From À la carte to set menu: A NEW prescribing regime for London by Nathan

London HIV clinics are about to embark  on a new approach to prescribing Antiretroviral drugs (ARV’s) that will last for at least two  years The government has given NHS managers the job of saving a lot of money, fast! So they are doing what they can to comply, this process is euphemistically called making ‘efficiency [...]

My first memory of Annie Lennox was watching an interview with her and Dave Stewart on the now infamous music show ‘The Tube’ back in 1983. The pair had first met and collaborated in the ‘The Tourists,’ but it was the music of the ‘Eurythmics’ that would catapult them both to international stardom: they had [...]

WAD Feature: My girlfriend is HIV positive & what?

There is no doubt about it, being HIV-positive can take you on a challenging journey to say the least, and the question of relationships and the issues they bring to the table will hit home for some, sooner rather than later. For couples, a HIV diagnosis within the relationship will either make it or break [...]

EXERCISE: IS THERE ANY POINT?

By John Williams and Sam Fraser the YMCA’s Positive Health Coordinator Over the last two decades gyms have replaced the church as our preferred place of worship. People religiously pump and burn to attain that sculptured body or to reach that elusive ‘size-0.’ HIV drugs have transformed our lives and today positive people face different [...]

TO QUIT OR NOT TO QUIT? By John Williams

That is the  big question if you are a HIV-positive smoker. What’s more, the stress and worry of living with long-term health condition like HIV often relegates giving up smoking to a permanent place at the bottom of  your ‘To do list.’ It’s little wonder smoking rates are considerably higher among people living with HIV [...]