The October–November 2004 issue of Positive Living, NAPWA's national HIV news magazine, with information about the PBS listing for atazanavir, fosampreanavir and T-20, plus features looking at oral health, pregnancy, the HIV/AIDS brain bank project, at the latest research findings from HIV Futures.
Triple treat
From the October 2004 issue of Positive Living
The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme has recently added three new antiretrovirals, to become available on prescription in December. PAUL KIDD takes a look at the newest weapons in the anti-HIV armoury.
Time for action on poverty
From the October 2004 issue of Positive Living
Charities and community welfare groups are calling on the federal government to urgently commit to a national anti-poverty plan.
Home-grown vaccine disappoints
From the October 2004 issue of Positive Living
A preliminary analysis of an Australian-developed HIV vaccine has produced disappointing results and the likely cancellation of a planned second study.
Leadership needed
From the October 2004 issue of Positive Living
Australia must re-energise its response to HIV/AIDS, not just rest on its laurels as an early leader, the 2004 ASHM Conference was told in October.
Mouth watering
From the October 2004 issue of Positive Living
DAVID MENADUE examines the importance of saliva and good oral hygiene for people with HIV.
Brain bank hopes to beat dementia
From the October 2004 issue of Positive Living
It’s one of the scariest prospects facing HIV-positive people. The possibility of developing AIDS-related dementia or other brain and central nervous system diseases fills many of us with justifiable fear. Like mental illness, brain disease strikes at the very core of who we are.
In the future...
From the October 2004 issue of Positive Living
Since 1997, the HIV Futures reports have provided important insights into the experience of being positive in Australia, and the latest instalment in the series is about to be issued. BRENT ALLAN wonders what it all means.
Monkey business
From the October 2004 issue of Positive Living
When Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai, winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, claimed in early October that HIV was “created by a scientist for biological warfare,” she weighed into a debate that has been raging since the beginning of the AIDS epidemic.
Baby on board
From the October 2004 issue of Positive Living
Studies evaluating the cost-effectiveness of antenatal HIV testing in Australia, published earlier this year, have reignited the debate about routine testing of pregnant women. But the experience of women in neighbouring countries shows that the woman’s privacy and confidentiality needs to be respected first. SUSAN PAXTON examines the issues. Worn out?
From the October 2004 issue of Positive Living
Fatigue is a common problem among people with HIV. A 2003 American survey of 13,768 people with HIV found that 37 percent had fatigue “that was the primary reason for a medical visit,” was persistent or was severe enough to stop them from working. 
Big Mauve Door
From the October 2004 issue of Positive Living
The registrar pops out of the room. Five minutes is an eternity when you are in a hospital treatment room and don’t know what’s happening on the other side of that big mauve door.
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