TODAY' S NEWS
AMA: U.S. Needs a National AIDS StrategyLeading medical group passes a resolution urging the Obama administration to craft a national plan for fighting the disease. Read the full story...
TODAY'S HEADLINES
- Why Teens Feel They’re Destined to Get HIV
A new study sees fatalism behind some risky teen behavior. - New Law Calls for Testing of Prisoners
Georgia moves to identify HIV-positive inmates before their release. - CDC to Launch Testing Program During Black Pride
Three-year initiative will be unveiled during Chicago’s annual celebration. - Medical Groups Welcome End of HIV Travel Ban
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. - African Women With HIV Coerced Into Sterlization
Namibian government allegedly forced HIV-positive women to be sterilized before offering them medical care.
FEATURES
Build Your Beach BodAdopt these 11 helpful tips to get swimsuit-ready. Read the full story...
MORE FEATURE STORIES
Cut Your Cancer Chances
A third of cancer cases can be avoided by simple lifestyle changes.
Don’t Blow Your Workout
Avoid these 10 classic blunders that can keep you from your fitness goals.
Modify Your Mortality Risks
A new large-scale study shows HIVers are far more likely to die of other causes than of AIDS.
Fighting HIV Through Early Detection
San Francisco aims to identify those newly infected with HIV who are at high risk of spreading the virus.
Promises, Promises
Instead of pledging to give up certain foods to lose weight, focus on ditching calorie-laden drinks instead.
THE MAGAZINE
Furry, Cuddly, Lifesaving
Pets can provide health-affirming support for people -- even when ailments and loneliness become dangerous threats. Read the full story...
MORE STORIES FROM THE CURRENT ISSUE
- Furry, Cuddly, Lifesaving
Pets can provide health-affirming support for people -- even when ailments and loneliness become dangerous threats. 
Tips+Tools: What Friends Are For
Local Pets Are Wonderful Support groups offer a variety of services to HIVers with companion animals.- Tips+Tools: Branching Out
Get some advice on how to set up your own local PAWS chapter. 
Mr. Safe Sex
You've probably never hear of Richard Berkowitz. But if you've ever used a condom -- or asked your man to -- with the goal of protecting yourself from HIV, you have him to thank.
Designer Medicine
The next big step in the battle against HIV could involve using individuals' genetic material to create tailor-made drugs for their specific virus.
VOICES
The Upside to Bad NewsPhoenix Rising
By Thomas Fransen, LCSW
A friend’s HIV diagnosis has Thomas Fransen reliving the days immediately after he learned of his own infection and discovering that in some ways seroconverting helped him get other parts of his Read the full story...
MORE VOICES
I Can't Fight This Feeling
Nutrition+Fitness
By Sam Page
If you've got fears that overwhelm you and keep you from much-needed physical activity, try these tips to get on track.
Oops, I Blipped Again
Medicine+Wellness
By Dan Bowers, MD
Should you worry about the minor yet regular increases and reversals in your HIV viral load tests?
Truth Took My Virginity
Infectious Awareness
By Devin T. Robinson X
Exploring the risks of unprotected sex.
The Matrix
Perfectly Flawed
By Corey Saucier
Corey aims to break through a web of perceptions about him based on his race, his sexuality, and his HIV status.
Dietary Max
Nutrition+Fitness
By Cade Fields-Gardner
With these five taste- and waist-friendly tips, you won’t have to feel like you’re missing out -- or destined to suffer excess weight gain.
THE MAGAZINE
Issue 71; Jul/Aug 2009
