What's new at The Body 10/23
BGTheBody
We are pleased to send you the current listing of What's New at
THE BODY for Friday, October 23, 1998.
Be sure to check THE BODY regularly at <http://www.thebody.com> for the very
latest information about HIV/AIDS. This listing includes only a fraction of the
new articles and newsletters added daily to our site!
<><><><><><><><> THE LEGACY OF AIDS <><><><><><><><>
"I don't think I'm alone in thinking that the deepest legacy of the
plague years is friendship..."
Andrew Sullivan takes on love, loss, friendship and sex in an excerpt
from his new book, Love Undetectable -- in the November issue of POZ magazine
<http://www.thebody.com/poz/culture/11_98/readthis.html>
<><><><><><><><> TREATMENT CHESS <><><><><><><><>
"Managing HIV infection is like a chess game in some ways: Strategy is a key
component of a successful attack on the virus. Unfortunately, the rules of the
game keep changing."
"Controversies in Antiretroviral Therapy," in the latest CRIA Update,
from the Community Research Initiative on AIDS (CRIA)
<http://www.thebody.com/cria/fall98/therapy.html>
<><><><><><><><> EXPIRING ELIGIBILITY IN CALIFORNIA <><><><><><><><>
" [H]undreds of California residents on ADAP (the AIDS Drug Assistance Program)
are having prescriptions rejected on the grounds that their eligibility for the
program has expired."
"California ADAP Alert," from AIDS Treatment News
<http://www.thebody.com/atn/305.html>
<><><><><><><><> A SECRET REVEALED <><><><><><><><>
"I knew about assisted suicide but had never heard the mechanics of it
firsthand, or considered the logistics a caring lover would undertake..."
"Richard," the second of a two-part story from Mark King
<http://www.thebody.com/markking/richard.html>
<><><><><><><><> THE MYSTERIES OF ISCADOR <><><><><><><><>
"Despite his worldwide commuting and constant exposure to pathogens, the
51-year-old doctor has not been sick since 1968. [Gorter] credits his good
health to an extract of mistletoe marketed in Europe under the brand name
"Iscador," which he is now studying in clinical trials.."
"Iscador Update," from AIDS Treatment News
<http://www.thebody.com/atn/304.html>
<><><><><><><><> UPCOMING CONFERENCES <><><><><><><><>
Managing Resistance in the Era of HAART: A Satellite Video
Teleconference -- Thursday, November 5, 1998 3:30-6:30 PM (PST)
Sponsored by the Stanford University School of Medicine
<http://www.thebody.com/confs/announcements/stanford.html>
Check out the latest HIV/AIDS conference listings!
From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
<http://www.thebody.com/cdc/newconfs.html>
<><><><><><><><> THE NEGLECTED NNRTIS <><><><><><><><>
"Since protease inhibitors burst on the scene in 1995, they have
overshadowed almost everything else, including the other relatively new class
of antiretrovirals -- the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
(NNRTIs)."
"NNRTIs: A Neglected Class," by Jill Cadman, from the September GMHC Treatment
Issues
<http://www.thebody.com/gmhc/issues/sep98/nnrtis.html>
<><><><><><><><> MARIJUANA RISKS <><><><><><><><>
"Since 1988, public-housing tenants can be evicted if anyone in their
household even smokes a joint on the premises."
The president who didn't inhale now denies benefits to those who do -- Part 2
of a 3-part series from the November POZ
<http://www.thebody.com/poz/survival/11_98/policy.html>
<><><><><><><><> A LOOK AT NUTRITION & HIV <><><><><><><><>
HIV and Nutrition by Donna Tinnerello, M.S., R.D., C.D.
In the September issue of Body Positive magazine
<http://www.thebody.com/bp/sept98/nutrition.html>
<><><><><><><><> PRESCRIBING THALIDOMIDE <><><><><><><><>
"Doctors will soon prescribe thalidomide for AIDS-related wasting,
aphthous ulcers, kaposi's sarcoma and microsporidiosis."
"How to get Thalidomide," from the September issue of Notes From the
Underground, the PWA Health Group newsletter
<http://www.thebody.com/pwa/NFUsep98/thalomid.html>
<><><><><><><><> MISTRUST HINDERS TREATMENT <><><><><><><><>
"African-American women have inherited a legacy of mistrust of the
medical community -- grounded in the history of the Tuskegee experiments and
fears of genocide...."
"African-American and Latina Women Fight Culture to Obtain Care," by Sheree
Crute from the Journal of the International Association of
Physicians in AIDS Care
<http://www.thebody.com/iapac/women.html>
<><><><><><><><> AVOIDING ADVERSE REACTIONS <><><><><><><><>
"Antacids and anti-ulcer agents have a tendency to decrease the levels of
certain medications ... alcohol can increase one's risk of
pancreatitis...
"How to Avoid Adverse Reactions to HIV/AIDS Medications," by Glenn
Gaylord, from APLA's Positive Living newsletter
<http://www.thebody.com/apla/june98/reaction.html>
<><><><><><> THE LATEST NEWS <><><><><><>
Up-the-minute treatment news from the best treatment periodicals on the
Internet. <http://www.thebody.com/treat/treatper.html>
<><><><><> HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEB <><><><><>
A Selection of Top HIV/AIDS Stories From Across the Internet
The AIDS Services Accountability Project, an independent third party
observer/reporter. A place to report problems with AIDS Service Providers.
<http://www.accountabilityproject.com>
A listing of AIDS Events and Conferences from John Hopkins AIDS Service
<http://www.hopkins-aids.edu/resources/index_res.html>
Protecting Patients from Discrimination -- The Americans with
Disabilities Act and HIV Infection By George J. Annas from The New England
Journal of Medicine (October 22, 1998)
<http://www.nejm.org/content/1998/0339/0017/1255.asp>
A New Approach to Initial Antiretroviral Therapy: Protease-Sparing
Combination Regimens By Leslie Hanna from BETA, the Bulletin of Experimental
Treatments for AIDS (October 1998)
<http://www.sfaf.org/treatmnt/beta/b38/b38protspare.html>
Giving birth to hope: HIV-infected moms -- Therapies to reduce perinatal HIV
transmission are giving babies a healthy start and their infected mothers a
wealth of choices not possible earlier this decade. By Deborah L. Shelton From
American Medical News (October 19, 1998)
<http://www.ama-assn.org/special/hiv/newsline/special/amnews/aidspreg.htm>