Briefly - CD8 T cells - The Body

noV+Dec 2011
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welCome To ChICago
More than 3,000 attendees converge on the Windy City
as the U.S. Conference on AIDS comes to Chicago, Nov.
10-13. Positively AwAre is proud to be a media sponsor
of the conference.
insiDe
DeParTmenTs
6 eDITor’s noTe
A gay with HIV in America.
7 In Box
11 reaDers’ Poll
12 BrIefly
The Quad gets closer to approval.
Hepatitis drug changes get FDA approval.
Viread’s VOICE study disappointment.
A look at the newest HIV drugs,
Complera and Edurant.
38 hIV wellness serIes
Reclaiming emotional wellness.
15 ask The hIV sPeCIalIsT
Organ transplants.
45 wholIsTIC PICTure
Self-identity.
CoVer feaTure
25 A Day with HIV in America 2011
PA’s second annual photo essay project focuses on destigmatizing
HIV. Whether you’re positive or negative, we’re all living with HIV.
ConferenCe uPDaTe
20 IAS Rome
Additional highlights from this year’s IAS Conference on
Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention.
feaTures
on The CoVer: JiMMy SiMpSON, HiV-pOSitiVE, pHOtOgRapHEd By
JOSHUa tHORNE fOR a day witH HiV iN aMERica, SEpt. 21: “i dEcidEd
27 yEaRS agO tHat i waS NOt REady tO diE. SO i did wHat My dOctOR
Said, Eat RigHt, takE yOUR MEdS, aNd NEVER MiSS aN appOiNtMENt.”
34 Progress through resiliency
Syndemics, strengths, and HIV among men who have sex with
men (MSM).
43 Getting to the bottom of it
Being proactive about anal health.
32 Me and HIV—Proving it gets better
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