Top Articles: October 2009
- Pick a Card, Pick a Plan (March/April 2010)
How and where to get financial support to help pay for your meds.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Obama Announces Ryan White CARE Act Extension, Elimination of HIV Travel Ban (October 30, 2009)
From TheBody.com
- Two Medical Groups Release New System for Treating Diabetes (October 28, 2009)
From Project Inform
On TheBodyPRO.com
- Scientists Use World's Fastest Supercomputer to Create the Largest HIV Evolutionary Tree (October 27, 2009)
Experts hope that by mapping out HIV's evolution into many different strains, they can pinpoint some common features that might be ideal targets for a vaccine.
From Los Alamos National Laboratory
- United Kingdom: National Health Service Ban on "High-Risk" Gay Men Donating Blood to Be Reviewed (October 27, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Boxing Ref Sues Over Possible HIV Exposure in the Ring (October 26, 2009)
Boxers in California are required to have HIV tests regularly, but the referee found out only after a fight that a boxer was HIV positive.
In San Francisco Chronicle
- Can a "Test and Treat" Strategy Stop HIV in Hard-Hit U.S. Cities? (October 26, 2009)
Researchers in Washington, D.C., and the Bronx in New York will attempt to test nearly every adult in the area for HIV and start treatment for people who test positive. However, putting it into action is easier said than done.
In The New York Times
- European Commission Proposes Comprehensive Strategy for Fighting HIV in European Union and Surrounding Countries (October 26, 2009)
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From European Commission
- A Few Coffees a Day Keep Liver Disease at Bay: Study (October 26, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
On TheBodyPRO.com
- The Changing Needs of the Over-50 HIV Crowd (October 22, 2009)
As more and more HIVers live to 50 and beyond, HIV/AIDS organizations are increasingly focusing on the needs of older people with HIV.
In Bay Area Reporter
- Second-Generation FC2 Female Condom, Cheaper and Quieter Than Its Mama, Gives Women New Option to Take Control of Their HIV Prevention (October 22, 2009)
From TheBody.com
- What Are the Consequences of HIV/AIDS Treatment Failure? (October 21, 2009)
A large study of people whose first HIV treatment regimen stopped working and whose subsequent regimen also failed found that one out of four died within the next five years.
In Clinical Infectious Diseases
- HIV Care Providers Applaud Congress' Extension of Ryan White Program (October 21, 2009)
From Infectious Diseases Society of America
- The Thai HIV Vaccine Trial: Is It a Big Deal or Not? A Blog Entry by Myles Helfand (October 21, 2009)
From TheBody.com
- The Latest on H1N1 (Swine Flu) and HIV/AIDS (October 21, 2009)
From TheBody.com
- Answering Questions About Sex: A Blog Entry by River Huston (October 21, 2009)
HIV-positive sex educator River Huston blogs her answers to questions from people with HIV about sex drive and disclosing to partners.
From River Huston
- Teen HIV Awareness Campaign Features Young Models Disclosing HIV Status (October 20, 2009)
The campaign, which runs on public buses in southern California, grew out of a focus group finding that area youths thought they could tell if people had HIV just by looking at them.
In myDesert.com
- In Search of a Cure: Working to Turn on HIV (October 16, 2009)
It sounds like a weird idea: Beat HIV by creating a drug that makes the virus more active. But that's exactly the strategy that some researchers are using.
From amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
On TheBodyPRO.com
- Aging Before Your Time? (Fall 2009)
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In Achieve, from ACRIA and GMHC
- Personal Perspective: Double Stigma (Fall 2009)
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In Achieve, from ACRIA and GMHC
- Could Computerized Health Records Make Everyone's Lives Better? (October 15, 2009)
According to an Obama administration official, computerized records could help doctors avoid dangerous drug interactions, as well as enable the use of automatic reminders that can help doctors provide expert treatment.
In The New York Times
- Crestor May Top Pravachol as Lipid Buster Among HIVers on Norvir-Boosted Protease Inhibitors (October 15, 2009)
In AIDS
- Study Links Group Sex to Increased HIV Risk (October 9, 2009)
From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
On TheBodyPRO.com
- What Drives the African-American HIV Epidemic? (October 8, 2009)
The reasons go deeper than blanket assumptions such as risky behavior or the mistaken belief that black men are "secretly" having sex with men while in relationships with women, according to a senior U.S. health official.
In The Pittsburg Courier
- New Assistance Program Helps HIVers Pay for Viramune (October 7, 2009)
From TheBody.com
- Recent UN Progress Report on Universal Access Illustrates Need for Greater Financial and Political Commitment to AIDS on the Part of the G8 and Other Donors (October 7, 2009)
From International AIDS Society
- South Africa HIV Caseload Stable, Still Too High: Health Minister (October 6, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Can't Make It to a White House HIV/AIDS Community Discussion? Provide Your Testimony Online for the U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy! (October 6, 2009)
From Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project
- In Men, Topical Treatment May Reduce Risk That Anal Lesions Will Develop Into Cancer (October 5, 2009)
From aidsmap.com
- AIDS Alabama Gets $1 Million From Stimulus (October 5, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Equality to End AIDS: HIV/AIDS Rally and Vigil This Saturday Answers White House Call to Action (October 5, 2009)
"Young LGBT people attending the National Equality March need to continue the fight against HIV/AIDS," says Cleve Jones.
From Housing Works
- President Obama's New $5 Billion Investment Is a Welcome Boost for HIV/AIDS Research (October 1, 2009)
From amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
- This Positive Life: Former Pop Star Sherri Lewis Talks About Living With HIV (October 2009)
From TheBody.com
- A Quick Look at HIV-Related Opportunistic Infections and STDs (September/October 2009)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Taking the First Steps in the Rest of Your Life (September/October 2009)
You've just been given the news: You're HIV positive. So ... now what? Sue Saltmarsh walks you through some of the major things to keep in mind as you adjust to your diagnosis.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Study Explores Why Gay, HIV-Positive Men Do -- or Don't -- Disclose Their Status (September/October 2009)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Clinical Courtship or Medical Matrimony (September/October 2009)
Finding the doctor who's your ideal partner in care.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
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