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The weight stationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nata clinic makes sure that every child in the village is properly looked after by their parents. Every month the father or mother must visit the clinic to weigh their child. The government will give each family a food basket and baby formula if the child is in good health. Because the village is so isolated jobs are hard to find and travel is to expensive for families to support their children.
Source: The Nata village blog - September 2, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: natavillage Source Type: blogs

Cousin Holly, Synthetic Division and Family ReunionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
At the beginning of August, I was honored to entertain my secondish-cousin, Holly, who was in Virginia for our family reunion. See, the six siblings of my late grandmother's family were serious about staying in touch. And Holly's grand-or-great grandmother was my grandmother's sister. I'm terrible with family trees. Anyway, each of the six siblings picked a color many years ago, and every summer the extended families get together. Holly is a Red Shirt from Kentucky, I'm from the Navy Blue shirt clan based here in Virginia. Holly is 17, and traveled all the way for Louisville ("Lua-vuh", as she says). I was lame and skip...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - September 2, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

election resource: kaiser summarizes mccain & obama’s positions on AIDS with links to HIV/AIDS orgs voter info (947)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This report also demonstrates the need for more timely data about HIV transmission so that we can effectively evaluate prevention efforts. Combating HIV/AIDS also demands closing the gaps in opportunity that exist in our society so that we can strengthen our public health. We must also overcome the stigma that surrounds HIV/AIDS - a stigma that is too often tied to homophobia. We need to encourage folks to get tested and accelerate HIV/AIDS research toward an effective cure because we have a moral obligation to join together to meet this challenge, and to do so with the urgency this epidemic demands.” - Statement on ...
Source: aids-write.org - September 1, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids asian-pacific hiv/ai Source Type: blogs

sewell chan, nytimes: ny city HIV infection rates are triple national figures (946)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
H.I.V. Is Spreading in New York City at Three Times the National Rate, a Study Finds By SEWELL CHAN August 28, 2008 The virus that causes AIDS is spreading in New York City at three times the national rate — an incidence of 72 new infections for every 100,000 people, compared with 23 per 100,000 nationally — according to a study released on Wednesday by the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The findings, based on a new formula developed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, estimated that 4,762 New Yorkers contracted H.I.V. in 2006, the most precise estimate the city had ever off...
Source: aids-write.org - September 1, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality global warming & bubonic plague 1918 flu hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first n Source Type: blogs

Prayers For RainEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Last week God was asked for rain- and lots of it- by James Dobson and his cronies at Focus on the Family. The purpose? To rain on Barack Obama's parade. Well, Mother Nature bitchslapped the request, and Obama gave his speech as beautiful weather surrounded him, almost in protest to the wishes. Either that or God did listen? He put the requests on a sticky note, got on a serious roll on World of Warcraft, and then scrambled to whip up the storm and get it to Mother Nature in time. Could procrastination- one of humankind's most abundant traits- also plague the Big Guy? It could be a coincidence, but if Hurricane Gustav is...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - September 1, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

On Behalf of the Thinbloods...Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Republican National Convention is starting today... could politicians- of both blue and red stripes- please cool it with all the talk of breaking glass ceilings? It's making people with bleeding disorders a bit nervous. Thanks, Shawn
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - September 1, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

August 30/08 Reality TV TIme…..cast your vote…which of these will be voted off the island?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It’s time to get everyones opinion on the title graphic. Kostas has sent me some variations based on previous comments. Not everybody has to get it, but I’d like to have a relatively high threshold if possible. These probably would be the same folks who wouldn’t understand what I’m trying to get at even if they did understand the title completely printed out. I think I know where my mind is going on this one, but I’d like to hear from you.
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - August 30, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

McCain's Shocking V.P. PickEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In a shocking development, John McCain chose Tina Fey as his running mate. Hey, it could have been worse- he could have chosen Dennis Miller. Actually, that's Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska... see, I called it! I mentioned Alaska in my last blog. But even I can't steal McCain's thunder on this one. Is the maverick back, or did he just concede one of his biggest arguments- the one on experience? A lot of attention has been paid to the youthful Palin and the thought of her assuming the White House should the worst case scenario occur. McCain is the oldest guy to run for the office, but I'm not worried about his mortali...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - August 30, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

jeremy hsu, scientific american: humans hardwired to tell tales (945)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Secrets of Storytelling: Why We Love a Good Yarn Our love for telling tales reveals the workings of the mind September, 2008 By Jeremy Hsu Key Concepts • Storytelling is a human universal, and common themes appear in tales throughout history and all over the the world. • These characteristics of stories, and our natural affinity toward them, reveal clues about our evolutionary history and the roots of emotion and empathy in the mind. • By studying narrative’s power to influence beliefs, researchers are discovering how we analyze information and accept new ideas. When Brad Pitt tells Eric Bana in the 2004...
Source: aids-write.org - August 30, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids asian-pacific hiv/ai Source Type: blogs

sunnie rose: swipe & donate to life group la at ralph’s (944)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hi All… TLGLA has been accepted into the Ralph’s Community Program! We will now get points which equal $$$$ each time one of our supporters swipes their Ralph’s card or enters their phone number!!!! It’s easy to register… and costs nothing!!! Our NPO number is 90829. • Simply register online at www.ralphs.com , click on community contributions then click on participants. • Be sure to have your Ralph’s Club Card(s) available and register their card with your organization by following the easy online directions. • If you do not have a Ralph’s Club Card, please know that they are available at the c...
Source: aids-write.org - August 30, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt life group la hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids asia Source Type: blogs

30 AIDS orgs for communities of color demand national HIV/AIDS plan, call current u.s. efforts “lethargic, fragmented & unaccountable” (943)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
AIDS Crisis In Communities Of Color Prompts Demand For National Plan To Fight HIV/AIDS 29 Aug 2008 In a historically unprecedented move, over 30 national HIV/AIDS organizations and leaders representing African-American, Latino, Native American/Alaska Native, and Asian & Pacific Islander communities have joined forces in an urgent call for the development and implementation of a comprehensive national AIDS strategy. The demands to the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees come in response to long-standing concerns about unmet needs for targeted HIV research, treatment access, medical care and prevention in...
Source: aids-write.org - August 30, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids asian-pacific hiv/ai Source Type: blogs

wsj marketwatch: bill clinton, dem leaders & AIDS activists support platform call for national AIDS strategy, disappointed that first time since 1992 no HIV+ speaker at dnc (942)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Bill Clinton and Other Leaders Call For ‘Renewal of Battle Against AIDS’ in the United States at Democratic Convention Advocates disappointed that Obama failed to address the issue wall street journal marketwatch Last update: 1:41 p.m. EDT Aug. 29, 2008 DENVER, Aug 29, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ — Speaking at the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night, Former President Bill Clinton called for a reinvigorated response to the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States. In praising Presidential nominee Barack Obama, Clinton said, “He will continue and enhance our nation’...
Source: aids-write.org - August 30, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids asian-pacific hiv/ai Source Type: blogs

ginger campbell, brain science podcast, interviews neurologist robert burton about the feeling of knowing (941)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not by Dr. Ginger Campbell Aug 18th, 2008 Where does our “Feeling of Knowing” come from? Have you ever felt certain that you knew an answer even though you couldn’t think of it right off? Where does that “feeling of knowing” come from? The answer to this question is the focus of neurologist Robert Burton’s new book On Being Certain: Believing You Are Right Even When You’re Not . I recently reviewed Dr. Burton’s book on the Brain Science Podcast and last week I had the opportunity to interview him for the show. He explained that one of t...
Source: aids-write.org - August 30, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids asian-pacific hiv/ai Source Type: blogs

excerpt from topher’s post on lifelube: the boy next door gets a new gig (940)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As of today… meth and the boy next door gone wrong by Topher Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Sitting here at the PC, I wonder what words of wisdom I have to impart to the world that might have any value in anyone’s life that isn’t just meaningless chatter of emotional drivel. . . . As a person in recovery from crystal myself, I have struggled with the sexual component of meth. Separating the drug from my sex drive was not an easy task, but two and a half years later, I maintain a substance-free life, and have incorporated a sex life far better than I ever had on crystal. It took determination, speaking with my ther...
Source: aids-write.org - August 30, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality hiv hiv disease hiv/aids awo multi-part suite women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids Source Type: blogs

wsj washington wire: mccain vp pick alaska gov sarah palin smoked pot & inhaled, but didn’t like it (939)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Palin Pick: Bold Move or Bad Move? wall street journal blog — washington wire: Political Insight and Analysis From The Wall Street Journal’s Capital Bureau August 29, 2008, 5:05 pm Sen. John McCain shook up the presidential campaign with his pick of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. After digesting the news, politicians and activists from all points along the political spectrum are weighing in: . . . Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project in Washington, noted that Palin had acknowledged trying marijuana, and said: “Gov. Palin is one of many millions of Americans who have u...
Source: aids-write.org - August 30, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids asian-pacific hiv/ai Source Type: blogs

Hello world!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Welcome to Lives in Focus. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
Source: Lives in Focus - August 29, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: admin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

IV drug abuse blamed for rising HIV infection rate in parts of IndiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CHENNAI, INDIA–David, 37, injects heroin daily–a schedule that has never varied for the past 15 years. Despite perpetually running short on cash to buy his fix, he has never been desperate enough, he says, to share needles. click image for audio slideshow “I know how HIV goes from one body to another,” David says. “I’ve seen many friends get sick and die like that.” Still, David admits that when he finally faces the dire choice between buying a new needle or heroin, his addiction will overcome his fear of HIV. David remains HIV negative but his dependence on heroin puts hi...
Source: Lives in Focus - August 29, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: sandeep.junnarkar Tags: Audio Photographs Source Type: blogs

August 29/08 Once upon a time..Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
My life before 9/11…..well about 4 months before. This seems like such a boring week compared to the last one. No Tura Satana, no Midnight Meat Train, no Fetish Fair, no failed attempt to get a photo with Stephan Dion. It seems rather quiet. The city is gearing up for the Toronto Film Festival, or for those in the know, TIFF. I’ve never really participated in the festival. When I think of it, I think of the hundreds of people lined up waiting to get in to where ever they are going, all the while reading books and stuff like that. However there are some parties that go on, and I’ll see if I can get to any....
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - August 29, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: a wee tale ramblings 9/11 d-list Fallen Angel Porn Source Type: blogs

Obama Accepts NominationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In a stunning development, Barack Obama accepted the Democratic party's nomination of him for president last night in Denver. OK, so it wasn't stunning. As he walked out, what was stunning was a producer/event coordinator's decision to wash out the cheers of over 80,000 people with some seriously cheesy inspirational music... I mean, the tune was bad. And loud. If Obama loses, it's because that song caused millions of independent voters to turn the channel. The blunder, as bad is it was, still didn't compare to the infamous "Balloons" moment of the 2004 convention. How can you trust a man to lead if his team can't even...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - August 29, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

Impacts of HIV/AIDS on Economic DevelopmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In 2000, the United Nations created a list of 8 Millennium Development Goals to help promote economic growth and development among developing countries. One of these goals is to combat HIV/AIDS by stopping and reversing its spread and providing universal access to drugs for those infected. While this is definitely a worthwhile goal, why is it included among a list of targets to support growth? Well it turns out, that the impact of HIV/AIDS on the economy can be substantial.The first immediate effect of HIV is a drop in household productivity as the working members of the household succumb to the disease. One study by UNAID...
Source: The AIDS Pandemic - August 29, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: David Wessner Source Type: blogs

August 28/08 Post Scrip, and thank you.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I googled d-list in images not quite expecting this, so what the hell let’s post it. This story of the D-List thing started last Worlds AIDS Day when I was asked to do some media, not know exactly what I’d be. The year before it was a couple interviews with the newspapers. Last year, while my very A-list colleagues where running around doing their usual press frenzy thing, I was requested to do an interview on Public Access TV, and folks, if you don’t know it, community TV is about as low as it gets. After finishing the interview, my spot was sandwiched between the modern dancers, and the man selling Scor...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - August 28, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

table of contents for aids-write.org on thursday, august 28, 2008, los angeles & west hollywood, caEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
chers— things seem to be happening quickly, although i’m not happening quite as quickly. am still working on another set of posts on hivers and depression — maybe i’ll just tidy that up and provide links to related articles. but i’m sort of actually caught up, ecxept i don’t have an article of AB2279 — medical cannabis users’ employment protection act — which has passed in both the california house & senate and is now in a holding pattern for the gov’s signature. i am also hoping to train with a number of HIVers in stand-up comedy for the next POZ life weekend sponsored by the lif...
Source: aids-write.org - August 28, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality table of contents contains rks original photography, graphic art hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt life Source Type: blogs

NY Times - H.I.V. Is Spreading in New York City at 3 Times the National Rate, Study FindsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
New York TimesBy Sewell ChanPublished: August 27, 2008 The virus that causes AIDS is spreading in New York City at three times the national rate — an incidence of 72 new infections for every 100,000 people, compared with 23 per 100,000 nationally — according to a study released on Wednesday by the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The findings, based on a new formula developed by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, estimated that 4,762 New Yorkers contracted H.I.V. in 2006, the most precise estimate the city had ever offered. But the city stressed that becaus...
Source: VisualAIDS - August 28, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs

AIDS activist kearns asks culver city council: with DEA’s raids on medical cannabis clinics, are you required to act as an instrument of the federal government, contrary to the wishes of the people you govern? (938)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
prepared remarks culver city council 8/25/08 richard kearns, a 57-year-old gay man alive with AIDS for more than 20 years, i’m a long term survivor. i used to teach journalism over at loyola marymount university and lived in westchester. so these are my old stomping grounds, around the balona wetlands. i am an AIDS activist and a medical cannabis patient and advocate. i want to thank culver city for your cordial internet reception, though i was disappointed not to receive a copy of the police department’s report on its involvement in the organica raid. i look forward to reading that. [rk’s note: there was a stat...
Source: aids-write.org - August 27, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality contains rks original photography, graphic art & bubonic plague 1918 flu hiv women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma Source Type: blogs

eric bailey, la times: jerry brown releases long-awaited medical cannabis dispensary guidelines (937)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
California attorney general issues medical marijuana guidelines Jerry Brown outlines steps to help patients and dispensaries stay within the law, help police know when to step in and, it’s hoped, keep the federal government at bay. By Eric Bailey, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer August 26, 2008 SACRAMENTO — For the first time in the dozen years of turmoil since state voters legalized medical marijuana, California’s top law enforcement official stepped into the fray Monday with new guidelines designed in part to quell the ongoing friction between the state and federal authorities. Atty. Gen. Jerry Brown ...
Source: aids-write.org - August 27, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids asian-pacific hiv/ai Source Type: blogs

(part 2) nedra weinreich, spare change: notes from cdc’s national conference on health communication, marketing and media (936)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Engagement and Deliverance at the CDC, Part 2 Nedra Weinreich spare change Continuing the sum-up of my experience at the CDC’s 2nd National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing and Media (Part 1 here), here are the key points from the sessions I attended on the second day… Scott Shamp, University of Georgia (and others) - For National HIV Testing Day, UGA’s New Media Institute, along with partners Verizon, CDC, Danya International and Nokia, recruited 23 students from universities in the Southeast to come together to create what they called “Personal Public Service Announcements” ...
Source: aids-write.org - August 27, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids asian-pacific hiv/ai Source Type: blogs

kearns @ pan/aids-write reads “who are you to tell me how to sing the blues?” (reprint) (935)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
my name is richard kearns. i am a 55-year-old gay man alive with AIDS in los angeles for more than 20 years. i am a medical cannabis patient & advocate. a citizen journalist & poet. i speak today in favor of regulating medical cannabis. this is my open poem calling for a city that’s a good place to die [5-15-2007]. to the self-appointed hall monitors with machine guns uninformed about the law sure about the criminals killing us with pretense & to all their many poisoned ears who are you to tell me how to sing the blues? i am the blues i ring the blues out loud for you: hear me now these are the 1983 denv...
Source: aids-write.org - August 27, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: poetry aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality contains rks original photography, graphic art hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma Source Type: blogs

August 27 Focus Group TimeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A friend of mine was over last night and I was showing the photo of Tura Satana. I scrolled up and showed his the new banner and he was incapable of figuring out colour play of “My life on the AIDS D-List” and could only read ” My life on the AIDS List.” It didn’t occur to me to ask him if he was colour blind at all. In any case, it begs the question that I need ask some input for, and that is, “Are you able to see and understand what I’m trying to communicate?” I love the graphic myself, and kudos to Kostas as usual for coming up with an initial fun set. However if people ar...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - August 27, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

The Democratic ConventionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I'll admit, I'm having a hard time keeping up as of late. International AIDS Conferences, the Olympics, the CAMPUSPORT drama and now the Democratic National Convention. Last night, Hillary delivered her highly anticipated whopper of a speech while Michelle Obama looked tight-jawed and pensive. Was she upset, unable to control her real feelings for the Clintons? Or could it just be her Default Face? I have a friend who constantly bemoans the fact that her own Default Face, the expression your face naturally takes, is one of Disgust and Disapproval. This pal can be listening to you talk, feeling great things and in harmo...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - August 27, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

CDC Report - HIV Infections by Sex, Race and Age.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
From the CDC ReportAugust 2008 Gay and Bisexual Men of All Races Are Most Severely Affected by HIV Gay and bisexual men—referred to in CDC surveillance systems as men who have sex with men (MSM)1 —accounted for a significantly greater proportion of estimated new infections in 2006 than any other risk group (Figures 2). These findings underscore the need to expand access to HIV testing and other proven interventions, and to continue research to identify new interventions to address the evolving needs of diverse populations of gay and bisexual men in the United States. Many factors probably contribute ...
Source: VisualAIDS - August 27, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs

Far too many New Yorkers are being infected with HIV and dying of AIDS.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
From New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene New York City remains the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. More than 100,000 New Yorkers are living with HIV, but thousands don’t know they’re infected. New York City has the highest AIDS case rate in the country, with more AIDS cases than Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, and Washington DC combined. HIV is the 3rd leading cause of death below age 65 in New York City. HIV is also the health problem with the largest racial disparity; 80% of new AIDS diagnoses and deaths are among African Americans and Hispanics. Prevention, testing, and treatment ...
Source: VisualAIDS - August 27, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Nelson Santos Source Type: blogs

aids-write metaphoric resource: 1983 denver AIDS principles (reprint) (934)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
from ACT-UP ny: 1983 denver AIDS principles Ever since people with AIDS stormed the stage at a Denver conference in 1983 and demanded self-determination, grassroots AIDS activism has taken its lead from the people most affected. There is no better way to cite the history of the PWA self-empowerment movement that to quote the principles articulated in Denver in 1983. They are as relevant and powerful today as they were then. THE DENVER PRINCIPLES (Statement from the advisory committee of the People with AIDS) We condemn attempts to label us as “victims,” a term which implies defeat, and we are only occasion...
Source: aids-write.org - August 27, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality & bubonic plague 1918 flu hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous Source Type: blogs

hostage to the whims: AIDS activist kearns takes issue with journal of the american geriatrics society report of low “drug error rates” in assisted care institutions (933)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
chers— the following reuters article presents a rosy-painted case of medical service delivery in assisted care institutions. my experience with medicine errors in the 130-resident assisted care where i live suggests two unaddressed issues: 1. not only is there a problem delivering medicine to patients in a timely manner (where i live, timing of delivery of meds is more inconsistent than reported in the article, not that it’s acceptable for one out of four residents not to receive their meds on time, as reported), but also patients are left without medication for days until the in-house “pharmacist” refills p...
Source: aids-write.org - August 26, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality contains rks original photography, graphic art hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first n Source Type: blogs

maggie fox, reuters: uninsured pay $30 billion out - of - pocket for healthcare (932)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Uninsured pay $30 billion for health care: study (Reporting by Maggie Fox, editing by Vicki Allen) Mon Aug 25, 2008 8:39pm IST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans who go without health insurance for any part of 2008 will spend $30 billion out of pocket for health care and they will get $56 billion worth of free care, according to a report released on Monday. Government programs pay for about three-quarters, or roughly $43 billion, of the bills for these uninsured people, Jack Hadley of George Mason University in Virginia and a team at the Urban Institute reported. “Physicians’ donated time and forgone profits a...
Source: aids-write.org - August 26, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids asian-pacific hiv/ai Source Type: blogs

it’s hard to get people to think outside the box — not just the elderly but all chronically ill including HIVers forego medicine — kevin freking’s report at washington post (931)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Insurance gap leads some elderly to forgo medicine By KEVIN FREKING washington post / The Associated Press Thursday, August 21, 2008; 10:00 A WASHINGTON — Many people in Medicare with diabetes, high blood pressure and other chronic conditions stop taking their medicine when faced with picking up the entire cost of their prescriptions, researchers say. About 3.4 million older and disabled people hit a gap, known as the doughnut hole, in their Medicare drug coverage in 2007. When that happened, they had to pay the entire costs of their medicine until they spent $3,850 out of pocket. Then, insurance coverage would kic...
Source: aids-write.org - August 26, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality & bubonic plague 1918 flu hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous Source Type: blogs

edwin cameron at mexico city iac: AIDS is a virus, not a crime (930)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Justice Edwin Cameron calls for a campaign against ‘misguided criminal laws and prosecutions’ AIDSmap report Edwin J. Bernard, Tuesday, August 26, 2008 “HIV is a virus, not a crime,” argued South African Supreme Court Justice Edwin Cameron during his impassioned call for “a campaign against criminalisation” on the final day of the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. Justice Cameron’s plenary presentation was the vocalisation – and culmination – of a growing movement against criminalisation of HIV exposure and transmission that has been supported – and nourished – by organisa...
Source: aids-write.org - August 26, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality & bubonic plague 1918 flu hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous Source Type: blogs

kearns, had a boyfriend: “i will die of something else / before i die of AIDS / anything else” (reprint) (929)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
chers— poem above is in jpeg format. i detest html’s lack of avility to format type. text version follows. namasté —rk i. had a boyfriend. what catch of phrase what diaper what dance what social marketing would have saved his bluer-than-sky eyes? hiv hurts? he knew already aids will kill you? aids always kills someone else goodbye. i love you how dieth the wise man? as the fool i say die responsibly ii. my name is richard kearns i am a gay man living with aids in los angeles do you deserve to know? why? do i deserve to know? are these just deservings? what is it we know when we know? what d...
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International Women’s Health Coalition - HIV & WomenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC) is pleased to release the newest issue brief in IWHC’s series on Health and Rights, Empower Women and Girls to Stay HIV-Negative The brief provides policy and programmatic recommendations to prevent new HIV infections among women and young people. Click here for more in IWHC’s series on Health and Rights. . IWHC is also pleased to share new resources from the XVII International AIDS Conference earlier this month (August 3-8) in Mexico City, Mexico. In anticipation of the conference, IWHC, on behalf of the With Women Worldwide Compact to End HIV/AIDS, issued a...
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Tenofovir Dosing for patients with kidney dysfunctionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Source: Nelson Vergel's HIV Blog - August 25, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Tags: kidney Truvada Tenofovir Atripla Viread HIV Source Type: blogs

The Closing Ceremonies of the OlympicsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Olympics are over and I am spent from having watched. TiVo, God bless his heart, was pushed to his limits, recording up to three six-hour plus blocks of badminton, boxing and my new favorite: BMX. The Closing Ceremonies blew the final whistle on the event. There was dancing. Flying. Fire. And Smiling. They say that the reason for the big gala is to bring all the athletes together as human beings and not competitors. Here's a photo from the jaw-dropping spectacle: I think the closing ceremonies has more to do with warding off an alien invasion than anything else. Is it completely out there to think that could be the...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - August 25, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

August 24/08 Weekend Update A pictorial….Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Continuing on the the of fear this week, a friend and I went to the Fan Expo Canada; a collective of sci-fi, horror and comic book enthusiasts, and those who they admire. It was a great time for many to get dressed up, and some of the costumes where quite elaborate. Fan Expo Canada; a collective of sci-fi, horror and comic book enthusiasts, and those who they admire. is tailored made to the needs of Acid Reflux, and the ongoings tales of a low ranking AIDS celebrity. By the way, I caught her show for the first time the other night, and all I could say is was, “Oh that’s so me.” This episode was were she w...
Source: acidrefluxweb.com - August 24, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Brian Finch Tags: Uncategorized Fan-Expo horror Tura Satana Source Type: blogs

culver city patients to practice speaking at organica before city hall meeting monday (928)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
chers— medical cannabis patients who are interested in offering or observing public testimony possibly for the first time at this monday’s culver city council meeting, particularly residents as well as stakeholders (people who work, own property, rent, shop, operate a business, go to church or conduct other life-activities in culver city), are invited to a practice session / strategy meeting 4:20 pm monday at organica before attending the 7:00pm city council meeting namasté —rk organica meeting when: 4:20 pm, monday, august 25, 2008 where: organica 13456 washington blvd. marina del rey, ca 90232 (310) 5...
Source: aids-write.org - August 24, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Richard Kearns Tags: aids cultural activism politics shamanism medical marijuana marriage equality hiv hiv disease hiv/aids women's issues public health policy gay issues lgbt hiv/aids stigma first nations indigenous hiv/aids asian-pacific hiv/ai Source Type: blogs

indian AIDS anthology published featuring salman rushdie, kiran desai, wm dalrymple et al. (927)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An infectious cause India Today Sunil Sethi August 22, 2008 AIDS Sutra: Untold Stories From India by Salman Rushdie, Kiran Desai, William Dalrymple and Others Random House India Price: Rs 395, Pages: 340 The HIV/AIDS story in India is full of strange and savage contradictions. For years, there was quibbling about the approximate number suffering from it. Figures veered wildly between 20 million and five million until the National Family Health Survey (2005-06) confirmed a realistic estimate of between two and three million. The patients are concentrated in certain states and districts and among high risk groups-sex w...
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summaries of & links to non-technical i-base reports from mexico city xvii international AIDS conference (resource) (926)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study the limiting step to increasing the numbers of people on-treatment was due to low numbers of healthcare workers. Several other presentations talked about ‘task shifting’ which is where, for example, nurses could be trained to prescribe first-line HIV treatment. http://www.aids2008.org/Pag/Abstracts.aspx?AID=11847 ________________________________________ Side effects ________________________________________ The risk of serious side effects limits the benefits from first-line d4T-based combinations which are still taken by over 70% of HIV-positive people globally. There is little access to second line trea...
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Tebelopele at workEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Tebelopele is a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) that provides free testing for any citizen or non-citizens who whish to know their HIV staus. Furthermore, the counseling and testing is free. Fifty-seven young and old community members came out and tested during the weekend at Natavillage. Tebelopele continues to provide not only Natavillage free testing during special events, but the whole country of Botswana. If a request is made and the logistics are done Tebelopele will be there.
Source: The Nata village blog - August 23, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: natavillage Source Type: blogs

Oral Health Dentist at WorkEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dental Therapist Chief Mr. Meshack Gulubane, Senior Dental Mr. Therapist Mmoloki Letebele and Dental Surgen Attendent Ms. Roda Alec visited Nata Village to make sure the community is taking care of their teeth and gums. Over thirty patients were seen by the dental therapist. The dental therapist provided Nata patients with cleaning, fillings, or extractions. The staff will continue to work their way to twenty three more villages that are under the Tutume Sub District. This great service is provided by the The Department of Public Health to people who cannot afford to pay for their services. Tutume Sub District provided the...
Source: The Nata village blog - August 23, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: natavillage Source Type: blogs

Time FliesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I can't believe it's been over nine months now since my long-term relationship broke up. I realised it the other day and thought - "sheesh, that's enough time to have had a baby!" It's one of the more annoying facts...
Source: Ann's HIV Blog - August 22, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

HIV/AIDS: The role of abstinence only programsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Welcome to this installment of The AIDS Pandemic, a podcast hosted by Dr. David Wessner from the Department of Biology at Davidson College. I’m Amy Jendrek.In fiscal year 2005, President Bush requested $270 million to fund abstinence-only education programs in the U.S. While Congress did not appropriate the full amount requested, they did allocate $167 million to support these programs. There are three principal programs that use federal funds to support abstinence-only education.The first of these is SPRANS, Special Programs of Regional and National Significance, which has a sub-program devoted to Community-Based Abstin...
Source: The AIDS Pandemic - August 22, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: David Wessner Source Type: blogs

San Bernardino With YouEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Am about to hop a redeye back home in a few hours, but wanted to post about this afternoon's orientation talk at Cal State San Bernardino: it totally rocked! The students were great, very attentive and, as is always the case whenever I speak without Gwenn, they were very curious about Gwenn. Near the end, after so much about this Gwenn character, one girl asked. "Where is Gwenn right now?" (I said she's busy managing a rock band, which is true.) At the end, I got a couple of pics with my cell phone. This is only half the room- the other half didn't turn out. It was funny, just as I snapped it this whole gang of students ...
Source: Shawn's HIV Blog - August 22, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Source Type: blogs

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