The Latest Health Stories
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Kicking ASS (AIDS Survivor Syndrome - or Lazarus Syndrome)
David Phillips says “Medically, we would be just fine, but mentally we were still feeling the aftershocks of being given a death sentence and having it taken back.” -
Is sex going to happen tonight – and why it matters?
Aidsmap reports gay men are better at predicting when they won’t have sex than when they will. New York sex-diary study suggests possible PrEP-dosing strategies -
From FS Magazine “We are not doomed, we are not ‘unclean’, we are not predatory or dangerous, just because we are living with HIV”. -
“Elite Controllers Experience Disproportionate Health Issues”
This was what a medical journal recently reported. But how accurate is it? An elite controller himself, Rodney Rousseau picks apart the headlines. -
More from POZ magazine on one of the hot topics of the day, when to start HIV treatment. (Early, we say.) -
Butt out? Smokers with HIV live seven years less
Aidsmap reports smoking doubles risk of death for patients taking HIV therapy -
HIV rates coming down in Toronto two years in a row
You sometimes hear the gossip that new HIV infection rates are on the rise. But are they? Bob Leahy on Toronto’s recent success in curbing new infection rates -
What’s resonating in the community?
Marc-André LeBlanc on the Resonance Project, undetectable viral load and PrEP: how Canadian gay men view and incorporate new and emerging HIV information into their sexual practices -
Study uncovers new ground about when to start HIV therapy
CATIE says new research has revealed that early therapy may be highly beneficial. -
HIV after Armageddon; a Jeremiad
Michael Bouldin frowns on invoking our history "Concerned but misguided gay men of a certain age hear whatever the latest HIV infection rates are, and they pull the AIDS Crisis Card." -
Alex Sparrowhawk on the big decision that, like a haircut, is often put off. But, he says “medication is an emotive issue that every person living with the virus has to deal with - when to start, if to start . . .”
