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HIV and the Power of Escape

For the men of the AIDS Generation when death was an inevitability, sex and substances provided an escape, not only from the realities of AIDS, but also from the stigma and discrimination experienced by so many of us growing up as gay men.

Published
10 March 2013
From
Huffington Post
Alcohol
CD4 Counts Not Affected by Alcohol Consumption

Consuming alcohol doesn’t appear to have a deleterious effect on CD4 cell counts among people living with HIV receiving antiretroviral  therapy, according to a new Johns Hopkins University study.

Published
25 September 2012
From
AIDSMeds
Adherence
HIV-Positive Drinkers Choose Alcohol Over ART

Half of HIV-positive drinkers receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) intentionally skipped or stopped taking their medications when they consumed alcohol, in the mistaken belief that combining ART drugs and alcohol is somehow toxic, according to a prospective cohort study.

Published
12 June 2012
From
Medscape (requires free registration)
Injecting drug use
Germany: Intoxicating history

In tracing the modern history of Germany’s policy on intoxicant and drug use, which favours therapy rather than punishment, Cambridge historian Dr Victoria Harris highlights that criminalisation may not be the only route.

Published
18 May 2012
From
University of Cambridge
Alcohol
Sexual health teams 'should offer alcohol advice'

Young people should be given advice on the dangers of alcohol when they access sexual health services, a group of health experts has recommended.

Published
03 January 2012
From
BBC
Neurological and cognitive problems
Substance Use Doesn't Increase Risk of Neurocognitive Problems in HIV

Neurocognitive problems—notably HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder (HAND)—are no more likely to occur in illicit substance users compared with non-substance users, according to a report published ahead of print on the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes website.

Published
12 July 2011
From
AIDSMeds
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