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Surviving to die of something else: AIDS is a rare cause of death in old people with HIV

AIDS Treatment News  Nov 19 09

"A French study of a group of people with HIV aged over 60 has found that over a four-year period, one in seven of the group died – but not a single death was attributable to an AIDS-defining illness.
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Global Health: HIV Vaccine Breakthrough?

Google HIV News / Global Voices Online (blog)  Sep 30 09

Channel Africa Global Health: HIV Vaccine Breakthrough?Global Voices Online (blog)... like in the early days of HIV/AIDS where gay men returned to unsafe sex when AZT, the first anti-HIV medicine produced and marketed, was made available.
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Encouraging Words 8/3/09-"A Sanctuary From Hate"

Straight Not Narrow  Aug 03 09

From the Washington Post (thanks to Pam's House Blend for the tip) comes the story of Inner Light Ministries in Washington DC and how it is a safe place for LGBT African-Americans to worship God:In the middle of a sermon, Bishop Rainey Cheeks felt his medicine bottle bulging in his pocket and realized he hadn't taken his pills.
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Pastor, D.C. Church Offer Gay African Americans A Message of Acceptance and Responsibility

Gay News Blog  Jul 25 09

In the middle of a sermon, Bishop Rainey Cheeks felt his medicine bottle bulging in his pocket and realized he hadn't taken his pills.
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Gay men diagnosed during primary infection substantially reduce their risk behaviour

AIDS Treatment News  Jul 17 09

"Gay and bisexual men who are diagnosed with HIV in the first few weeks after infection make significant changes to their sexual behaviour, write British researchers in the August issue of HIV Medicine.
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Adventures in a Nursing Home

Independent Gay Forum  Jul 03 09

by Paul VarnellYou remember that old advertisement for a medical alert device in which an old woman lies sprawled on the floor and says, "I've fallen and I can't get up"? Shown as a clip at video bars, it usually provokes laughter.
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Medical Groups Welcome End of HIV Travel Ban

HIVPlusMag.com  Jul 02 09

The Infectious Diseases Society of America, the HIV Medicine Association, and the Center for Global Health Policy all praise the move to lift the discriminatory policy.
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Groups Respond to Confirmation of Global AIDS Coordinator

HIVPlusMag.com  Jun 22 09

UNAIDS, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Center for Global Health Policy, and the HIV Medicine Association all praise the confirmation of Eric Goosby.
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