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Beyond Medications: General News & Research
News
- Netherlands to Crack Down on Complementary Medicine (February 28, 2004)
A country is stunned by the death of a famous actress, who chose to use healers instead of standard breast cancer treatment.
In British Medical Journal
- World Health Organization OKs Traditional Healers (August 19, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- In Sickness and in Health: New York Joins the National Gay Men's Health Movement (July 2002)
An activist urges gay men, doctors and researchers to begin focusing on quality-of-life issues.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Alternative Medicines May Pose Risk, United Nations Warns (May 17, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Issues in Integrative Medicine (December 1999)
First of a three-part series on the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Conference.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Traditional Healing in a Modern Epidemic (October 1998)
The collaboration between conventional health practitioners and traditional healers in Uganda.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Research Overview
Research
- Many HIV-Positive Patients in London Risking their Health by Use of Alternative Therapies (August 30, 2006)
From aidsmap.com
- Too Much of a Good Thing: Overdosing on Dietary Supplements (October 3, 2005)
An HIV-positive man recently developed hepatitis after taking a wide range of supplements at higher-than-recommended doses.
From aidsmap.com
- Quality of Life Impact of Non-AIDS-Related Serious Adverse Events Versus AIDS-Related Events (February 9, 2004)
In The 11th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
- Many U.S. HIV Patients Also Seek Alternative Care (July 10, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Many U.S. HAART Patients Take Potentially Dangerous Alternative Therapies (June 30, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Complementary Medicine Widely Used in Canada, but Not for HIV Treatment (May 12, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- On the Horizon: New Ways to Use Old Drugs (May 2001)
Ongoing research on less-frequent dosing and complementary therapies.
In Reasons for Hope, from Search for a Cure
- I Think I CAM: Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by People Living With HIV/AIDS (March 22, 2001)
From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
- Patterns of Use, Expenditures, and Perceived Efficacy of Complementary and Alternative Therapies in HIV-Infected Patients (November 9, 1998)
In Archives of Internal Medicine
- 12th World AIDS Conference: Life Beyond the "Westerns" (August 1998)
A look at some recent research into alternative therapies.
In Positive Living, from AIDS Project Los Angeles
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