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Doctor Love

Get the Best Care

I Fixed Fatigue

Starting Treatment

High On Life

Face Time

Aging and HIV

 
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Mandatory HIV Tests Before Marriage? (15)

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Herpes Simplex Virus

Syphilis & Neurosyphilis

Shingles

The HIV Life Cycle

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV)

Treatments for Opportunistic Infections (OIs)


Doctor Love

Yeah, we said it. For the three patients featured in this POZ Focus, love isn’t too strong a word to describe their relationships with their doctors.

Listening without judgment and proposing solutions, doctors partnered with them not only to deal with HIV, depression, fatigue and lipodystrophy, but to achieve the foundation of wellness they needed to achieve their dreams. This POZ Focus—the second in a two-part series about feeling good and communicating with your doctor—is about getting the most out of this all-important partnership.

Click here to download a copy of Quality of Life (Part Two).


Doctor Love
Yeah, we said it. For the three patients featured in this POZ Focus, love isn’t too strong a word to describe their relationships with their doctors. 

Get the Best Care
Four docs spill the goods on how you can get the most out of working with them

I Fixed Fatigue
How Khalid Morris found his groove again

Starting Treatment
When it's time and what to watch for

High On Life
Daphne Cooper ditches depression by speaking out--and seeking divine inspiration

Face Time
To stop the fat loss in his cheeks, Derek Thaczuk switched HIV meds

Aging and HIV
Your golden years bring wisdom--and new challenges


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How to tell someone you have HIV/AIDS

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