SEP+OCT 2012 VOLUME 24 NUMBER 6
D e pa r t m e n t s
6 In Box 6 Readers’ poll 7
editor’s Note
What is a woman?
13 Briefly
FDA approves Truvada for HIV prevention. Rapid home HIV test approved. Initial study results find dolutegravir/Epzicom is superior to Atripla.
34 Conference Update
News from the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C.
44 ask the HIV specialist
Safe sex is for seniors, too.
45 WHOLISTIC PICTURE
Battle of the sexes?
c o v e r F e at u r e s
22 Securing care for HIV-positive women
Challenges and solutions for women living with HIV.
26 Black women, society, and HIV An expert talks about the context of infection. 28 ‘Everyone needs a support system’ How one therapist helps HIV-positive women learn to take care of themselves.
30 Nine months to birth day
HIV and pregnancy—keeping yourself and your baby healthy.
F e at u r e
41 The mirror has two faces
A personal account of using facial filler for lipoatrophy.
On the cover and this page: Tamara wilson, HIV-Positive since 1999, photographed by chris Knight
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