Beyond Medications: Interviews & Viewpoints
 Mother Earth: A Blog by Shana Cozad (Regularly Updated)
From TheBody.com
 Love Times Love: A Blog Entry by Reggie Smith (March 27, 2012)
"As a heterosexual man of color living with AIDS and hep C, I am aware of the level of homophobia that exists in my community. I DO NOT subscribe to those fears in any way, and will continue to spread love and information in an attempt to dispel those fears, while promoting healing."
From TheBody.com
 Alternative Treatments I Did for First 10 Years Without HIV Meds and What I'm Doing Now: A Video Blog by Maria T. Mejia (December 20, 2011)
"Please see my video blog about what alternative treatments I did for the first 10 years without HIV medicine, and what I have been doing for the past 11 years -- combining alternative treatment and HIV medicine."
From The Well Project
 Ken Howard: Self-Empowerment -- Have the Life You Want: A Blog Entry by Robert Breining (October 27, 2011)
"Ken Howard, M.S.W., L.C.S.W., is the author of the self-help book, Self-Empowerment: Have the Life You Want!: How to close the gap between how life is, and how you would like it to be, in important areas of life such as mental health, health, career, finances, family, community and spirituality, based on his 18 years a licensed psychotherapist and life/business coach."
From TheBody.com
- Hocus-Pocus: Quantum Quackery, aka Alternative Medicines for HIV/AIDS -- A Blog Entry by Bob Frascino, M.D. (July 28, 2010)
Simply put, alternative medicine (taking an alternate treatment in place of combination antiretroviral treatment -- as opposed to complementary therapies taken alongside antiretrovirals, and under the supervision of an HIV physician specialist) uses therapies that are unproven, usually anecdotal, frequently deceptive and often downright dangerous.
From TheBody.com
- Foundations for Health (Summer 2009)
To read PDF, click here.
In Being Alive Newsletter, from Being Alive
- Researching Alternatives: A Talk With Donald Abrams (June 2003)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- "Alternative" Treatment Activism (June 2003)
On why alternative therapy research is so hard to come by, and the role AIDS activists can play in making such research more prevalent.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- A Space and Time for Healing: The Importance of the Abundance Paradigm (June 2003)
Ana Oliveira, Executive Director of Gay Men's Health Crisis, on the need to better integrate complementary therapies into HIV care.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Spiritual Maturity: Stories and Reflections for the Ongoing Journey of the Spirit (October 2001)
By Joseph Sharp; essay precedes book excerpt.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Treatment Models From India (March 17, 2000)
Interview with Shashank Joshi, M.D.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- Absolute Wellness -- The Brandon Ross Abernathy Community Center (March 2000)
Profile of an Atlanta center offering a myriad of complementary therapies.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Complementary Treatments: Dr. Kaiser's New Book (December 18, 1998)
Reviews Healing HIV: How to Rebuild Your Immune System by Jon Kaiser.
From AIDS Treatment News
- Iscador Update -- Interview With Robert Gorter, M.D. (October 2, 1998)
From AIDS Treatment News
- If It Works for You, Then It Works (August 1997)
"Alternative" therapy is a misnomer, says Dr. Paul A. Volberding.
In AIDS Care, from San Francisco General Hospital
- A Look at Dr. Jon Kaiser's Complementary Approach to HIV/AIDS (January/February 1997)
By Henry Dreher, adapted from an article in Natural Health Magazine .
From Penguin Books USA, Inc.
- AIDS and Alternative Medicine: A Journalist's Perspective (June 21, 1996)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- World Medicine and Western Medicine: The Missing Dialog -- Interview With Kaiya Montaocean, Co-Director, Center for Natural and Traditional Medicines (May 17, 1996)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
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