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January / February 2010
Fighting AIDS With Lessons Learned From Black History
by Regan Hofmann
Phill Wilson, CEO and founder of the Black AIDS Institute, calls on members of his community to remember their past—in order to spare future tragedy. As part of the team behind a new, national AIDS awareness and testing campaign, “Greater Than AIDS,” Wilson reminds the world that black Americans are greater than any challenge they have ever faced—including HIV/AIDS.
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Adoption Issues
by Glenn Townes
When Ricky Stith discovered he was HIV positive in 1996, he thought he was going to die. More than a decade later, he is a parent planning for a long future with his son. And he has discovered that being a dad can be even more daunting than surviving the virus.
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No Child Left Behind
by Willette Francis
When Jane Aronson, MD, started the Worldwide Orphans Foundation, she gave extra TLC to those children living with HIV.
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Hard Return
by Rachel Rabkin Pechman
Prisoners with HIV, fresh out of jail, find they have many more walls to overcome.
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Female Condom
A new female condom, FC2, is now available in the United States.
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Medicine Chest
by Laura Whitehorn
Some people can take lower doses of Sustiva.
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Cancer Cutters?
Along with other healthy habits, keeping your CD4 count high might help protect against cancer.
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Cuppa Joe
by Laura Whitehorn
News to wake you up: Drinking coffee might give your liver a healthy jolt.
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Green Goddess
by Laura Whitehorn
Mother Nature creates compounds that might end up in new HIV therapies. We have our sights on these four:
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Resolution Revolution
by Laura Whitehorn
This New Year, don’t make grand resolutions that you’ll break. Instead, take small steps toward health.
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Flying United
by Regan Hofmann
How to address the crisis of AIDS funding? Ask the citizens of the world to shell out a couple of bucks
whenever they book a flight.
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Rubber Soul
by James Wortman
A compassionate condom company sexes up the fair trade movement.
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In Memoriam
Robert Scott, MD, a highly respected American HIV/AIDS physician, died
of complications arising from blood clots on October 8, 2009. Scott was
a well-known and well-loved doctor who worked in the United States and
in Africa. He was 65.
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