Index

Access to health care

Art and HIV

Complementary and Alternative Therapies

Drug treatment strategies

Health and well-being

Introduction to HIV

Nutrition

Research and clinical trials

Symptoms, illnesses, and side effects

Tests

Access to health care

• Accessible to all – With the recent rollout of access to HAART around the world, more and more attention is being paid to treatment literacy.
• Better living through rehab – Rehabilitation can put you back in the driver’s seat
• Chatty CATIE: Peer factor – 5 HIV-positive mentors talk about working as a peer counsellor.
• Chatty CATIE: Doctor who? – 5 PHAs praise their "other" health care providers
• Front and centre – AIDS 2006 finally put positive women's issues at the forefront. Shari Margolese looks at what was accomplished… and what wasn't.
• From the front lines – What's happening at AIDS Service Organizations across the country.
• Hope and anger – From the perspective of the world's Indigenous peoples, AIDS 2006 was both a terrible disappointment and a great success.
• Lights, lipo, action!
• Out of harm’s way – An up-close-and-personal look at how harm reduction is saving lives in Vancouver
• Over the Hump - From foster care to fostering AIDS awareness
• Patients are from Venus, Doctors are from Mars – Building a healthy relationship with your doc
• The pharmacist list – 7 reasons to get to know the person behind the counter
• Power to the people – The history of treatment information in the battle to save lives in Canada, as told by one of our original AIDS activists
• Profile: Life of the Pardy – Robyn Pardy of St. John’s on breaking her silence and giving back to her community
• Putting hope on the map – Body mapping—art therapy for the body and soul
• Reflections on a Global Epidemic – Craig McClure on AIDS2008 and beyond
• To the heart of Africa – Stephen Lewis won’t stop talking about AIDS in Africa. That’s why he matters
• Top 9 reasons to call your doctor immediately
• Trans Canada – What it means to be HIV positive and transgendered
• Tribute to James Kreppner – one of Canada’s first AIDS activists (1962–2009)
• Uprooted lives – The unique struggles of immigrants and refugees with HIV… and what’s being done to help them

• Youth Blaze the Trail – Sex health programs for youth

Art and HIV

• Art of being positive – CATIE was the proud creator of "art posi+ive," a national series of exhibits of art by people living with HIV/AIDS.
• Art Posi+ive – A translated excerpt from the Laurette Lévy novel
• Art posi+ive: Latino Positivo – Filmmaker Samuel Lopez puts a face on HIV in Canada’s Latino community
• Art posi+ive: Lights, Camera, Action – Positive Take, a video project by HIV-positive Montreal youth
• Art Posi+ive – “Migrations” by Don Short
• Art Posi+ive – Unmasking Daniel-Claude Gendron, creator of Super Poz (interview by Albert Martin)
• The Best Decision I Ever Made – an interview with Juno award winner Billy Newton-Davis
• Not your average Joe – Pop icon and artist Joe Average paints a picture of his health
• Poetry: A list of things I could have used when I found out I was positive on 5.15.90
• Poetry: Death is for the dead
• Poetry: Profound Attunement
• Pottery barn – Henry "Blake" Hiebert on why he kneads clay
• Putting hope on the map – Body mapping—art therapy for the body and soul
• Vision quest – Aboriginal artist Wabishki Myeengun takes direction from the forefathers
• Write of passage – What Derek Thaczuk learned in his HIV writing group

Complementary and Alternative Therapies

• As the wheel turns – The HIV/AIDS Medicine Wheel
• Ask the experts: Fitness tips from the pros
• Ask the experts: Gut reactions – A physician, a pharmacist, a naturopath and a CATIE Treatment Information Educator on coping with stomach upset
• Breathing lessons – It’s never too late to meditate
• Chatty CATIE: What’s your complementary therapy? – Five PHAs compliment their complementary therapies
• Cultivating compassion – Operating in a legal no-man’s-land, dedicated activists at compassion clubs across Canada are working to make medicinal marijuana available to any PHA who needs it
• De-stress yourself – Taking time out for you is one of the best things to do
• Green acres – PHA Jim Wakeford reveals why the grass is greener on his side of the fence. Plus medical marijuana resources.
• In-te-grate – To make whole or complete by adding or bringing together parts. To unify.
• Introduction to yoga – Q&A with PHA yoga student David Spirrill. Plus, strike a pose at home.
• Oil well – A Montreal AIDS hospice gets CAT-ty (and so can you, with do-it-yourself aromatherapy)
• Positively Pampered – Darien Taylor treats you to a winter spa getaway in your own home. Plus, baths to help you sleep, breathe and soothe your skin
• Sensual aromatherapy
• Taking care of yourself – 30 nice things to do that cost (nearly) nothing
• Transcending barriers – Letting go of the things that hold us back
• When nature calls: the role of naturopathic medicine in HIV

Drug treatment strategies

• Ask the experts: Gut reactions – A physician, a pharmacist, a naturopath and a CATIE Treatment Information Educator on coping with stomach upset
• Birth Rights – Fertility options for PHAs wanting to hear the pitter patter of little feet
• Chatty CATIE – 5 PHAs reveal how they chose their regimens
• Chatty CATIE – 5 PHAs talk frankly about adherence
• Chatty CATIE – What's in your medicine cabinet?
• The divine secrets of the + sisterhood – Treatment information for women living with HIV/AIDS
• The importance of being adherent – A less-than-perfect PHA's point of view
• Inflammation information – Find out what inflammation means for you and your heart
• The pharmacist list – 7 reasons to get to know the person behind the counter
• Resistance assistance – The ins and outs of HIV drug resistance testing
• The seven deadly sins – For those longing to live long and well with HIV
• Sex, Drugs and Viral Load – Does undetectable = uninfectious? CATIE weighs in on the latest controversy over the biology of HIV transmission
• Staying on the road to health – Getting ready to start HIV treatment improves the chances of sticking to it. Doctors, researchers and PHAs talk about how to stay on track
• We’ve come a long way, baby – More HIV+ women are becoming moms
• When HIV comes knocking – Understanding the viral cycle and how new drugs can break it
• Women’s words: from diapers to disclosure – Excerpts from the life of an HIV+ mother

Health and well-being

• 10 commandments for living strong and well with HIV
• 10 things you don’t know about HIV+ women – River Huston speaks out on behalf of her positive posse
• Chatty CATIE – 12 PHAs talk about the one thing they just can’t live without
• Chatty CATIE: All stressed out and nowhere to go? – 5 PHAs on how they deal with stress
• Chatty CATIE: How to find the joy in every day
• Chatty CATIE: Living well – 5 PHAs define quality of life
• Chatty CATIE: Spring Cleaning – 4 PHAs tell us of their physicial and emotional spring cleaning
• Chatty CATIE: To disclose or not to disclose?
• From the front lines – What’s happening at AIDS Service Organizations across the country
• From the Front Lines – What’s happening across Canada: the social scene
• The goddess flesh club – How HIV improved my sex life and made me a goddess
• Growing old gracefully – Recent advances in treatment mean people with HIV are not only living better, they’re living longer. Here’s how to deal with the new reality
• Healing Path: Full Circle on the Prairies – HIV among Aboriginal people on the Prairies
• How does it feel? – 8 reasons why asking yourself this question may make you healthier
• I will survive – Ron Rosenes shares some wisdom from 20 years of positive living
• Keep on truckin’ – Four long-term survivors take you on their long, strange trips with HIV
• Law & Disclosure – What Canada’s criminal law says you have to tell your sex partner
• Let’s get physical – Why it’s good to bust a move
• Living for the Tomorrow – Ironman Joseph van Veen sprints to the finish line
• Magnetic couples – Four serodivergent couples reveal how they keep love alive in the face of HIV
• Original aboriginal – Kecia Larkin speaks her mind
• Profile – Albert Martin and frequencevih.ca
• Profile – Comeback kid Dave Pineau
• Resources – There's more to life than meds
• Sex, drugs, and HIV – Harm reduction makes life easier for drug users
• Sex and the Poz Gay Man – Pointers for poz gay men on how to remain healthy and horny
• Sexual healing – Have you lost that loving feeling? 4 PHAs talk about life between the sheets; 8 experts offer tips on spicing it up
• Speaking from the Heart – 4 PHAs profess the power and art of storytelling
• Top 9 reasons to call CATIE
• Tom’s Excellent Olympic Adventure – Olympic torchbearer Tom Hammond “imagined the possibilities”
• The truth about youth – HIV infection rates among young people are on the rise; the need for support is growing, too. We ask the experts—positive youth—what’s needed
• Up in smoke – The ifs, ands or buts of butting out
• Vacationing with the virus – Pack your bags. Here’s all you need to know about travelling with HIV
• Web of Positivity – web resources from the personal to the political

Introduction to HIV

• Chatty CATIE: What is the one thing you wish you had known when you were first diagnosed?
• Coming to terms with HIV – Basic tips on understanding medical terminology
• From the Front Lines – PHAs celebrate the new Managing your health
• HIV by the Numbers – Grains of rice bring meaning to HIV statistics in Canada

Nutrition

• 13 ways to love your liver – Nutrition for the organ you can’t live without
• Conquer the Kitchen – Ramp up your nutrition in five easy steps
• Good to the bone – Nutrition for bone health
• Have a heart – Nutrition tips to take to heart
• Nutrition: KISS in the kitchen – 15 food groups to pack in your pantry
• Nutrition: La dolce vita – The sweet and lowdown on blood glucose levels

Research and clinical trials

• Chatty CATIE: Live and Learn – Seven attendees of CATIE's AIDS 2006 Learning Institute reflect on the lasting effects
• Treatments on trial – On the road to better HIV therapies with clinical trials
• Why I attend HIV rounds – Wayne Stump makes the HIV Rounds

Symptoms, illnesses, and side effects

• Ask the Experts: Facial wasting and what you can do
• Ask the experts: Seasonal allergies – Tips for sneezy, wheezy you
• Ask the Experts: The skinny on skin
• Ask the Experts: What to do when the blues are bringing you down
• Chatty CATIE: side effects suck – 5 PHAs, 5 different side effects
• The divine secrets of the + sisterhood – Treatment information for women living with HIV/AIDS
• Double Duty – Living with hepatitis C and HIV co-infection
• Good to the bone – Nutrition for bone health
• Growing old gracefully – Recent advances in treatment mean people with HIV are not only living better, they’re living longer. Here’s how to deal with the new reality
• Happy Birthday Handsome – One man’s experience with reconstruction surgery for lipo
• Have a heart – Nutrition tips to take to heart
• Hep C on the Radar – growing evidence shows hep C can be passed during sex. Are poz gay men particularly at risk?
• Here’s lookin’ at you, kidneys – HIV and kidney disease — what you need to know
• Infections and bugs and germs…oh my! – A guide to keeping infections at bay and boosting immune health
• Lady sings the blues – When you want to crawl under the covers for good, it’s time to ask for help—and get diagnosed
• Lipo files: every picture tells a story – Jake Peters’ journey through the looking glass
• Lipo files: in your face – Wayne Stump on life after lipodystrophy
• Me and my liver – One PHA’s cautionary tale about chemical hepatitis
• A Mind of Her Own – HIV and the brain
• Nothing to Sneeze at – Take a shot at the flu this winter
• The other “H” word – Herpes: The hidden epidemic
• Road to Hope – David Nelson rides out depression
• Top 9 reasons to call your doctor immediately
• The story of syphilis – The STD that’s making a comeback
• Will the HPV Vaccine Guard You? – What women with HIV need to know about HPV

Tests

• Here’s lookin’ at you, kidneys – HIV and kidney disease — what you need to know
• Me and my liver – One PHA’s cautionary tale about chemical hepatitis
• Resistance Assistance – The ins and outs of HIV drug resistance testing

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

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