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About Us Welcome to The Positive Side E-zine! – the electronic version of CATIE’s magazine for people living with HIV. The Positive Side touches on all the aspects of your health that need nurturing: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and sexual. It is chock-full of resources, practical information and useful tips to inform and empower your decisions about maintaining your health and well-being. Many of these pointers come directly from people who are living with HIV. Our main message? There may be some things in life – and living with HIV – that are beyond your control, but there are many things you can do to make the best of living with HIV. Contact Information The Positive Side is brought to you by the Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE). For more information on CATIE visit www.catie.ca. You can contact us in the following ways: Email: info@catie.ca Telephone: 1-800-263-1638 Canada Post: CATIE (Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange); 555 Richmond Street West, Suite 505, Box 1104; Toronto, Ontario M5V 3B1; Canada Permission to Reproduce Documents created by CATIE are copyrighted. They may be reprinted and distributed in their entirety for non-commercial purposes without prior permission, but permission must be obtained to edit their content. The following credit must appear on any reprint: This information was provided by the Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE). For more information, contact CATIE at 1-800-263-1638. Disclaimer Decisions about particular medical treatments should always be made in consultation with a qualified medical practitioner knowledgeable about HIV-related illness and the treatments in question. The Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange (CATIE) in good faith provides information resources to help people living with HIV/AIDS who wish to manage their own health care in partnership with their care providers. Information accessed through or published or provided by CATIE, however, is not to be considered medical advice. We do not recommend or advocate particular treatments and we urge users to consult as broad a range of sources as possible. We strongly urge users to consult with a qualified medical practitioner prior to undertaking any decision, use or action of a medical nature. We do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of any information accessed through or published or provided by CATIE. Users relying on this information do so entirely at their own risk. 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Funders Production of The Positive Side has been made possible through a financial contribution from the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Decisions about particular medical treatments should always be made in consultation with a qualified medical practitioner who is knowledgeable about HIV-related illness and the treatments in question. MORE Production of this Web site has been made possible through a financial contribution from the Public Health Agency of Canada. |
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