Issue 75; Mar/Apr 2010
Social networking sites for HIVers are popping up all over the Net. Plus: A mom's busy life.
Items with this symbol are exclusive to HIVPlusMag.comIssue Features
- Social Security
A new generation is carving out a niche on the Net so that HIVers can find a safe, casual atmosphere to connect, get informed, and evolve with their diagnosis at their own pace. - Care Giver
As the on-the-go caretaker in most families, a mom rarely has a spare moment to pay attention to her own needs -- but she really needs to when she’s living with HIV. - Time for “The Talk”?
How to approach the subject of your HIV diagnosis with your children. - Child Monitor
Keep in tune with what’s going on with your kids to help avoid problems with them later. News
- Assumed Risk
Experts have put forth all kinds of ideas to help reduce HIV transmissions, but a new study shows that one touted practice might well be creating even more harm. - Self-defeating Self-defense
Researchers find that the body’s immune system actually shuts down one of its own potentially powerful attacks against invading HIV cells. Voices
- Hospitals and Doctors and Death, Oh My
Perfectly Flawed
By Corey Saucier
or the first time in 10 years Saucier remembers what it means to be dying of HIV -- and the unpleasant memory reminds him that he can’t live in relaxed mode anymore. - Facing Uncertainty?
Mind+Manner
By Gary McClain, Ph.D.
Does trying to look on the bright side seem like an uphill battle? - To Achieve Top Form, Control Your Blood Sugar
Nutrition+Fitness
By Cade Fields-Gardner
Between HIV infection and its treatment, there is a higher risk for the development of insulin resistance and prediabetes or type 2 diabetes. - Are You Looking Out for Your Future?
Medicine+Wellness
By Dan Bowers, MD
New research shows the effects that HIV has on the body’s aging process.
