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Netherlands to Crack Down on Complementary Medicine (February 28, 2004)
A country is stunned by the death of a famous actress, who chose to use healers instead of standard breast cancer treatment.
In British Medical Journal
World Health Organization OKs Traditional Healers (August 19, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
In Sickness and in Health: New York Joins the National Gay Men's Health Movement (July 2002)
An activist urges gay men, doctors and researchers to begin focusing on quality-of-life issues.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Alternative Medicines May Pose Risk, United Nations Warns (May 17, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Issues in Integrative Medicine (December 1999)
First of a three-part series on the Complementary and Alternative Medicine Conference.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Traditional Healing in a Modern Epidemic (October 1998)
The collaboration between conventional health practitioners and traditional healers in Uganda.
In Body Positive, from Body Positive

Research Overview

Whose Life Is it Anyway? The Measurement and the Meaning of Health Related Quality of Life (Winter 2000/2001)
In CRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Recent Advances in Complementary Medicine (September 16, 2000)
In British Medical Journal
Complementary Medicine and HIV: The Research Dilemma (Summer 1999)
In CRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America

Research

Many HIV-Positive Patients in London Risking their Health by Use of Alternative Therapies (August 30, 2006)
From aidsmap.com
Too Much of a Good Thing: Overdosing on Dietary Supplements (October 3, 2005)
An HIV-positive man recently developed hepatitis after taking a wide range of supplements at higher-than-recommended doses.
From aidsmap.com
Quality of Life Impact of Non-AIDS-Related Serious Adverse Events Versus AIDS-Related Events (February 9, 2004)
In The 11th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
Many U.S. HIV Patients Also Seek Alternative Care (July 10, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Many U.S. HAART Patients Take Potentially Dangerous Alternative Therapies (June 30, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Complementary Medicine Widely Used in Canada, but Not for HIV Treatment (May 12, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
On the Horizon: New Ways to Use Old Drugs (May 2001)
Ongoing research on less-frequent dosing and complementary therapies.
In Reasons for Hope, from Search for a Cure
I Think I CAM: Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine by People Living With HIV/AIDS (March 22, 2001)
From Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange
Patterns of Use, Expenditures, and Perceived Efficacy of Complementary and Alternative Therapies in HIV-Infected Patients (November 9, 1998)
In Archives of Internal Medicine

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