Volunteers, members, staff, and activists raised AIDS awareness on December 1, 2000. Holding signs reading "Today is World AIDS Day" and "Honk for AIDS Awareness," demonstrators strategically placed at all four corners of Wilshire and Vermont. . . .
The objective of this survey was to examine the most important issues faced by women living with an HIV and/or AIDS diagnosis. Differences and similarities amongst women of different age groups, ethnicities, and regions of the U.S. were also explored.
Debra Johnson, N.P., P.A.-C. and Kathleen E. Squires, M.D. - Fall / Winter 2000
The beginning of the AIDS epidemic in the United States presented as a disease that was transmitted through homosexual, and intravenous drug abuse (IVDA).
Since the 1940s, antibiotics have been the cornerstone of infectious disease therapy. Their remarkable healing power invites widespread and often inappropriate use, which leads to antibiotic resistance and consequent treatment complications.
Mae Kimbrough, Treatment Advocate - Fall / Winter 2000
I am dedicating this article to anyone who has lived the miserable, sad, degrading, useless life of a heroin addict. This is the life I lived for so many waisted years only to end up with this f-ing disease that no one has a cure for.
These are just a few of the qualities that I've tried to look for in a mate. It's hard of course, to find all of these in one man, but I try to get as many of these qualities as I can!
Information compiled from Planned Parenthood and the WIHS, provided by our Promotora, Brenda Calderon - Fall / Winter 2000
For many reasons some women think menopause will bring negativity into their lives. I think and believe that if we as women inform ourselves about menopause, a stage that our body will go through, and prepare our minds with the tools to deal with this part of life, I think menopause will have a different result after all.
Phillip M. Harter, M.D., Stanford University - Fall / Winter 2000
This will give you a different look at the world! If we could shrink the earth's population to a village of precisely 100 people, with all the existing human ratios remaining the same, it would look something like the following.
Back by popular demand! Get together for fun and relaxation. Make something nice. Keep it or use it as a gift for someone else. Meets every Thursday at alternating locations.
Judy Kristel, dyke warrior and fierce AIDS activist, passed away November 6th of pancreatic cancer. I remember Judy in the Rose Parade action of 1989, the action which brought the parade to a screeching halt to bring attention to the rising death toll in the AIDS crisis.
The first conference on the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) for the 21st century held promises for the future of HIV disease both in improvements in medical management and the promise of a vaccine. The theme of the 7th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections was "At the birth of a century, research toward ending AIDS."
This information is designed to support, not replace, the relationship that exists between you and your doctor.