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HIV Prevention Pill (Truvada) Patient Assistance Program Now Available

More Breaking from U.S. Conference on AIDS: Gilead is raising income levels for their Assistance Program to 500% of FPL (or approx $58,350). So you may be able to get PrEP paid for if you are making below that amount and can’t afford the drug. Also being told that the Co-Pay Assistance program is expanding …

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Great video that explains how a DEXA scan works for measuring bone, body fat and muscle

This video about how a full body dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan works as the best way to measure body composition.  However, few clinics provide it since they only use DEXA to measure bone density in the lower back and pelvis. It required special calibration for a full body scan. Talk to your doctor is he …

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Fwd: Hot Topics: Our Inner Demons; How Bad Is Smoking?; Once-Monthly Treatment?; and More

If you have trouble reading this email, you can see the online version at: www.thebody.com/topics.html July 9, 2014 Visit the Forums Read Past Email Newsletters Change/Update Subscription  Living With Our Doubts, and Our Inner Demons To the person who wrote last week about trying to commit suicide: I think that you are right that we …

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Fwd: Hot Topics: Disclosing After Sex; Is My Decline Inevitable?; Is “Empty Stomach” a Must?; and More

If you have trouble reading this email, you can see the online version at: www.thebody.com/topics.html June 17, 2014 Visit the Forums Read Past Email Newsletters Change/Update Subscription  We Already Had Sex; How Do I Disclose? I’ve been on a few dates with this amazing guy. I usually disclose before anything sexual happens, but in this …

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VIDEO: ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TESTOSTERONE

Nelson Vergel speaks about how to know if you need testosterone replacement, how to diagnose low testosterone, all testosterone treatment options, how to maximize benefits (increase muscle mass, mood, energy, sex drive and erectile quality) and minimize side effects (acne, increased red blood cells, etc).  For more information and to ask questions visit: ExcelMale.com

In HIV News: Vitamin D Deficiency Impact; Hepatitis C Research Recap; Lower Prostate Cancer Risk; and More

  If you have trouble reading this e-mail, you can read the online version at: www.thebodypro.com/newsletter.html  Top Stories on TheBodyPRO.com: June 10, 2014 FEATURED STORIES Vitamin D Deficiency When Starting Treatment Linked With Increased HIV Progression Having low levels of vitamin D when starting treatment is associated with a more than doubled risk of HIV …

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Hot Topics: Slowing CD4 Decline; Pill Care on Road Trips; Assessing Your Brain Health; and More

If you have trouble reading this email, you can see the online version at: www.thebody.com/topics.html June 10, 2014 Visit the Forums Read Past Email Newsletters Change/Update Subscription  Can I Slow My CD4 Decline Without Taking Meds? I’m a woman who’s been living with HIV for four years, but hasn’t started medications. I’m in good health, …

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Injection Every 3 Months to Prevent HIV- Study in San Francisco Enrolling Now

There’s a new clinical trial about to get started in SF looking for 25 men or transwomen who are at relatively low risk for HIV to test the safety, tolerability and acceptability of a very long acting (injected once every three months) for Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). If that sounds like you or someone you know, …

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HIV-Positive Venezuelans Are Desperately Seeking HIV Medications- Please Help

Even though Venezuela is the third largest oil exporter to the United States and has the largest oil reserves in the world, you would not know that if you visited the country now. The country’s infrastructure is in ruins. State officials have been able to pocket much of the oil revenues and imposed illogical dollar …

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