M.D., MSCE, FASN
• One on One: U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL)
  Interview by Jeff Berry
• How to Survive a Trip to the Hospital
  By Jim Schniepp, Pharm.D.
• Who Will Be There for Us?
  By Jeff Berry
• Shit Storm: Treatment Trauma With No Umbrella
  By Jim Pickett
• Half Century: Turning Fifty Hasn't Detracted From Surviving AIDS
  By Matt Sharp
• Banishing Chipmunk Cheeks and Bullfrog Neck: Treating These and Other Body Changes From HIV Drugs
  By Enid Vázquez
• The Tingling of My Heart: Little Did I Know I Had a Cardiac Condition
  By Laird Petersen
• Women's Sexual Health: Taking Care of Our Winks
  By Barbara Marcotte
• Gay Games Athletes Are All Winners: Profiles of Three Positive Contenders
  By Jeff Berry

July/August 2006

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• No Longer a Child: Transitioning Into Adult Care Terrifies Youth With HIV
  By Enid Vázquez
• Dating, Youth and HIV: From Both Sides -- Teenagers Try to Make Sense of It All
  Interviews by Keith R. Green
• Metabolic FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Metabolic Syndrome
  By Carla R. Heiser, M.S., R.D., L.D., and James T. Barrett, M.D.
• Voices of Hope: A Group of Young Adults, Out to Change the World, One Stop at a Time
  By Jeff Berry
• The History of Hope's Voice: Interview With Todd Murray
  By Jeff Berry
• Having a Ball: A Look at an Underground Youth Community That Has Taken HIV Prevention and Awareness Into Its Own Hands
  By Keith R. Green
• "Live Fast, Die Young": Born With HIV, a Young Man's Story of Addiction and Survival
  Interview by Enid Vázquez
• HIV Treatment Series: Care of the HIV-Positive Adolescent
  Developmental stages and provider sensitivity play a special role
  By Margo Bell, M.D.
• Every Hour: A Young Person Becomes Infected With HIV in This Country Every 60 Minutes
  By Enid Vázquez
• Kenya's Tale: A Short Story for Young People on Courage, Love and Triumph Over Living With HIV
  By Keith R. Green
• Politics and HIV: Statement From Representative Rahm Emanuel (IL-5)
• AIDS Policy Update: 2006 Ushers in the Era of "The Medical Approach"
  By David Munar and Jim Pickett
• What's Goin' On? The Little Voice Within
  A youth with HIV learns to trust life
  By Keith R. Green
• The Wholistic Picture: Response Ability
  Responding to others, responding to yourself
  By Sue Saltmarsh

May/June 2006

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• Treatment Interruptions: Reviewing What We've Learned So Far
  By Kaleo Staszkow, M.D.
• 13th Conference On Retrovirus and Opportunistic Infections: What's New Pussycat? HIV and the Battle for the Vagina
  By Enid Vázquez
• Gay Games Profiles: Athletes With HIV Show Their Winning Attitudes
  By Keith R. Green
• One-on-One: U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL): The Politics of HIV
  Interview by Jeff Berry
• The Dawn of a New Treatment: A Look at Experimental HIV Integrase Inhibitors
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• AIDS @ 25: Personal Reflections on the Epidemic
  • And So We Prepared to Die
    By Mary Fisher
  • The Gift of Life
    By Steve Wakefield
  • AIDS Has Not Gone Away
    By Howard Grossman, M.D.

March/April 2006

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• HIV Treatment Series: Early Intervention for Metabolic Complications of HIV: A Healthy Lifestyle and Treatment Early on May Prevent Complications Down the Road
  By Carla R. Heiser, M.S., R.D., L.D., and James T. Barrett, M.D.
• One-on-One: Mardge Cohen: A Chicago Doctor Making a Difference in Rwanda
  Interview by Jeff Berry
• Hepatitis B: The Other Hepatitis Virus: Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of HIV/HBV Co-Infection -- Part One of Two
  By James Learned
• What's Goin' On? Meditations at Sundown
  By Keith R. Green
• Pickett Fences: Sissster Chrissstian
  By Jim Pickett
• The Wholistic Picture: Pressing the Bruise
  By Sue Saltmarsh
• A Special Girl, Two Special Doctors: Saving Lives, Saving the World
  By Enid Vázquez

January/February 2006

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• Misinformation in HIV/AIDS Care: There's More Than One Way to Skin a Virus
  By Matt Sharp
• 2006 HIV Drug Chart (PDF)

Special Winter 2006 Issue: HIV Drug Resistance and You

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• Editor's Note: Trying to Pin Down a Shape Shifter
  By Bob Munk
• Resistance Overview: A Look at the Basics
  By Bob Munk
• Using Resistance Testing in Clinical Practice: U.S. Guidelines, Cost, Limitations -- and Usefulness
  By Chad Zawitz, M.D.
• The Limitations of Drug Resistance Testing: Many Factors Influence the Results
  By Trevor Hawkins, M.D.
• Resistance Testing in Experienced Patients: Considerations When Changing Drugs
  By Andrew Zolopa, M.D.

2005

November/December 2005

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• Promoting Unity and Love in the Black Gay Community: A Challenging But Not Impossible Task
  By Keith R. Green
• If It Smells Like Fish, That Cat's Not Right: Infected With HIV at 15, a Young Peer Educator Tells It Like It Is to Teens
  Interview by Enid Vázquez
• Latinos and HIV: An Epidemic Waiting to Burst? -- David Munar of AIDS Foundation of Chicago Gives the Deal
  Interview by Enid Vázquez
• Friends for Life: One Doctor Takes HIV Prevention Into the Hood
  By Keith R. Green
• Microbicides: When, How and Why Care Now? -- Everything You Need to Know About This Prevention Product
  By Anna Forbes
• Black People and the Search for an HIV Vaccine: A Vaccine Advocate Gives Us the Low-Down
  By Steve Wakefield
• One-on-One With Phill Wilson: The Director of Black AIDS Institute Talks About Moving Forward
  Interview by Keith R. Green
• Nearly Half of Us May Already Be Infected -- Who Gives a Damn? An Open Letter to Black Gay and Bisexual Men
  By Black AIDS Institute
• Pickett Fences: Pity Lust -- Posterboy Madness
  By Jim Pickett
• My Kind of Life: Oye, Cuidate and Take Care of Your Comunidad Tambien! -- Hey, Take Care of Yourself and Your Community Too!
  By Carlos A. Perez
• The Wholistic Picture: Power or Not? -- It's About Finding the Truth and Purpose of Your Life
  By Sue Saltmarsh
• HIV Treatment Series: Adverse Health Outcomes Among Black Americans -- Living With HIV: Nature or Nurture?
  By David Malebranche, M.D., M.P.H.

September/October 2005

• Haiti: The Intersection of Race, Poverty and HIV: A Doctor Describes the Impact of an Epidemic on His Homeland
  By Keith R. Green
• 2005 IAS in Rio de Janeiro
  By Jeff Berry, Keith R. Green, Matt Sharp and Enid Vázquez
• Medicare's New Drug Program Creates Challenges: Part D is Part Drug Coverage, Part Difficult, Part Distressing
  By David Munar
• Why HIV Drug Resistance Matters: An Overview
  By James Learned
• Pickett Fences: Squat Close to the Load: When Safety Really Matters
  By Jim Pickett
• Crystal Meth Recovery: A Step-by-Step Guide
  By Enid V???zquez
• Why I Ride: Ride for AIDS Chicago Raises Funds and Awareness
  By Sherman Johnson
• My Kind of Life: How I Became My Doctor's Free Continuing Medical Education Provider: For One, Oxandrin Does Not Equal Excedrin
  By Carlos A. Perez

Special Fall 2005 Issue: How You Can Impact Treatment Outcomes -- Know More!

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• Editor's Note: Getting the Most Out of Treatment
  By James Learned
• A PK Primer: How Your Body Processes the Drugs You Take
  By Tim Horn
• Gastrointestinal Problems and HIV: The Effect on Treatment Success
  By Anne Monroe, M.D.
• Creating a Friendly Environment for Your HIV Medications: The Effect of Interactions
  By Joel L. Zive, R.Ph., Pharm.D. with James Learned
• Effectively Navigating the Healthcare System: You and Your Medical Team at Work
  By Jeannine Bookhardt-Murray, M.D., A.A.H.I.V.S.
• Resources

July/August 2005

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• Editor's Note: "You'll Shoot Your Eye Out!"
  By Jeff Berry
• The Wholistic Picture: Taking It on Faith -- God is Good, but Beware Earthly Condemnation
  By Sue Saltmarsh
• True Tales of Prevention: A PEP Worker Speaks, Plus a PEP Diary
  By Enid Vázquez
• One-on-One With Tim'm West: Tim'm West Journeys Into Self-Love -- for All
  By Keith Green
• Minocycline Shown to Have Protection for the Brain Against HIV: Results of a Preclinical Study Recently Published in JAMA
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• The Silver Van: Talking to People in Chicago's Blood Alley
  By Jeff Berry
• Ordinary Strangers: Mr. Clean, Lady Goodwill, and Other Folks at TPAN's Needle Exchange
  By Derek Worley
• Pickett Fences: Oh, if Only: We Wouldn't Play With Fire or Count Our Chickens Before They're Hatched
  By Jim Pickett
• Living With[out] Crystal Meth: Addicts Were "Those" People, Not Me
  By Eddie Young

May/June 2005

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• Guarded: A Young Man Struggles Through Fear and Sex
  By Justin Jones
• Voodoo or Valid? Alternative Therapies Benefit Those Living With HIV
  By Sue Saltmarsh
• Let's Talk About Sex
  By Jeff Berry
• Pickett Fences: Happy Town: I Met Angel in a Bathhouse in Bilbao
  By Jim Pickett
• Sex and Prevention: Learning From a Group of Men of Color
  By Keith R. Green
• The Phoenix Rises Again: "One Man's Story" Continues a Year After His Liver Transplant
  By George Martinez
• Round-Up From the 12th Annual Retrovirus Conference
  By Enid Vázquez
• My Kind of Life: Daddy Dearest on the Down Low
  By Carlos A. Perez
• It's the Best Time to Get HIV, and the Worst: While the Virus Finds its Way Around the Drugs, Newer Treatments Hold Hope
  By Stephen J. Fallon, Ph.D.
• Sexually-Transmitted Infections for HIV-Positive People: Signs and Symptoms of Common STDs, Warts and All
  By Laura Jones
• Surviving Abuse -- and Taking Care of Yourself: A Therapist Gives Strategies for Healing
  By Enid Vázquez

March/April 2005

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• Dating and Daring to Love Again: One Woman's Journey After Becoming a Young Widow
  By Barb Marcotte
• Talking 'bout Your Status
  By Barb Marcotte
• Small-Town Living and Loving: How One Woman Infected at 50 Went on to Find Happiness
  By Enid Vázquez
• The Buzz: Giraffes and HIV -- Treatment Interruptions With a Twist
  By Andrew Zalski, M.D.
• What's Goin' On: Sex, Lies and HIV -- Truth Hurts
  By Keith R. Green
• New Protease Inhibitor TMC-114: Preliminary 24-Week Late Breaker Results of the Phase II Trial
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• The Nebulous Spirit: On the Path Towards Reclaiming Your Spirituality, Expect Some Bumps Along the Way
  By Jeff Berry
• Pickett Fences: Work Your Action
  By Jim Pickett
• Lowering the Risk of HIV After Sex or Other Exposure
  By Tony Hosey, Pharm.D.
• Guys and Girls -- Interview With the Founder of NYC's Straight Social Group
  By Enid Vázquez
• Online Resources for HIV-Positive Heterosexuals
  Compiled by Laura Jones
• News Briefs
  By Enid Vázquez

January/February 2005

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• Editor's Note: Winners and Losers
  By Jeff Berry
• Combining the HIV Drugs
  By Enid Vázquez
• The Buzz: A New Era in HIV Treatment -- The Entry Inhibitors
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• Starting Treatment, Staying on Therapy
  By Ross Slotten, M.D.
• My Meantime Blues
  By Heidi M. Nass
• 2004 Positively Aware Index
• 2005 HIV Drug Chart (PDF)

Winter 2005 Special Issue: What's PK (Pharmacokinetics) Got to Do With It?

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• Supplement Introduction
  By Patrick G. Clay, Guest Editor
• What's PK (Pharmacokinetics) Got to Do With It?: The ABCs of Pharmacokinetics
  By Peter L. Anderson, Pharm.D.
• The Nukes: Each One Works a Little Differently
  By Patrick G. Clay, Pharm.D.
• The Non-Nukes: The Two Major Players
  By Jean Lee, Pharm.D.
• The Protease Inhibitor Drugs
  By James D. Scott, Pharm. D.

2004

November/December 2004

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• Editor's Note: Those Who Can, Teach
  By Jeff Berry
• News Briefs
  By Enid Vázquez
• The Buzz: Understanding Two Newly Formulated Once-Daily Combinations -- Truvada From Gilead Sciences and Epzicom From GlaxoSmithKline
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• What's Goin' On?: Silabha
  By Keith Green
• My Kind of Life: Peripheral Neuropathy
  By Carlos A. Perez
• Pickett Fences: Marathon Man
  By Jim Pickett
• Remembering Charles
  Compiled by Jeff Berry
• Access 101: Navigating the Rocky Waters of HIV/AIDS Healthcare -- A Guide to Finding Quality Healthcare Services
  By David Munar
• HIV/AIDS 101: The Three and Four Letter Acronyms
  By Carlos A. Perez
• Opportunistic Infections 101
  By Enid Vázquez
• Shifting Focus
  By Justin Patrick Jones
• HIV Treatment Series III: Part Two of Five -- How HIV Drugs Work
  By Steve Meyer, R.Ph.
• Facing Up to It: Bio-Alcamid as a Facial Filler to Treat Lipoatrophy
  By Matt Sharp
• Resources: Great Hotlines, Organizations and Web Sites
  By Enid Vázquez

September/October 2004

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• Special Conference Section: Access for All -- The Politics of Leadership
  By Charles E. Clifton
• Special Conference Section: New Drug Development -- Medications in the Pipeline
  By Matt Sharp
• Special Conference Section: News on Treatment and Social Issues -- Monotherapy, Clean Needles and More
  By Enid Vázquez
• Special Conference Section: News From the Centers for Disease Control -- Update on the U.S.
  By Enid Vázquez
• News Briefs
  By Enid Vázquez
• Livin' With It: Coping -- When We Can't Take It Anymore
  By Tom Setto
• Radical Red: Lydia Lazarus
  By Laura Jones
• In the Culture of NOW: The Arrival of the OraQuick Rapid HIV Test
  By Justin Patrick Jones

July/August 2004

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• Vaccines -- A Community Role for HIV: The Time to Get Involved Is Now
  By Edd Lee
• Let's Talk About It: Learning to Trust, Again
  By Keith R. Green
• Who Are We Hurting: The Hesitation by People of Color
  By William Strain
• HIV Treatment Series III: Part One of Five -- Crystal Methamphetamine and HIV -- A Catastrophe
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• My Kind of Life: I Was a Viread Guinea Pig -- With All My Paranoia, Baggage and Skepticism
  By Carlos A. Perez
• Pickett Fences: Mind the Gap -- Microbicides for the Coot ... and the Boot
  By Jim Pickett
• Going to Extremes to Stay Alive: From Study to Study Until the Cure
  By Matt Sharp
• Children's Research -- A Mom's Experience: One Family's Struggle to Survive
  By Eva Powell

May/June 2004

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• Organ Transplants: Promising News for Positive People
  By Enid Vázquez
• Waiting for a Transplant: One Man's Story
  By George S. Martinez, as told to Enid Vázquez
• HIV Treatment Series II: Part Four of Four -- The Diagnosis and Treatment of Depression in HIV-Infected People
  By Ross Slotten, M.D.
• Surviving Anal Cancer
  By Matt Sharp
• My Kind of Life: Not Just Another Healthy Drink
  By Carlos A. Perez
• Diet and Lipodystrophy
  By Megan Nicholson
• Will Lawmakers Save ADAP?
  By David Munar and Sara Schmitt
• ADAP: The Power for Change
  By Keith Green
• Managing Metabolic Syndrome
  By Edwin J. Bernard
• Lipodystrophy and Women: A Beach Ball on Sticks
  By Barbara Marcotte

March/April 2004

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• Drug Update: The Old, the New, the Still to Come
  By Patrick G. Clay, Pharm.D.
• Radical Red: Did You Ever Know That You're My Hero?
  By Laura Jones
• Adherence Conference: Elements of Success
  By Patrick G. Clay, Pharm.D.
• Using Nutrition to Ward Off Side Effects
  By Carla Heiser, R.D. and Tom Barrett, M.D.
• Livin' With It: The Dating Game
  By Tom Setto
• HIV Treatment Series II: Part Four of Four -- Hepatitis C Coinfection Review
  By Charles E.Clifton and Enid Vázquez
• Pickett Fences: Phat
  By Jim Pickett

January/February 2004

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• 2004 HIV Drug Chart (PDF)
• The Buzz: Taking Giant Steps Forward in Antiviral Drug Treatment
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• New Targets, New Drugs, Failed Trials and the Need for More Information
  By Stephen L. Becker, M.D.

2003

November/December 2003

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• Editor's Note: Where's the Silent Majority?
  By Charles E. Clifton
• Tales of War
  By Sanford E. Gaylord
• Prevention and Treatment in Eastern Europe
  By Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch
• HIV Treatment Series II: Part Three of Four -- Managing Side Effects
  By Stephen J. Fallon
• Waiting in the Wings: More New Drugs
  By Matt Sharp
• HCV/HIV Co-Infection III: A Patient's Perspective
  By Gerald Moreno
• My Kind of Life: I Love My Androgel
  By Carlos A. Perez

September/October 2003

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• HIV Treatment Series II: Part Two of Four -- Perinatal HIV Transmission and Birth Options for HIV-Positive Mothers
  By Laura Jones
• The Buzz: Viread, Epivir and Ziagen Combination -- Failure in Naive Patients With a Once-Daily Regimen
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• Having Children When He's Positive and She's Negative
  By Enid Vázquez
• Step-by-Step: Sperm Washing
  By Enid Vázquez
• Pickett Fences: DHIVA
  By Jim Pickett
• And They Said This Was a Gay, White Male Disease
  By Deneen Robinson
• To Break or Not to Break, That Is Still the Question
  By Charles E. Clifton
• Full Circle: One Woman's Story
  By Wendy Williams
• We Want Our Trizivir!
  By Enid Vázquez
• "The Happiest Day of Our Life" -- A Gay Couple Living With HIV Adopts
  By Enid Vázquez

July/August 2003

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• Positive Empowerment: I Get Blessings, I Get Lesson
  By Greg Braxton
• Dizzy, Dreamy, Depressed: Dealing With Sustiva Side Effects
  By Steve McGuire
• The Grief Suite
  As told by Betty Stern to Family AIDS Support Network, edited by Janet Tabin
• Medicine Chest: Some Thoughts on Troubled ADAPs and Medicaid
  By Glen Pietrandoni, R.Ph.
• My Kind of Life: Crystal Death-Amphetamine
  By Carlos A. Perez
• What's the Point?
  By Seth A. Engber
• Bon Appetite -- Using Food to Boost Your Viracept
  By Patrick G. Clay, Pharm.D.
• Ain't I a Woman? Change
  By Deneen Robinson
• Mary, You're Back in Wyoming ... Being Gay and Positive in the Boonies
  By Jim Pickett

May/June 2003

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• Immune-Based Therapies at the Retrovirus Conference
  By Daniel Raymond
• A Different Class: New HIV Therapies on the Horizon
  By Matt Sharp
• News Briefs
  By Enid Vázquez
• The Super Shedders and Other Retrovirus Tales
  By Enid Vázquez
• Does Viramune = Sustiva?
  By Enid Vázquez
• Decisions, Decisions: Starting or Switching Anti-HIV Therapy
  By Steve McGuire
• If You Want It Done Right: Learning Women's Health
  By Laura Jones
• Pickett Fences: Casualties of War
  By Jim Pickett
• Livin' With It: We've Outlived AIDS!
  By Tom Setto
• The Buzz: Anatomy of a Study -- Trizivir vs. Sustiva
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.

March/April 2003

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• The Most Vulnerable of the Epidemic -- Orphans
  By Enid Vázquez
• AIDS Orphan Resources Around the Globe
  Compiled by Enid Vázquez
• Dying in Silence -- African Americans
  By Charles Martin
• At the Crossroads -- HIV and the People's Republic of China
  By Scott Cook, Ph.D., John Flynn, Shailey Merchant, M.P.H. and Glen Pietrandoni, R.Ph.
• Positive Empowerment: Fighting Terrorism on Religious Grounds
  By Khenneth Dantzler
• In Hiding -- an Ecuadorian Woman
  By Corella Payne
• Metabolic Complications Associated With HIV Disease
  By Matt Sharp
• Pickett Fences: Getting to Know You
  By Jim Pickett
• Behind the Frontline: Women, HIV and Reproductive Health
  By Enid Vázquez

January/February 2003

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• Medicine Chest: Combination Dosing Adjustments
  By Glen Pietrandoni, R.Ph.
• Moving Forward in HIV Medicine
  By Jonathan Uy, M.D.
• Pickett Fences: Can You Feel What I Feel?
  By Jim Pickett
• Behind the Frontline: A Doctor Looks at Combos and Side Effects
  By Enid Vázquez

2002

November/December 2002

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• Once Again, One a Day
  By Glen Pietrandoni, R.Ph.
• The Buzz: Answers to Readers' Questions
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• Pickett Fences: It Ain't Rocket Science
  By Jim Pickett
• Metabolic Toxicities and HIV
  By Steve McGuire
• Hepatitis C: Be Positively Aware of the Risk of Transmission and Treatment
  By Bethsheba Johnson, A.P.R.N.
• Resistance to Anti-HIV Medications
  By Bob Munk, Ph.D.
• The Ticket to Work Program: An Update
  By John Coburn
• Positive Empowerment: Talkin' 'bout My Generation
  By David Weeks
• News Briefs
  By Enid Vázquez

September/October 2002

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• Once-a-Day HIV Treatment: Ready for Prime Time?
  By Matt Sharp and Charles E. Clifton
• Treatment Access as a Human Right
  By Zackie Achmat
• Test Positive Aware Network Turns 15
  By Jim Pickett
• Radical Red: Positively Sesame Street
  By Laura Jones
• The Politics of Africa's Pain
  By John Price
• Expert Opinion From Barcelona
  Edited by Enid Vázquez
• An AIDS Vaccine: When?
  By Carl Winfield
• When Does the Healing Begin?
  By Carlos A. Perez
• Pickett Fences: Seven's Up
  By Jim Pickett
• Perceived Safety Intensifies Danger for Gay and Bisexual Men
  By Charles E. Clifton
• Children's Medications
  By Enid V???zquez
• How the Global Fund Spent Its Money
  By Erv Dyer
• New Treatment Guidelines
  By Enid V???zquez
• What's New With Drug Regimens?
  By Charles E. Clifton
• The Buzz: FTC Superiority Over d4T in Phase III Trial
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.

July/August 2002

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• Diarrhea ... Again?: Treatment Options for Medication-Induced Diarrhea
  By Susan Basinger, R.D.
• Eating for Exercise
  By Timothy M. Brewi, B.A., D.T.R.
• Positive Empowerment
  By Sylvia O'Shaughnessy
• The Buzz: Drug Giant Bristol-Myers Squibb -- Atazanavir Moves Into the Spotlight While 083 Bites the Dust
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• Nutrition and Lipodystrophy
  By Shelley Scott, R.D., L.D.
• Treating Unintentional Weight Loss Nutrition Options: An Important Piece of the HIV Puzzle
  By Denise DeTommaso M.A., R.D., C.N.S.D., L.D.
• Pickett Fences: Fatty Acid
  By Jim Pickett
• Medicine Chest: Drugs and Food
  By Glen Pietrandoni, R.Ph.
• Update on Micronutrient Needs in HIV
  By Alan Lee, R.D., C.D.N., C.F.T.

May/June 2002

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• The Buzz: The Disconnect Syndrome -- A Controversial Dilemma
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• President's Advisory Panel Finally Convenes
  By Charles E. Clifton
• Immune Restoration
  By Jo Ann Berg
• Pickett Fences: Act the Fuck Up!
  By Jim Pickett
• New-Fill for an Old Face
  By Jeff Berry
• Reader Reactions to "New-Fill for an Old Face"
  By Jeff Berry
• Ten Ways to Mess Up Your Meds
  By Glen Pietrandoni, R.Ph.
• A Lad and His Dog
  By Carlos A. Perez
• I Ride Because I Can -- A Pos Ped Perspective
  By Jeffrey Allen
• Positive Empowerment
  By Beverly Henry

March/April 2002

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• Medicine Chest: HCV/HIV Co-Infection Therapy
  By Glen Pietrandoni, R.Ph.
• HCV/HIV Co-Infection II: Sobriety and Treatment
  By Gerald Moreno
• Mixing and Matching Meds: ICAAC Update
  By Patrick G. Clay, Pharm.D.
• More News From ICAAC
  By Charles E. Clifton and Enid Vázquez
• Land of Oz: Sex, Drugs and HIV
  By Michael Barnett
• Positive Empowerment
  By Shane Doyle
• Radical Red: Li'l Fucker
  By Laura Jones
• Sustiva Electric Dreams
  By Carlos Perez
• The Buzz: Structured Treatment Interruption and Immune Reconstitution
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• Social Security Beneficiaries Returning to Work
  By John Coburn
• AIDS and HIV Related Research

January/February 2002

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• Positive Empowerment
  By Kevin Lisboa
• Pickett Fences: Love Stinks
  By Jim Pickett
• AIDS 2002: Still Room for Improvement
  By Matt Sharp
• Microbicides: Prevention Tool of the Future
  By Kaethe Morris Hoffer and Grisel Robles
• New-Fill on "Hold" and Open Label for T-20
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• Drugs in Development
• Living With Yoga and HIV
  By Per Erez
• Choosing a Drug Combination
  By Glen Pietrandoni, R.Ph.
• HIV Drug Tips
  By Enid Vázquez

2001

November/December 2001

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• My Greatest Hits, or How to Be a Moulin Rogue
  By Jim Pickett
• God Breast Ye Merry Gentlemen
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• News Briefs
  By Enid Vázquez
• Abusive Behaviors and HIV
  By Michael Barnett
• Special Edition of Medicine Chest: Detection and Treatment of Depression
  By Glen Pietrandoni, R.Ph.
• Preventing Depression
  By Charles E. Clifton
• Positive Empowerment
  A PWA (Person with AIDS) shares thoughts about living with HIV
  By Tyrone Pittman
• Sustiva Seems to Cause Prisoners to Wrongly Test Positive for Marijuana Use
  By Enid Vázquez
• Living with HIV -- A Survivor's Perspective
  By David Morris
• Small Town, Big Misperceptions
  By Enid Vázquez

September/October 2001

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• How to Be a Player in Federal Decision-Making
  By Kaethe Morris Hoffer
• News Briefs
  By Enid Vázquez
• Sloppy Treatment Impulses
  By Stephen J. Fallon, Ph.D.
• Pickett Fences: A Work in Progress
  By Jim Pickett
• The Stalker Awaits: Opportunistic Infections 101
  By Enid Vázquez
• Remune Bites the Dust . . . Again
  By Enid Vázquez
• Special Edition of Medicine Chest: Adherence 101
  By Glen Pietrandoni, R.Ph.
• How HIV Drugs Work 101
  By Glen Pietrandoni, R.Ph.
• Special Edition of The Buzz: New Facial Filling Treatment for Lipodystrophy
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• HCV/HIV Co-Infection I: A Patient's Perspective
  By Gerald Moreno

July/August 2001

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• Women Incest Survivors in Prison
  By Anne S. De Groot, M.D.
• Dr. Sex: It's All About Communication
  By Keith Waltrip, L.P.C.
• Death of Another Woman Prisoner
  By Judy Greenspan
• Positive Women Prisoners Speak Out
  By Judy Greenspan
• From a Positive Prisoner
  By Kevin Lisboa
• Inmate's Resource Guide
• The Buzz: Dem Bones -- Reports of Abnormal Changes in HIV
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• Recommendations for HIV-Positive Inmates
• News Briefs
  By Enid Vázquez
• HIV and Incarcerated Women
  By Kelly Safreed Harmon
• Radical Red: Get Me Some Self-Esteem
  By Laura Jones
• Pickett Fences: A Crisis Obscured
  By Jim Pickett
• Understanding Prescription Benefits
  By Glen Pietrandoni, R.Ph.

May/June 2001

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• The Ups and Downs of Drug Levels
  By Bob Munk
• Pap Smears for Survivors of Sexual Abuse
  By Pamela Dole, M.D.
• Pap Smear Primer
  By Enid Vázquez
• Research Findings from the Women's Interagency HIV Study
  By Enid Vázquez
• Nutrition in the HIV Positive Woman
  By Tami Jones Mackle, RD
• Fungus Among Us
  By Frank Pizzoli
• One-on-One with Leatrice Simpson
  By Enid Vázquez
• Pickett Fences: Rising Above the Pain
  By Jim Pickett
• Newsbriefs
  By Enid Vásquez
• One-on-One with Earlene Hayden
  By Charles E. Clifton
• One-on-One with Sylvia Vázquez-O'Shaugnessy
  By Charles E. Clifton
• Are You Getting Good Medical Care?
  By Debra Johnson, N.P., P.A.-C. and Kathleen E. Squires, M.D.
• Dr. Sex: The Joys of Safer Sex . . . Continued
  By Anthony "AC" Clark
• The Buzz: The Importance of Sequencing in Treatment Options
  By Daniel S. Berger, MD

March/April 2001

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• Update from the 8th Retrovirus Conference
  By Charles E. Clifton and Enid Vázquez
• Lost Youth
  By Undra C. Fulton
• Scarlet Letter "A": A College Campus AIDS Advocate Speaks Out
  By Chris Bell
• The Young and the Restless
  By Charles E. Clifton
• One in 62: Young Injectors
  By Laura Jones
• Here, Kitty Kitty: Why Pets Are Good for You
  By Enid Vázquez
• Pickett Fences: Day and Night, Night and Day and Night
  By Jim Pickett
• The Buzz
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• Dr. Sex: The Joys of Safer Sex
  By Anthony "AC" Clark
• News Briefs
  By Enid Vázquez

January/February 2001

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• Five Steps to Effective AIDS Advocacy
  By Sara Schmitt
• Understanding HIV/AIDS Drug Resistance Assays
  By Andrea Ho-Kean, Pharm.D.
• The Buzz: Drug Holidays and Lipodystrophy -- Ongoing Controversies and Research
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• Rituals and Regimens 2001: Life after Diagnosis
  By Sanford E. Gaylord
• Pickett Fences: Slip Sliding Away -- The Truth About Safe Sex Among AIDS Activists
  By Jim Pickett
• 2000: A Year of Endings and Beginnings
  By Mark Milano
• Thank God for Women's Health Activists!
  By Laura Jones
• News Briefs
  By Enid Vázquez
• Complementary Therapies for People Living with HIV
  Compiled by CATIE (Community AIDS Treatment Information Exchange)

2000

November/December 2000

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• To Die For
  By Jim Pickett
• Who Moved my Cheeks?
  By Jeff Berry
• Diary of an HIV Doctor: Life During the Early Years of the Epidemic
  By Daniel S. Berger, M.D.
• The Evolution of African American Awareness About HIV/AIDS
  By LeRoy Whitfield
• White Girls Don't Get AIDS
  By Laura Jones
• News Briefs
  By Enid Vázquez

September/October 2000

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• Salvage Conference Highlights
  By Enid Vázquez
• Defending the Castle: How HIV Attacks, and How Medicines Fight Back
  By Stephen J. Fallon, Ph.D.
• Cutting Edge Research: Includes Chemotherapy and Transplant Drugs
  By Frank Pizzoli
• Back to Work Drug Screenings
  By Glen Pietrandoni, R.Ph.
• Douching is Bad for You
  By Laura Jones
• HIV Rights for Teens
  By Justin Hayford, AIDS Legal Council of Chicago
• The Transgender Community at the World AIDS Conference
  By Lorraine Sade-Baskerville
• Give Us Morality or Give Us Death
  By Jim Pickett
• Amandla! -- Power to the People
  By Charles E. Clifton
• News Briefs
  By Enid Vázquez

July/August 2000

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• Baby's Got the Red Ribbon Blues
  By Jim Pickett
• AIDS Activism Benefits Us All
  By Kelly Saffreed Harmon
• The Broad Benefits of AIDS Research -- An Update
  By the American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR)
• Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in HIV Therapy
  By Glen Pietrandoni, R.Ph.
• Consumer's Guide to Lipo Surgery -- Those Sunken Cheeks
  By Enid Vázquez
• Can You Work While on Social Security?
  By Justin Hayford, AIDS Legal Council of Chicago

May/June 2000

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• HIV Armageddon: Hit Hard, Hit Early? An Interview with Dr. Mary Romeyn
  By Enid Vázquez
• Stop the Drugs -- A Personal Détente
  By Jim Pickett
• Confronting Teen HIV
  By Vicki Burkitt
• HIV Over 50
  By Jane P. Fowler

March/April 2000

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• Strawberry Pills Forever
  By Jim Pickett
• Mapping Out Your Treatment Journey: A Look at Resistance Testing
  By Frank Pizzoli
• Update on the Ryan White CARE Act
  By Charles Clifton
• Don't Always Reveal Your Status -- Here's Why
  By Justin Hayford
• AIDS in the Twilight Zone
  By Jim Pickett
  An interview with HIV-positive recovering drug addicts who have worked for many years in the sex industry

1999

November/December 1999

• HIV+ Women: Dealing with Stigma, Obstacles to Care, and Getting the Support They Need
  By Kelly Safreed Harmon
• Women, Unite!
  By Kelly Safreed Harmon

September/October 1999

• I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can
  By Jim Pickett
• Time-Out/Time-In -- Suspending One's Drug Regimen: When to Start and When to Stop
  By Franklin L. Courson, Ed.D.
• Silent Soldiers -- The AIDSVAX Army: One Man's Enlistment Into the New Era of AIDS Activism
  By Doug Allen

Positively Aware en Español

Invierno 2007

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• El Décimo Guía Annual de Medicamentos para el VIH

Invierno 2006

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• Nota del Redactor: Una Guía para Usar esta Guía
  Por Jeff Berry
• Información Equivocada en el Cuidado del VIH/SIDA
  Por Matt Sharp
• Tabla de Efectos Secundarios
  Compilada por Enid Vázquez
• Tabla de Interacciones de Drogas
  Compilada por Enid Vázquez

Invierno 2004

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• Nuevos Blancos, Nuevas Drogas, Ensayos Fracasados y la Necesidad de Más Información
  Por Stephen L. Becker, M.D.
• ¿Qué Hay de Nuevo Con el VIH?
  Por Deneen Robinson

Verano 2004

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• Nota del Redactor: Cuidado de Salud -- ¡Detenga la Locura!
  Por Charles E. Clifton
• Noticias Breves
  Por Enid Vázquez
• Clasificación de Medicamentos Anti-VIH Para Mujeres Embarazadas
  Por Dawn Averitt
• Actualización Sobre las Guías de Tratamiento Durante el Embarazo
  Por Anne Monroe
• Hispanos VIH Positivos y su Cumplimiento con el Tratamiento
  Por Ledia Martínez
• Trasplantes de Organos
  Por Enid Vázquez
• Esperando por un Transplante -- La Historia de un Hombre
  Por George S. Martínez, según se le relató a Enid Vázquez

• Aprendiendo Sobre la Carga Viral (Verano de 2001)
  Por Octavio Vallejo, M.D., M.P.H.

Chicago Services Directory

• 2006/2007 Chicago HIV Services Directory: HIV Handbook (PDF) (2006/2007)
• 2006/2007 Chicago HIV Services Directory: Services (PDF) (2006/2007)
• 2006/2007 Chicago HIV Services Directory: Agencies (PDF) (2006/2007)
• 2006/2007 Chicago HIV Services Directory: Professionals (PDF) (2006/2007)
• 2006/2007 Chicago HIV Services Directory: Index (PDF) (2006/2007)
• 2006/2007 Directorio de Servicios de VIH en Chicago: Manual de VIH (PDF) (2006/2007)
• 2006/2007 Directorio de Servicios de VIH en Chicago: Categorías de Servicios (PDF) (2006/2007)
• 2006/2007 Directorio de Servicios de VIH en Chicago: Lista de Agencias (PDF) (2006/2007)
• 2006/2007 Directorio de Servicios de VIH en Chicago: Índice (PDF) (2006/2007)

Press Releases

• Positively Aware Magazine Announces "A Day With HIV in America" Photo Essay Which Will Illustrate a Day in the Life With HIV (August 30, 2010)
• Governor Quinn Saves Illinois AIDS Drug Assistance Program (July 2, 2010)
• Bruce Weiss Named Executive Director of Test Positive Aware Network in Chicago (March 20, 2009)
• Charles Edward Clifton (1959-2004) (August 18, 2004)
• Memorial Toast for Charles Clifton: Thursday, Aug. 19 in Chicago (August 18, 2004)
• TPAN Executive Director Charles E. Clifton Dies Unexpectedly (August 16, 2004)
• Test Positive Aware Network Responds to Abbott Regarding Norvir Price Increase (February 13, 2004)