HIV and AIDS Information

Current research and information - page 4

Complementary therapies and HIV

HIV and nutrition

HIV and recreational drugs

Voluntary counselling and testing for diagnosis of HIV infection

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Complementary Therapies and HIV

(Community Research Initiative on AIDS) CRIA Update: Summer 1999
www.thebody.com/cria/summer99/contents.html

(AIDS Community Research Initiative of America) ACRIA Update: Summer 1999 'Complementary Medicine and HIV: A New Age'
www.acria.org/treatment/treatment_edu_summerupdate1999.html

CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS and Alternative Therapies
www.aegis.com/pubs/cdc_fact_sheets/1994/cdc94033.html

Other sites with complementary therapies and HIV information include:
www.atdn.org

www.aidsnews.org

www.healingwell.com/AIDS/

www.nih.gov

www.business.com/search/rslt_websites.asp?vt=all&set=!&StartAt=10&query=alternative+drugs

General websites on complementary medicine:

Healthworld Online www.healthy.net/

www.kingstonwellness.com/comlink.html

The Wellness Web www.mayohealth.org

WholeNurse www.wholenurse.com/

With Complements Newsletter, email withcomplements@hotmail.com


HIV and Nutrition

The Body: Diet, Nutrition, Exercise and HIV
www.thebody.com/dietnut.html

The Body: Nutrition and HIV - Your Choices Make a Difference
www.thebody.com/tdoh/nuthiv/nutix.html

The Body CDC FAQs About HIV/AIDS & Nutrition
www.thebody.com/cdc/faqnut.html

Nutrition research and other HIV-related topics
www.hivpositive.com

HIV Nutrition ReSources
www.hivresources.com/


HIV and Recreational Drugs

Community Alcohol & Drug Services (CADS)
www.cads.org.nz

Drug Interactions – information on what medicines HIV drugs will interact with
www.hiv-druginteractions.org

Green Cross Medical Cannabis Support Group
www.greencross.org.nz

Drug metabolisation
www.newscientist.com

www.thebody.com/pwa/ritx.html

www.thebody.com/pwa/NFUwin98-99/street_drugs.html

The Rodger Wright Centre in Christchurch provides New Zealand-based information on both HIV and drug use www.rwc.org.nz


Voluntary Counselling and Testing for Diagnosis of HIV Infection

Revised guidelines for HIV counselling, testing and referral. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) 50: RR19
www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5019a1.htm

This document contains the most recent set of guidelines on HIV testing produced by the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC). It provides an excellent, comprehensive, evidence-based summary of best practice with regard to HIV counselling, testing and referral.