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- See also What's New, daily AIDS and HIV news at The Body.
- Basic Info for the newly HIV Positive
- Intro Brochure from the CDC on living with HIV, basic Info on HIV/AIDS
- Job Accommodation Network, free consulting on accomodations employers must make under the A.D.A.
- An Introduction to HIV/AIDS from AIDSmap
- Finding Assistance under the A.D.A. (the Americans with Disabilities Act)
- ADAP (The AIDS Drug Assistance Program) for each state and U.S. possessions
- ADAP drugs covered in each state and in DC
- ADAP eligibility in each state and in DC (some depend on a multiple of the Federal Poverty Level or other restrictions)
- Adherence: Sticking to your doctor's orders, especially taking pills consistently and on time. (One missed dose of antiviral medication gives you a 15% chance of developing resistance to that drug.)
- AIDS and HIV: The Alternative Medicine Homepage
- AIDS CLINICAL CARE
- AIDS Journals list from science.komm in Austria
- AIDS Organizations in New York City (some national ones)
- AIDS-HIV Resource Center at HealingWell.com
- AIDS Treatment Data Network
- AIDS Treatment News from Great Britain, with archive
- AIDS Treatment News from U.S., with searchable archive
- AIDS Treatment Update from Great Britain
- AIDS.org, a compendium of HIV/AIDS links.
- 5-Alarm watch to improve compliance, about $60; can ring or vibrate
- 14-Alarm watch to improve compliance, about $50; can show drug or test due, list medical alert, some personal history or insurance info
- AllExperts.com can get answers to your questions from experts in the field.
- Complementary, Alternative and Holistic Therapies (from The Body)
- Alternative Medicine Therapy Resources
- Archives of articles from city newspapers (some back to the early 1980s)s
- National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- The Body: A Multimedia AIDS and HIV Information Resource
- Brochures on HIV/AIDS from the CDC
- Help for Caregivers
- CDC FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) on HIV/AIDS.
- HIV+ Chats on the web at About.com, on gay.com.
- HIV/AIDS Resources for Children and Teens
- Chinese medicine & HIV
- Adult Clinical Trials from AACTG
- Clinical Trials Information from ACTIS (1-800-TRIAL-AIDS)
- Pharmaceutical-company and Educational-Run Clinical Trials
- Find specific Clinical Trials at Johns Hopkins University (in Baltimore, funded by N.I.H.)
- AIDS Conference Reports maintained by NATAP (National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project)
- Contact your representatives in Congress (both houses) including voting records this session (under Scorecards)
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 Cooking for Life: A Guide to Nutrition and Food Safety for the Hiv-Positive Community (January 1997), paperback, purchasable at a discount online from Amazon.com
- HIV Daily Briefing from AEGIS (AIDS Education Global Information System)
- DC Fights Back!
- HIV-1 Encephalopathy and AIDS Dementia Complex
- Depression and HIV (article)
- Depression and HIV (links)
- Claimed usefulness of dietary supplements and their interactions spelled out at buyers' club
- DR. YOU: participating as a full partner in the medical decisions in your HIV care (The "Denver Principles" on PLWH involvement from Department of Health and Human Services newsletter).
- AIDS Drug Database from ACTIS
- Recreational Drug Interactions with HIV: what getting high does to the HIV+
- Drug Manufacturers' Assistance Programs for the Needy
- Eating Positive: A Nutrition Guide and Recipe Book for People With Hiv/AIDS (March 1998), purchasable at a discount online from Amazon.com
- Employment assistance for those with HIV in the Washington/Baltimore area from IAMCARES.
- HIV/AIDS Fact Sheets from New Mexico AIDS InfoNet and AIDS.org
- HIV & AIDS Fact Sheets from Great Britain's National AIDS Manual
- IAM CARES Free Employment Assistance in the DC Area for the HIV+ and the disabled
- Gay Financial Network, everything from domestic partnership issues and real estate and mortgages to mutual funds, living wills and HIV/AIDS related concerns.
- Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual News via Inside Yahoo
- Gay Poz, an email discussion group and website rich in resources
- Guardian Health Assn, a Connecticut group for sharing drug reaction info and natural healing methods (email list for AIDS alternatives)
- Healing HIV: How to Rebuild Your Immune System (November 1998), purchasable at a discount online from Amazon.com
- Healthline's "What you need to know", Healthline.com Information Center
- Health and HIV articles by Dr. Brian Smith on Chiropractic Medicine, Nutritional Therapeutics and Neuromuscular Disorders with an emphasis on HIV and staying healthy.
- State Health Depts, a map linking to the Department of Health in every U.S. state, courtesy of the District of Columbia
- The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
- The complications of Hepatitis and HIV, a collection of links
- History of HIV/AIDS, covering 1981-1997 (from Britain)
- gay.com's HIV Channel
- HIV is a Disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.)
- The HIV/AIDS Treatment Information Service
- HIV Dating Online, FREE nationwide personals for those with HIV, divided up by state and/or paired gender-seeking and gender-sought
- HIV Drug Book, 2nd edition, from Project Inform, (April 1998), highly recommended, purchasable at a discount online from Amazon.com
- HIV InSite, a rich source from Univ. of CA, SF
- HIVnALIVE by Positively HIV
- HIV Law: A survival Guide to the Legal System for People Living with HIV (April 1997), and other such books, purchasable at a discount online from Amazon.com
- HIV-NET.org - Information on HIV and/or AIDS from Server in Switzerland (in English or French)
- HIVpositive.com™
- The web part of the HIV Stops with Me campaign. Poz guys discuss their experiences, their attitudes, philosophies, and recommendations.
- An AIDS/HIV Law and Policy Resource by David W. Webber, Esq.
- Job Openings listed at gay-friendly.com
- Johns Hopkins AIDS Service, resources.
- Track and graph your lab results over time using AIDSMEDS.com.
- Lipodystrophy, the HIV-related redistribution of fat (buffalo hump, Crix belly), with further links to resultant insulin-resistance and higher risk of heart disease.
- More on Lipodystrophy and Wasting.
- Medibolics - includes anabolic steroids for wasting and other experimental & non-traditional medicine
- A service to reduce your medical bills (they keep one-third of what they can save you)
- medical marijuana (from The Body)
- AIDS Meds (from AIDSmeds.com) "complete lessons info & lessons on treating HIV & AIDS"; includes an excellent page for drug interactions among YOUR medications, and an excellent alphabetized list of AIDS meds with details on each.
- Medscape HIV/AIDS Topics
- Merck's HIV/AIDS Infocentre
- The Merck Manual, 17th ed., 1999. See Section 13 on Infectious Diseases, and within it Chapter 154 on Antiviral Drugs and Chapter 163 on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
- National National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project (a.k.a. NATAP), news of new HIV drugs and treatments and of HIV conferences.
- National Association of People with AIDS (a.k.a. NAPWA)
- National Directory of Lesbian & Gay Community Centers
- NIH's Clinical Studies - Type in AIDS and search
- Nutrition and HIV (the hardcover, cheaper than the paperback) by Mary Romeyn, M.D.
- Nutrition and HIV, Jennifer's Picnic Basket of articles
- Nutrition & Protease Inhibitors from the AIDS Project Los Angeles
- Nutrition and HIV Q & A by subject (also from Jennifer)
- Opportunistic Infections, a good introduction with symptoms and avoidance techniques
- National Pediatric and Family HIV Resource Center
- The International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC)
- P.L. Active, a rich source of additional links
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 POZ Magazine online (even many back issues, with a search engine) and free subscriptions available to the HIV+
- FREE Poz personals, sub site for each category by sex and preference
- Queer Infoservers: Health & Sexuality
- Queer Resources Directory: Home
- Relationships for the HIV+, Love in the Time of HIV, a Guide to Sex, Dating and Relationships
- Positive Resource Center , based in San Franscisco
- The Rights of People Who Are HIV Positive (Dec. 1996) from the ACLU, and other such books, purchasable at a discount online from Amazon.com
- San Francisco AIDS Foundation, a good source of resources
- Search engine for HIV
- L.A. Shanti "Inner Peace" (English and Spanish). Emotional support, empowerment workshops, volunteer training. Based in Los Angeles.
- Shingles and HIV. Also scroll back to top of that page; also try Google search on "Shingles HIV".
- Side effects and HIV
- More on Side effects, a series of interviews with HIV doctors on HIV Side Effects and dealing with them
- Social Security Disability, US Government Benefits for People Living With HIV/AIDS
- Social Services in the Metro DC Area
- Taking your meds (see Adherence).
- Teen Help Assistance for Teens in the Washington DC area and introductory lectures for groups; information on HIV/AIDS valid anywhere
- Testosterone: discussion of how low levels can contribute to fatigue, depression, and low sex drive. These are treatable.
- Traveling with HIV, information on immigration restrictions, legal preparations when traveling with a same-sex partner, travel insurance, vaccines (shots to get)
- Virus images including detailed HIV and its life cycle (also flu, ebola, anthrax, and humorous imitation illustrating computer virus and its life cycle.
- The Whitman-Walker Clinic in the Washington, DC area
- The Body's Forum on Wasting, Diet, Nutrition and Exercise - run by three prominent experts
- Women Alive (for women with HIV)
- Yahoo! Health: AIDS with resource links
- Yoga for HIV/AIDS
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