The Latest Health Stories
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An interview with Ron Rosenes, C.M.
Long-time survivor, witness and pioneer Ron Rosenes was recently made a member of the Order of Canada for his contribution to the wellbeing of people living with HIV. In this interview he talks about what the award means for himself and for the community -
An easier on the system option?
Aidsmap reports therapy with newer, safer antiretrovirals may be an option for the majority of HIV-positive patients but that a clinical trial is needed -
Olivia Kijewski, on the anniversary of the death of a family member. says “Now that I work in an ASO, the similarities between HIV/AIDS and mental health sometimes seem uncanny, though certainly not coincidental.” -
Should all gay and bisexual men take PrEP?
Bombshell or not? From the Huffington Post, “Did the World Health Organization (WHO) really declare that all gay men should take Pre-exposure Prophylaxis?” -
World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines endorse PrEP for gay men
A press release says: “For the first time, WHO strongly recommends men who have sex with men consider taking antiretroviral medicines as an additional method of preventing HIV infection (PrEP) alongside the use of condoms" -
Is a microbicide the game-changer gay men need?
From TheBody.com comes this article about the promise and hope of rectal microbicides to reduce HIV infection rates in gay men -
This article from the HIV Disclosure Project looks at the relationship between HIV and mental health and expresses caution about the impact of research on this topic on people living with HIV -
From CATIE’s Positive Side comes this article about Peggy Frank’s giant drug cocktail sculpture that uses more than 2,000 empty pill bottles to make its point -
HIV criminalization and peer research: Are we at risk?
Guest writer Terry Howard on the legal protections that are available to researchers and their research subjects when potentially sensitive information is collected. -
Robert Birch is assisting in reserach which examines the sex lives of gay men in unconventional ways. -
Online cruising meets HIV outreach
Aidsmap reports health interventions in online cruising environments are more acceptable when they take a ‘passive’ approach
