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    AIDS Treatment News Daily Alerts

  • Denbinobin, a naturally occurring 1,4-phenanthrenequinone, inhibits HIV-1 replication through an NF-kappaB-dependent pathway.

    John S James
    20 Nov 2008 | 11:49 am
    "Anthraquinones and structurally related compounds have been recently shown to exert antiviral activities and thus exhibit a therapeutic potential. In this study we report the isolation of the 1,4-phenanthrenequinone, denbinobin, from a variety of Cannabis sativa. ... These results highlight the potential of the NF-kappaB transcription factor as a target for natural anti-HIV-1 compounds such as 1,4-phenanthrenequinones, which could serve as lead compounds for the development of an alternative therapeutic approach against AIDS." Read more in Biochemical Pharmacology, November 15, 2008.

  • Indian Law Criminalizing Homosexuality Remains 'Major Obstacle' in Fight Against HIV/AIDS, Piot Says

    John S James
    20 Nov 2008 | 11:41 am
    "UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot on Sunday said that an Indian law criminalizing sex between men is a "major obstacle" to the country's efforts to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS, News Track India reports. Piot called the law a "violation of human rights" and said that it should have been abolished a long time ago. The law is being deliberated during hearings on a petition to decriminalize homosexuality."The United Nations last week called on India to decriminalize homosexuality, effectively overturning the law that has been in place since British colonial rule and carries either a lifetime…

  • Scientists Self-censor In Response To Political Controversy, Survey Finds

    John S James
    20 Nov 2008 | 11:09 am
    "A survey of scientists whose studies became the focus of a public debate about NIH grant funding has found that many of them engaged in self-censorship as a result of the controversy. The study found that following the criticism of their research, scientists removed politically sensitive language from grant applications and stopped studying certain topics."These self-censorship tactics were employed despite the fact that all of the criticised studies—most of which investigated sexual behaviour, drug-use, and other HIV-related questions—were defended in an NIH internal review and retained…

  • Why HIV Treatment Makes People So Susceptible To Heart Disease And Diabetes

    John S James
    20 Nov 2008 | 10:42 am
    "Associate Professor Katherine Samaras, Head of Garvan’s Diabetes and Obesity Clinical Research Group and senior endocrinologist at St Vincent's Hospital, has demonstrated that inflammation (typically associated with immune function) plays a much greater role than previously suspected. Her findings were published online last week in the journal Obesity. ..."Cumulatively, the tests showed marked changes in body composition and a dramatic increase in tissue-damaging inflammatory molecules." Read more in ScienceDaily, November 18, 2008.

  • Mobile phones: exceptional tools for HIV/AIDS, health, and crisis management

    John S James
    20 Nov 2008 | 10:32 am
    "Perhaps one of the most promising emerging health systems tools, which can build capacity around the HIV/AIDS response and filter into the global health response, lies increasingly in the palms of our hands."Mobile telephones are reaching people in Africa's cities, towns, villages, and countrysides more rapidly than anywhere else in the world (figure 1).2 The overlap with the global health-care crisis does not go unnoticed. We previously reported that despite very low incomes, most clients attending two University of Nairobi clinics (serving sex workers and providing HIV services for the…
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    AIDS NEWS - Google News

  • Rally seeks enhanced AIDS fight - Washington Blade

    21 Nov 2008 | 10:06 am
    Rally seeks enhanced AIDS fightWashington Blade, DC - 57 minutes agoBy JOSHUA LYNSEN, Washington Blade | Nov 21, 11:32 AM Calling for an end to AIDS, an estimated 600 people rallied outside the White House on Thursday and

  • Penn: Harvey Milk would have saved gays' lives during AIDS crisis - PageOneQ.com

    21 Nov 2008 | 9:19 am
    Sovo.comPenn: Harvey Milk would have saved gays' lives during AIDS crisisPageOneQ.com - 1 hour agoBecause AIDS was a "gay disease," he said, Milk would have been active in forcing President Reagan to address the crisis. Harvey Milk, dubbed the "Mayor of Harvey Milk's friends on 'Milk' San Francisco ChronicleHarvey Milk would have forced more action on AIDS, claims Sean Penn PinkNews.co.ukThe making of 'Milk' Southern VoiceContactmusic.com - San Francisco Chronicleall 18 news articles

  • Messiah Sing Along to Benefit Global HIV/AIDS - YourHub.com

    21 Nov 2008 | 8:47 am
    Messiah Sing Along to Benefit Global HIV/AIDSYourHub.com, CO - 2 hours agoAll donations will go to the fight against global HIV/AIDS. Come sing favorite choruses with the Colorado Chamber Orchestra and hear arias performed by four

  • Anti-AIDS official: HIV spreading fast in Russia - The Associated Press

    21 Nov 2008 | 6:50 am
    Anti-AIDS official: HIV spreading fast in RussiaThe Associated Press - 4 hours agoMOSCOW (AP) — Russia's anti-AIDS coordinator says the number of registered HIV cases is growing 10 percent a year despite increased government funding.

  • Penn: Milk would've helped in AIDS crisis - United Press International

    21 Nov 2008 | 6:49 am
    United Press InternationalPenn: Milk would've helped in AIDS crisisUnited Press International - 4 hours ago21 (UPI) -- US actor Sean Penn says he thinks gay activist Harvey Milk would have saved lives by drawing attention to the AIDS epidemic had he not been
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  • 25,000 Americans Don't Know They're HIV Positive

    JayDilla
    20 Nov 2008 | 8:46 pm
    Nearly 60,000 people in the United States were infected with HIV and some 25,000 are unaware of their infection, a forum on HIV research said Thursday.Major barriers still stand in the way of making testing for the human immunodeficiency virus the norm, despite the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendation of routine HIV testing of people age 13 to 64.The Forum for Collaborative HIV Research is holding a two-day National Summit on HIV Diagnosis, Prevention and Access to Care in Washington. Full Story Here...

  • HIV Vaccine Fails

    JayDilla
    17 Nov 2008 | 12:25 pm
    A clinical trial testing the effectiveness of what was believed to be a promising new HIV vaccine has resulted in failure.The vaccine, made by the pharmaceutical company Merck, offered no protection against infection by the Aids virus.The Step Study showed that the vaccine did not prevent infection in those not previously infected with HIV, nor did the vaccine reduce the amount of virus in those study participants who became infected with HIV through exposure from an infected person while in the trial. Full story Here

  • Advocates Want Funding Restored For Community AIDS Programs

    JayDilla
    12 Oct 2008 | 12:30 pm
    A coalition of AIDS advocacy groups are calling on Canada's next federal government to restore funding they say the Conservatives diverted from support programs for people living with AIDS and HIV.In 2004-2005, an all-party agreement promised to increase federal AIDS funding from $42.2 million to $84.4 million a year by 2009. The funding was to go toward research, community support for those living with HIV and AIDS and programs for people most at risk for HIV infection. Full Story Here

  • U.N. Head Fears Financial Crisis Will Affect AIDS Fight

    JayDilla
    18 Sep 2008 | 7:30 am
    Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern Tuesday that the U.S. financial crisis will have a serious global impact, especially on rich donor nations that play key roles in fighting poverty.He urged a resumption of stalled world trade talks, which the U.N. sees as crucial to opening world markets to poorer developing countries. Full Story here...

  • Dr. Jeong-Nam Kim And Purdue University Health Communications Study

    JayDilla
    13 Aug 2008 | 8:28 am
    Dr. Jeong-Nam Kim is doing a health communications study at Purdue University. Specifically, their research explores how information sharing behavior, throughonline communities (such as blogs) influences coping strategies among peoplewith chronic conditions including cancer, diabetes, AIDS, etc. It's a very short survey. I personally took it, it's a very short survey and only take a few minutes of your time. Please click HERE to take it.
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    kaisernetwork.org: HIV/AIDS Daily Report

  • About Half of Nurses in U.K. Have Experienced Needle Stick Injuries, Many Are Concerned About HIV Risk, Study Says

    20 Nov 2008 | 9:00 pm
    A recent report by the United Kingdom's Royal College of Nursing found that 48% of the 5,000 nurses polled had been injured by a needle previously used on a patient during their careers, with about one-third fearing risk of exposure to bloodborne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis, BBC News reports (BBC News, 11/19). According to the PA/Google.com, the survey also found that although most nurses who had experienced a needle injury were provided with information about risks from their employer, 28% were not. In addition, about one-third of nurses within the National Health Service who had…

  • Uganda Begins Drafting National Circumcision Policy, Health Official Says

    20 Nov 2008 | 9:00 pm
    Uganda's Ministry of Health has started to draft a medical male circumcision policy for HIV prevention, the New Vision/AllAfrica.com reports. "Assessment of the capacity of health units to implement the policy has been conducted," Sam Zaramba, general director of health services, said. He also said that the policy "will not be a stand alone strategy" but part of the country's HIV prevention strategy that emphasizes abstinence, condom use and fidelity (Bugembe, New Vision/AllAfrica.com, 11/20). HIV/AIDS Biggest Challenge to Ugandan Army, President Says In related news, Uganda's President…

  • Advocates Rally at White House, Urge Obama To Prioritize HIV/AIDS

    20 Nov 2008 | 9:00 pm
    More than 1,000 HIV-positive people and HIV/AIDS advocates gathered near the White House on Thursday to urge President-elect Barack Obama to improve both domestic and globalHIV/AIDS initiatives, VOA Newsreports (Lesser VOA News, 11/20). The groups that organized the rally are asking Obama to take action on a national AIDS strategy in the U.S., as well as build upon current efforts abroad through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief during his first 100 days in office (100 Days To Fight AIDS release, 11/20). Michael Swigert, associate director of Africa Action, said that Obama's…

  • Rise in New HIV Cases in Philippines Stirs Debate on Reproductive Health Bill

    20 Nov 2008 | 9:00 pm
    In the face of increasing HIV cases in the Philippines, lawmakers are debating a reproductive health bill that could have a significant impact on reversing the upward trend in new cases through HIV prevention, care and support services, IRIN/PlusNews reports (IRIN/PlusNews, 11/19). The bill would increase HIV services in the country, as well as require government hospitals to include contraceptives in the supplies they purchase and make reproductive health education mandatory in schools (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 11/14).According to a recent report from the Department of Health's National…

  • Many Women in India's Karnataka State Unaware Condoms Can Prevent HIV; Expanded Access to Condoms, Prevention Efforts Needed

    20 Nov 2008 | 9:00 pm
    About 35% of women in India's Karnataka state know that condoms can prevent HIV transmission, according to India's National Family Health Survey, the Times of India reports. The survey indicated a need for increased access to HIV prevention and education and expanded access to female condoms, according to the Times. The NFHS survey also found that 12.3% of women and 32.6% of men in the state have comprehensive knowledge about HIV.According to the Times,Karnataka has not been included in a National AIDS Control Organization condom distribution program despite the state's high HIV prevalence,…
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  • The Power of Blogs: Bloggers Unite on World AIDS Day

    AIDS.gov
    18 Nov 2008 | 4:17 pm
    World AIDS Day 2008 (December 1) is now less than two weeks away! Worldwide, an estimated 33 million people are living with HIV . In the United States, an estimated one million Americans are living with HIV. AIDS.gov is partnering...

  • World AIDS Day in Second Life

    AIDS.gov
    11 Nov 2008 | 10:35 am
    World AIDS Day (December 1) is less than a month away! One of our many World AIDS Day activities will be our participation in a Second Life (SL) 2008 World AIDS Day event. As we mentioned in a previous post...

  • Introduction to Mashups: 1 + 1 = Mashups?

    AIDS.gov
    4 Nov 2008 | 1:35 pm
    Mashups -- what are they? Are they being used by the HIV/AIDS community? To learn more, we spoke with Rob Worthington from AIDSportal and AIDS.gov advisor, David Galiel . AIDSportal “HIV Jobs” Mashup What is a mashup? Rob told us,...

  • Highlights from Health 2.0: User-Generated Healthcare 2008

    AIDS.gov
    28 Oct 2008 | 2:34 pm
    Last week, over 1,000 healthcare and technology industry leaders met in San Francisco for Health 2.0: User-Generated Healthcare 2008 . The conference co-founders, Matthew Holt, author of The Health Care Blog , and Indu Subaiya, MD, packed the two-day event...

  • Podcast Promotion Tips from Apple

    AIDS.gov
    21 Oct 2008 | 1:58 pm
    Admiral Joxel Garcia, Assistant Secretary for HealthPete Alcorn, Podcast Manager at iTunes. Photo courtesy of Personal Life Media on Flickr Last week, Miguel Gomez, Director of AIDS.gov, sat down with Admiral Joxel Garcia, the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health for...
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  • Millions of lives at risk

    h.e.g.
    20 Nov 2008 | 10:23 am
    I’ve posted quite a bit already about the impact of the current financial crisis on low income countries, developing economies, and overall health and development efforts.  I just came across a Reuters article by Bappa Majumdar that describes in stark terms the threat to people living with HIV/AIDS around the world as rich countries react to [...]

  • Daschle could push for fast health reform

    h.e.g.
    20 Nov 2008 | 6:40 am
    Another quick update, this time from an AP article about Obama cabinet appointments: Daschle could push Obama for quick action on health care reform next year, if he follows his own advice. Daschle said efforts during the Clinton administration, led by Hillary Clinton, took too long and went into too much detail, giving every interest group an opportunity [...]

  • An unhelpful cure

    h.e.g.
    19 Nov 2008 | 10:24 pm
    According to a recent article from the New York Times, Doctors in Berlin are reporting that they cured a man of AIDS by giving him transplanted blood stem cells from a person naturally resistant to the virus. But while the case has novel medical implications, experts say it will be of little immediate use in treating AIDS. [...]

  • Tom Daschle confirmed for HHS

    h.e.g.
    19 Nov 2008 | 7:36 pm
    Numerous news outlets have announced that Sen. Tom Daschle has accepted the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services in the future Obama cabinet.  This hasn’t gotten a ton of coverage yet due to continued suspense over whether Hillary Clinton will become Secretary of State, but I just wanted to update the story.  I’ll [...]

  • Obama’s pick for Secretary of Health: Tom Daschle

    h.e.g.
    19 Nov 2008 | 11:32 am
    This just in from Helene Cooper at the NYTimes: ­President-elect Barack Obama has offered the nomination of Secretary of Health and Human Services to Tom Daschle of South Dakota, the former Democratic Senate leader who was an early supporter of Mr. Obama’s run for the presidency. Democratic officials said that Mr. Daschle has accepted the nomination. But they [...]
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    Shawn's POZ Blog

  • The Twilight (of My Cold)

    21 Nov 2008 | 3:06 am
    Whatever I had is finally leaving my body. With the time change, and the late nights of Nyquil-induced slumber, I went three days without seeing sunlight. But now, I'm ready to re-emerge among the living, and the bright flashes of sunlight that greeted me today in the cold, brisk, air only made it apparent that I'd missed my deadline for my 2nd book. To have my next book- a vampire book- completed and sent to my high falootin' NYC agent by the time Twilight hit theatres was a great plan, the hope being to have my book published before the second Twilight movie sucks the genre dry. But my…

  • A Positoid's Tribute to E.R.

    18 Nov 2008 | 11:19 pm
    I can't take any pills for the kind of lingering cough I have right now, so my only prescription is some herbal remedies and an excessive amount of E.R. episodes. For those who don't know, E.R. is a television show about a hospital in Chicago called County General. New interns unwittingly enter, believing they will learn what it takes to become successful doctors. Those who have been around keep the dark secret of County General under wraps, never telling the newcomers that the place was built on an ancient Indian burial ground. Hoping they will take over so that they the elder doctors can…

  • Veteran's Day

    17 Nov 2008 | 3:22 am
    In the last week, Gwenn and I sent out about 800 postcards to colleges and universities, informing them about our safe sexiness. It's something we've been doing since the beginning of our campus speaking career back in 2000. The hope is that the schools like it enough to check out the website, or write for more information and, of course, eventually have us on campus to speak to students. Here's the one we just sent for the Spring 2009 semester. As it stands, we have extra postcards around from previous mailings, which makes for confusing Christmas card mailings to friends and family. "Merry…

  • LemonAIDS

    14 Nov 2008 | 1:31 am
    How does the joke go? When God gives you AIDS, take lemon shots? Well, God may not have given me AIDS, but he sure saddled me down with whatever gunk is going around. The coughing, the just feeling blah. In an effort to turn the tide today, I did three lemon shots. What sucks about the timing is that I've had trouble writing this week. After a couple of days of trying, I found that my body needed to just chill out, and my mind was starting to turn on me a bit. So, instead of screwing up things, I figured I'd kick back and give myself the best chance of getting better. What's good about the…

  • Legally Bond, CT Greenlights Same-Sex Marriage

    13 Nov 2008 | 1:24 am
    Connecticut has determined that gay marriage is legal, squarely kicking Proposition H8 in the ol' wedding favors. The other night I was watching Countdown With Keith Olbermann. On November 10, his Special Comment, the rant that ends his show as masterfully lampooned by Ben Affleck on Saturday Night Live, was about Proposition 8. I couldn't write it better than he says it here. The odds of me living a full life are great. It was the gay community that fought to have the AIDS issue brought into the light in the 1980's, to make sure treatments were being developed so more friends wouldn't have…
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    Michelle's POZ Blog

  • Hating the Holidays

    Michelle
    19 Nov 2008 | 1:42 pm
    Most people love this time of year, the holidays which is suppose to be shared with friends and loved ones. I have come to hate it and it is usually the worst time of year for me. I have been...

  • Disappointments.....

    Michelle
    29 Oct 2008 | 2:36 am
    I haven't been blogging much lately, simply for the reason that I guess I kind of ran out of things to say for the moment. I guess you can consider this entry sort of like a memo of the few...

  • Moving Onwards and Upwards....

    Michelle
    7 Oct 2008 | 12:57 pm
    I have to say things have been going pretty good in my little world. I have been in my apartment now for going on two months. Lucifer (my demon kitty) and I couldn't be happier. Despite the health issues I...

  • Hello, My name is.....

    Michelle
    23 Sep 2008 | 10:02 pm
    Yesterday I attended my first women's support group. It consisted of eight women including myself. We all had our stories and it amazed me how much they had in common with me.One of the ladies, I believe had been...

  • Here I am.....

    Michelle
    17 Sep 2008 | 5:44 pm
    As of late, my mind has been on HIV more than it normally is. Not because something is going on with my health, actually that area of my life is doing quite well except for a pinched nerve in my...
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    Jonathan's POZ Blog

  • cocoon envy

    Jonathan
    11 Nov 2008 | 11:06 pm
    Benjamin ferret doesn't care much, anymore. I wake him up from deep sleep, and all he wants to do is crawl on my chest and lick my nose and mouth. It seems to give him joy, so I let him....

  • Days of the Dead

    Jonathan
    30 Oct 2008 | 6:57 pm
    This weekend exists out of time and space for me. Whatever I am going through, Halloween is a great opportunity to step outside of myself and be someone else. In pagan ritual, this was meant to confuse the dead. Sometimes...

  • Stay

    Jonathan
    26 Sep 2008 | 1:01 am
    Stay Adam makes a joke about snapping Benjamin's neck, and I almost get angry. Of course, he ALWAYS makes the same joke about Benjamin, whenever I ask him to assist me in trimming their nails (I scruff and hold them,...

  • Water Baby

    Jonathan
    13 Aug 2008 | 4:52 am
    I am falling, or maybe flying. I have met the Under Toad, and he is me. I am three years old, maybe four. Possibly only two. Swinging my chubby feet in the warm chlorinated water. Mom sits in a lounge... Continue reading "Water Baby" »

  • Keep breathing

    Jonathan
    31 Jul 2008 | 9:30 pm
    Breathe in, breathe out. Easy enough, most of the time. Forgive my indulgence, I really wanted to give a heads up to where I have been since, well, forever. Woke up the other night unable to do those things. Ended...
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    Peter's POZ Blog

  • It's About Love

    Peter Staley
    14 Nov 2008 | 5:15 am
    Yesterday, I blogged about the Prop 8 demo in New York City Wednesday night, and while praising the action, I still yearned for more of the energy and creativity of the ACT UP days. Andrew Sullivan aptly summarized my post...

  • My First Facebook Demo

    Peter Staley
    13 Nov 2008 | 2:23 pm
    Okay, don’t get me wrong. Last night’s Prop 8 demo in New York City was inspiring on many levels. The turn-out was huge. The fact that it all happened virally online, starting with a single Facebook event posted only three...

  • No Victim, but Poz Perp Put Away

    Peter Staley
    11 Nov 2008 | 7:26 am
    I stand with most of the activists quoted in the excellent article in this month's POZ Magazine about the increase in the criminalization of HIV-positive people around the world. Money quote: “These laws are a throwback to the myths and...

  • If You Find Me Roaming The Streets...

    Peter Staley
    8 Nov 2008 | 11:00 am
    If you find me roaming the streets like a zombie, babbling about Sarah Palin and FOX news, then please help me if you can. Approach me slowly -- no quick movements, please -- and gently stroke my arm while saying...

  • An Update On The First "Cured" AIDS Patient

    Peter Staley
    7 Nov 2008 | 6:39 am
    The Wall Street Journal's Mark Schoofs is one of the best AIDS reporters I know. He just wrote a fascinating update on the so-called "Berlin patient" -- potentially the first person "cured" of HIV/AIDS. The startling case of an AIDS...
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    Paul's POZ Blog

  • RIP Hank

    Paul Dalton
    10 Nov 2008 | 11:25 am
    I learned this morning that long time AIDS, gay and community activist Hank Wilson has died. Hank had been battling lung cancer for some time, and managed to keep up his activist work through much of this last battle. I...

  • What I have been up to

    Paul Dalton
    26 Oct 2008 | 5:34 pm
    Last week was HAART 2.0, the first significant HIV meeting I have organized for Project Inform. The meeting brought together about 40 community activists, scientists, government regulators and representatives from the pharmaceutical industry, with the goal of improving the use...

  • Today I am grateful for:

    Paul Dalton
    22 Oct 2008 | 5:51 am
    (Almost) daily I write a list of 10 things I am grateful for and email it to 5 people, who do the same. Last night was the first day of a meeting, titled HAART 2.0, that I have been working...

  • Argh

    Paul Dalton
    18 Oct 2008 | 4:38 pm
    http://tgm.jimdo.com/...

  • Cancer is Still Stupid

    Paul Dalton
    14 Oct 2008 | 11:07 am
    A quick update: As I wrote about here, two women who are very close to me- my Mom and one of my closest friends, were recently diagnosed with breast cancer. First, I want to thank everyone for there kind words...
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    David's POZ Blog

  • After the Burial

    David
    15 Nov 2008 | 4:30 pm
    I’d like to say that Frank the cockroach was a dear friend. In point of fact I hardly knew him. But in life and in death, Frank gave me the creeps. His rendition of “Happy Birthday” was off key. His...

  • Bugged!

    David
    11 Nov 2008 | 8:23 pm
    As I staggered into the bathroom this morning after a night of celebrating my 58th birthday with a few of my friends, I saw out of the corner of my right eye a large cockroach. The roach was on its...

  • Election Postscript, Travel Postcard

    David
    4 Nov 2008 | 11:50 pm
    The Election In what can only by viewed as a resounding repudiation of the Bush administration and its failed economic and social policies, the American voters have swept the Republicans out of Washington by the widest electoral margin in my...

  • VOTE!

    David
    29 Oct 2008 | 5:20 am
    Federal Express arrived at my door here in Sweden this morning with a very special package - my official U.S. absentee ballot. I’ve always taken voting seriously, but the ballot that I received and mailed back to the Board of...

  • Paradise (Almost) Found!

    David
    26 Oct 2008 | 5:05 am
    Last night, Eva and I drove across the border from Sweden into a small Scandinavian country called “Gudomlig” (which roughly translated, means “godliness”). In Gudomlig, instead of spending most of their tax revenues maintaining a standing military and propping...
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  • Visual AIDS Artists at Art Miami

    Nelson Santos
    20 Nov 2008 | 9:25 am
    L: George Towne / R: Eric RheinGeorge Towne, Eric Rhein & others @ The Barbara Ann Levy GalleryBridge Art Fair, Booth 8December 2 - 7, 2008 Hermes Payrhuber@ James Kelly ContemporaryART MIAMI, Booth A2December 3 - 7, 2008

  • ARTAIDS - More to Love

    Nelson Santos
    19 Nov 2008 | 12:59 pm
    ARTAIDS presentsMORE TO LOVE: The Art of Living TogetherA travelling exhibition to Chiang Mai, Thailand28 November – 19 December 2008Chiang Mai, ThailandArtAids employs art in the fight against AIDS. It invites leading artists to produce work dealing with AIDS and related issues. These works of art are used to raise public consciousness, to encourage involvement, and to generate funds for supporting projects aimed at preventing and fighting AIDS. The works created for the ArtAids event More to Love: The Art of Living Together are travelling on to Chiang Mai after their first successful…

  • Exhibitions at Leslie Lohman

    Nelson Santos
    18 Nov 2008 | 2:40 pm
    Carmine Santaniello, 2008 Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation26 Wooster Street, NYCNovember 19-December 20, 2008Reception Nov 18 from 6-8PM Greg Mitchell and Kenn Graziano, Cocteau-Marais, 2008IMAGINARY PORTRAITS - Gay Lovers in History This exhibition is comprised of paintings, drawing and photographs depicting historical gay & lesbian lovers for whom no period image of them together exists.Peter Harvey, PhoenixIMAGES FROM THE TRIANGLE - The AIDS Paintings of Peter Harvey These paintings (and select studies for the paintings), created over a 5-year period in the mid-1990s, are the…

  • World AIDS Day Exhibition - Andrew McPhail

    Nelson Santos
    17 Nov 2008 | 3:51 pm
    Andrew McPhailAll My Little FailuresWorld AIDS Day ExhibitionArmory Center for the Arts145 North Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CANovember 17 - December 5, 2008.An exhibition of sculptures by artist Andrew McPhail will be on view at the Armory Center for the Arts.  This show marks the Armory's 4th year of memorializing World AIDS Day, which falls on December 1st of every year. This year's World AIDS Day theme is "Leadership," a reminder of the need for strong leaders in the fight against the AIDS crisis. Andrew McPhail addresses the question of HIV and AIDS in the form of sculpture, drawing,…

  • Gregg Cassin - Exhibition

    Nelson Santos
    14 Nov 2008 | 3:58 pm
    Gregg CassinCrowned with ThornsNovember 5-29, 2008Reception Friday, November 14th from 6-9pmReaves Gallery235 Gough Street @ Hickory between Fell and Oak in Hayes Valley415.250.3201 | www.reavesgallery.com
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  • “Needle ZERO” again; or, HIV pops up magically out of nowhere

    Henry Bauer
    15 Nov 2008 | 8:12 am
    “More than 40 young children have been infected with HIV at a hospital in Uzbekistan, officials have said” (BBC News: Uzbek children in ‘Aids outbreak’, by Martin Vennard). According to UNAIDS data for 2006 (2006 Report on the global AIDS epidemic — A UNAIDS 10th anniversary special edition), the overall prevalence of “HIV” in Uzbekistan was 0.2% (0.1-0.7); in 2007, it was 0.1% (<0.1-0.3; 2008 UNAIDS Report). Wherefrom, one wonders, came the HIV that infected those children? For comparison, the prevalence is reported as 0.6% in North America and 0.3% in Western…

  • HIV scare in St. Louis School—a footnote

    Henry Bauer
    12 Nov 2008 | 8:57 am
    I had concluded my post about this with the words, “Those facts cause me to dread the further ‘news’ and rumors that will be leaking out from those ignorant, panicked, ‘everything is normal’, school administrators and health officials in St. Louis.” The foreboding was warranted: “November 9, 2008 — H.I.V. Scare Unnerves a St. Louis High School — By MALCOLM GAY ST. LOUIS — Walking the halls of Normandy High School between classes, Mya McLemore, a senior, pays close attention these days to the faces of her fellow students. She keeps an eye out for those who avert…

  • Misleading is worse than lying — The case of “HIV-associated” lipodystrophy

    Henry Bauer
    10 Nov 2008 | 8:20 am
    Years ago, I found instructive — and have remembered ever since — the distinction Paul Halmos makes between misleading and lying: “There is a difference between misleading statements and false ones; striving for ‘the clear reception of the message’ you are sometimes allowed to lie a little, but you must never mislead….. A part of the art of lecturing is to know when and how to lie. Don’t insist on protecting yourself by being cowardly legalistic, but lead the audience to the truth” (I Want to Be a Mathematician, 1985, pp. 113 14; for further applications, see To Rise…

  • HIV/AIDS comes in, thinking departs and ignorance reigns

    Henry Bauer
    9 Nov 2008 | 7:43 am
    “Everyone knows” that HIV causes AIDS and that HIV is spread by sex and infected needles. No further thought is then needed to explain facts and propose public policies. For example, in Ghana, the cultural practice of marrying one’s brother’s widow is indicted without further ado for the alleged spread of HIV/AIDS: “Widowhood inheritance, . . . a cultural practice in the Upper West Region that allows brothers of a deceased to marry his widow after the funeral rites of the deceased, is said to be one of the major causes of the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Jirapa and Lambussie districts.

  • Defenders of the HIV/AIDS Faith: Why Anonymous?

    Henry Bauer
    6 Nov 2008 | 8:54 am
    I’ve used the Internet pretty much from its inception, at first chiefly for e-mail, of course. I tried a few on-line lists, groups, discussions on various topics pertinent to my academic interests — for example, fraud in science — or on my hobbies — Loch Ness monsters, say. These were open to all who wanted to participate, and participants were open about their identity; electronic communication was just adding some speed and convenience to exchanges that we’d been engaged in via letters, conferences, phone calls. Some of the discussion groups touched on fairly…
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  • "i'm hiv+"

    Jeffry
    20 Nov 2008 | 3:43 pm
    Around 3 in the afternoon yesterday, a friend of mine whom I met from G4M last year sent me this text message:   “I’m hiv+. I know you’re working for HIV-AIDS. Can you help me? I know I need to know more about it.” His message crushed my heart. It was like thousands of pins and needles piercing my heart all at once. He was only 25, and both he and his partner have it. What’s more is that he both has the HIV1 and HIV2 viruses. I was devastated. I know I am advocating for HIV-AIDS prevention for two years now, and even working for a country program to stop the…

  • Fast facts about HIV & AIDS

    wadpacific
    14 Nov 2008 | 6:02 pm
    FACTS ABOUT HIV & AIDS What is HIV? Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV is a virus that attacks the part of the body that fights diseases and protects us from getting sick (immune system). With a weak immune system, a person with HIV can easily catch other germs. Their body can’t fight the germs and they can get very sick (this is called AIDS). HIV cannot be cured. Once someone has HIV it stays in their body for life. What is AIDS? Acquired (something you get) Immune Deficiency (weak, no protection from diseases) Syndrome (different symptoms, signs and illnesses) AIDS is not a disease, but…

  • wanita telanjang dan lelaki hidung belang !!

    erickningrat
    13 Nov 2008 | 11:56 pm
    andai saja datang kegelapan selimutilah diriku yang suci ini, yang telah di hina oleh mereka yang telah usai menikmatiku… jangan balas mereka dengan kutukan tapi sadarkan mereka bahwa aku adalah wanita…. kaum yang melahirkan mereka juga.. jangan sakiti hatiku karena kamu telah menikmati tubuhku…. jangan campakan diriku karena tubuhku telah di sentuh oleh tangan2 jahil yang telah menodaiku…. jangan pernah ada dusta di antara kita… karena kamu telah merasakan nikmat tubuhku dan mencampakan diriku begitu saja… tubuh yang lain yang kau anggap lebih suci,, yang…

  • RIP Judah

    kenyananalyst
    12 Nov 2008 | 3:38 pm
    The e-mail from my aide in Cherangany was as simple as it was heavy. My friend Judah had died, it said. His young widow and child were downcast with sorrow it added. Judah’s mum, also a widow, was in great sorrow too. A cellphone number I had come to call often before was provided once again, with a request that I find time to talk to the widow. Tomorrow, much of my civic ward - comprising such villages as Marura, Chebarus, Orombee, Maili Nane and Sibanga - will burry Judah. In my attempt for parliament last year, Judah had come out strongly for me, before wavering a little later on.

  • Scientists Discover Possibility Of Revitalizing Immune Cells Of HIV Patients

    NRI
    11 Nov 2008 | 11:11 pm
    Scientists in Canada and the US have discovered a method that apparently restores vitality to certain immune system cells that have become “exhausted” from fighting HIV, thus potentially restoring the ability of the infected person’s own immune system to wage war against the virus. The study was led by Dr Mario Ostrowski, who is based at the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto in Canada , and Dr Douglas Nixon, from the Division of Experimental Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, USA, and is published in the 10th November issue of the Journal…
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