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Positive Living March 2009

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A downside of same-sex law reform

Positive Living article — Friday, 13 March 2009

With impending social security changes set to adversely affect a good chunk of our community, it’s important we look for ways to ease the transition for a group already doing it hard. read more »

Tags: Disability Support Pension, discrimination, work, employment and financial issues

News

Trial begins for HIV gene therapy

Positive Living article • Adrian Ogier • 13 March 2009

GeneThe most basic unit of genetic information. therapy that could immunise people against the most common type of HIV is ready to be tested on humans. read more »

Sculptra PBS listing submission

Positive Living article • Adrian Ogier • 13 March 2009

People with facial lipoatrophy are eagerly awaiting the decision by the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee to have the facial filler, Sculptra, listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme[Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme] The federal government program which subsidises medication costs in Australia. Anti-HIV drugs are part of a special part of the PBS called Section 100 (S100) which is used for expensive, highly specialised drugs.. read more »

19-year sentence for deliberately infecting

Positive Living article • Adrian Ogier • 13 March 2009

Michael Neal, the Melbourne man found guilty of deliberately trying to spread HIV, has been sentenced to 18 years and nine months jail with a non-parole period of 13 years. read more »

Time to move on from AIDS case reporting

Positive Living article • Adrian Ogier • 13 March 2009

Despite rapid changes in HIV treatment over the last decade, current surveillance regulations still require doctors to notify the Department of Health when they come across a case of AIDS. read more »

Salute to original HIV treatment activist

Positive Living article • Adrian Ogier • 13 March 2009

Martin Delaney, the man who successfully challenged the US Food and Drug Administration (FDAThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agency responsible for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of all drugs, biologics, vaccines, and medical devices, including those used in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of HIV infection, AIDS, and AIDS-related opportunistic infections. The FDA also works with the blood banking industry to safeguard the nation's blood supply. The Australian equivalent is the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).) to expedite the testing and approval of potentially life-saving drugs, died of liverA large organ, located in the upper right abdomen, which assists in digestion by metabolising carbohydrates, fats and proteins, stores vitamins and minerals, produces amino acids, bile and cholesterol, and removes toxins from the blood. cancer on 23 January at his home in California. read more »

First PNG positive people conference

Positive Living article • Adrian Ogier • 13 March 2009

The first national conference for people living with HIV in Papua New Guinea (PNGPapua New Guinea) happened late last year. read more »

Feature

Treatment news from CROI

Positive Living article • John Daye • 13 March 2009

John Daye reports on treatments developments from the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Montréal, Canada. read more »

Making concessions

Positive Living article • Brad Johnston • 13 March 2009

‘Pensioner’ is such a loaded term, muses Brad Johnston. Particularly when you’re an apparently healthy 38-year-old. read more »

Thirty minutes with David Cooper

Positive Living article • David Menadue • 13 March 2009

Australian HIV expert Professor David Cooper talks to David Menadue about his many years’ involvement in HIV. read more »

Spreading the word

Positive Living article • Adrian Ogier • 13 March 2009

HIV prevention campaigns target gay men in serodiscordant relationships and young heterosexual travellers. read more »

Sleepless nights

Positive Living article • Bernie Slagtman • 13 March 2009

Are you a tosser and a turner? Do you dream of a good night’s sleep but have to pop a pill to get one? That was Bernie Slagtman until a sleep management course taught him to look at things a little differently. read more »

Regular

What's Your Problem?

What’s your problem?

Positive Living article • Dr Louise Owen • 13 March 2009

Doctor Louise Owen answers readers’ questions. This month: preventing resistanceHIV which has mutated and is less susceptible to the effects of one or more anti-HIV drugs is said to be resistant. and hepatitis vaccinations. read more »

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