2008

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

January/February 2008

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• The 12th Annual HIV Drug Guide
  

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.
• Rachel's Story: The Healing Power of Dance
  By Jeff Berry
• 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 V???zquez
• 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
• Side Effect Chart: An Abbreviated, At-a-Glance Guide to HIV Drug Side Effects
  Compiled by Enid Vázquez
• 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

• 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)