WELLNESS STARTS WITH AWARENESS - CD8 T cells - The Body
WELLNESS STARTS WITH AWARENESS - CD8 T cells - The Body
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Departments<br />
6 TPAN Programs,<br />
Meetings, & Events<br />
11 Editor’s Note<br />
Table of Contents<br />
September / October 2008 Volume 19 Number 5<br />
This Shouldn’t Happen<br />
12 Readers Forum<br />
14 PA Online Poll<br />
17 News Briefs<br />
by Enid Vázquez<br />
19 Get Sharp<br />
Life Savers<br />
On the front lines at the FDA<br />
by Matt Sharp<br />
20 Ask the HIV Specialist<br />
This issue’s specialist<br />
Kay Kalousek, DO, MS,<br />
AAHIVS, FACOFP<br />
49 <strong>The</strong> Buzz<br />
Comparing Two Integrase<br />
Inhibitors<br />
<strong>The</strong> fi rst head-to-head study<br />
comparing raltegravir and<br />
elvitegravir<br />
by Daniel S. Berger, M.D.<br />
52 What’s Goin’ On?<br />
<strong>The</strong> Glamorous Life of HIV<br />
Twisted words, hurt feelings, and<br />
redemption<br />
by Keith R. Green<br />
53 Pickett Fences<br />
And the Band Plays On<br />
Beyond testing<br />
by Jim Pickett<br />
Distribution of Positively Aware is supported<br />
in part through an unrestricted grant from<br />
GlaxoSmithKline<br />
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PA • September / October 2008 • tpan.com • positivelyaware.com<br />
Positively Aware<br />
Articles<br />
21 Bob Bowers: <strong>The</strong> Pirate of Dane County<br />
Poster contest combines art with awareness to deliver a<br />
message of hope<br />
by Jeff Berry<br />
28 <strong>The</strong> Next Generation of Human Growth<br />
Hormone<br />
How serostim and tesamorelin measure up<br />
by Brett Grodeck<br />
33 Methadone Wellness<br />
Doctor and advocate Sarz Maxwell on the science—and<br />
madness<br />
Interview by Enid Vázquez<br />
36 Wellness Checklist<br />
Important things to consider when you’re HIV-positive<br />
by Joel Gallant, MD, MPH<br />
38 Nightsweats and T-Cells<br />
Where business and social service meet<br />
by Keith R. Green<br />
40 Long-term Survivors of HIV and Wellness<br />
No longer an oxymoron<br />
by Jeff Levy, LCSW<br />
43 Spotlight on Houston Buyers Club<br />
Club founder Fred Walters, Jr. talks about the history of<br />
HBC and the importance of nutritional supplements<br />
Interview by Jeff Berry<br />
46 A Personal Story<br />
Learning to live and love, all over again<br />
by Kim Johnson<br />
On the cover<br />
Bob Bowers, 45, HIV-positive, treatment<br />
advocate from Madison, Wisconsin. See story<br />
page 21. Photography ©2008 Russell McGonagle<br />
A model, photographer, or author’s HIV status should not be assumed based on<br />
their appearance in Positively Aware.<br />
You can view these (and other stories from previous issues) online at<br />
www.tpan.com and www.positivelyaware.com<br />
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