Top Articles: November 2009

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World AIDS Day: President Obama Earns a 'D+' in Fighting Global AIDS; Organizations Call for Urgent Course Correction (November 30, 2009)
From Health GAP
The International AIDS Society Announces Washington, DC, as Site of the XIX International AIDS Conference in July 2012 (November 30, 2009)
Removal of entry restrictions on people living with HIV by the U.S. allows for return of conference after 22-year absence.
From International AIDS Society
Acute HIV Infection -- New York City, 2008 (November 27, 2009)
In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Here We Go! A Blog Entry by Scott Simpson (November 25, 2009)
From The Body
HIV/AIDS News & Views, November 25, 2009 (November 25, 2009)
From The Body
Frequent Cervical Cancer Screenings Are Still Important for Women With HIV (November 24, 2009)
From The Body
Laughing Stock: How Improvisational Theater Helps People With HIV/AIDS (November 24, 2009)
From The Body
Speak Out and Help Develop a U.S. HIV/AIDS Strategy (November 24, 2009)
Speak out at a discussion in your area and be part of developing a national HIV/AIDS strategy.
From The Body
Important Label Update for Norvir (Ritonavir) (November 23, 2009)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Call on Your Senator to Support Health Care Reform (November 23, 2009)
From Project Inform
Maraviroc Gets FDA Nod as First-Line Antiretroviral in U.S. (November 20, 2009)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Stimulus Money to Support UCSF HIV/AIDS Studies (November 20, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Discussing the Southern (HIV/AIDS) Strategy (November 19, 2009)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Overweight People With HIV See Lower CD4 Gain While on HIV Medications, Study Suggests (November 19, 2009)
An interview with Nancy Crum-Cianflone, M.D., M.P.H.
In HIV News & Views, from The Body
What Stigma? A Blog Entry by Marc Kolman, M.S.P.H. (November 18, 2009)
From The Body
Information for Health Care Professionals: Update to the Labeling of Clopidogrel Bisulfate (Marketed as Plavix) to Alert Health Care Professionals About a Drug Interaction With Omeprazole (Marketed as Prilosec and Prilosec OTC) (November 17, 2009)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Sexual Transmission of Hepatitis C Happens Through Blood, Not Semen, in Gay Men With HIV, Study Says (November 17, 2009)
From The Body
Behind the Story: David France Discusses New York Mag Aging Story; Casts Doubt on NYC HIV Statistic (November 16, 2009)
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Black Churches Tackle Poverty, HIV; Activists From Across Country Meet to Map Out Strategies (November 13, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Housing and Urban Development Threatens to Cut Off D.C. AIDS Funding Next Year (November 13, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Provision in a Bill Aimed at Helping Needle Exchanges Would Hurt Most of Them (November 12, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Study Abstract: Circumcision May Have Large HIV Protection Benefit for Gay "Tops" (November 12, 2009)
Being circumcised may greatly reduce the risk of getting HIV among Australian gay men who prefer being the "insertive" partner.
In AIDS
Michigan Lawmakers Decry Case Charging HIV-Positive Man With Terrorism for Biting (November 11, 2009)
Charges said to misinterpret meaning of Michigan state terrorism laws.
From The Michigan Messenger
Living Openly as a Gay, Positive Man in the Hispanic Community (November 11, 2009)
The U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy got Enrique Franco discharged from the Army. It also, oddly, was the reason he found out he was HIV positive. As Franco explains in this moving interview, diagnosis turned his life upside down, but he's now standing tall. "This is my body, this is my life," he says. "I'm not going to stop living. I refuse to put my head down."
In This Positive Life, from The Body
Consumer Reports Finds Seven Condom Brands Top the Rest (November 11, 2009)
From The Body
Back From the Brink: A Blog Entry by Thomas DeLorenzo (November 10, 2009)
People are still dying from AIDS-related causes in the U.S. -- and some of them die without even knowing they're HIV positive. This almost happened to Hollywood publicist and TheBody.com blogger Thomas DeLorenzo.
From The Body
Six Universities Aim to Expand Drug Access in Developing Countries (November 10, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
San Francisco Mayor Convenes Hepatitis C Task Force (November 9, 2009)
From Project Inform
American Express: Do More ... Unless You Have HIV? (November 8, 2009)
A former American Express employee is suing the company after allegedly being fired for having HIV.
In The New York Post
S. Africa Tries to Enlist Men in AIDS Battle (November 6, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Medical Aid Group Warns of Waning Support for AIDS Treatment Scale-Up (November 6, 2009)
The global financial meltdown has been named as a chief culprit, but officials at Doctors Without Borders aren't settling for that excuse.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kentucky's ADAP Waiting List Nears 100; Other States' Lists Growing (November 5, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
IAS Urges New Focus on ART as Prevention, Calls for Immediate Global Action and Funding for Universal Access to HIV Therapy (November 4, 2009)
From International AIDS Society
Justin B. Smith on Being Public About Living With HIV: A Video Blog Entry by Justin B. Terry-Smith (November 4, 2009)
Not long after Justin B. Smith found out he was HIV positive, he got a video camera, launched a video blog and committed himself to becoming an agent of change.
From The Body
GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer Formally Launch Company to Develop New HIV Treatments (November 3, 2009)
Two of the major pharmaceutical companies producing HIV meds have launched a new joint company focused solely on HIV: ViiV Healthcare.
In Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
U.S. Study Seeks Volunteers to Test Benefits of Testosterone Gel in Older Men (November 2, 2009)
A study is recruiting men across the U.S. age 65 and older to test whether the testosterone gel AndroGel can help offset health problems such as anemia, heart disease, muscle loss and decreased sex drive.
From Penn Medicine
Update on Inflammation and Cardiovascular Risk in People With HIV (November 2009)
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In Treatment Update, from Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
Chrysalis (November/December 2009)
Breaking free of the cocoon.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Aging and HIV: A Conversation with Dr. Malcolm John (Summer/Fall 2009)
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Is HIV Treatment HIV Prevention? (Summer/Fall 2009)
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
HIV and the Brain (Summer/Fall 2009)
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In Bulletin of Experimental Treatments for AIDS, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Got Lube? (November/December 2009)
The slippery slope for African men who don't.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Sexually Transmitted Diseases in the United States, 2008 (November 2009)
National surveillance data for chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis.
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A Closer Look: Living Longer With HIV, but Aging Faster (November 1, 2009)
A review of what we know so far about aging and HIV, including personal stories and video interviews featuring people with HIV in their 40s and beyond.
In New York Magazine
Flu Season and Living With HIV (November 2009)
Explore different ways to prevent the common flu.
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From Project Inform