British Columbia Persons With AIDS Society Newsletter Issue #79 August/September 1994

ON THE COVER. THE WALK: The British Columbia Persons with AIDS Society gears up for the largest event of the year. Thousands are expected to participate and hundreds are needed to help out. Pages 9, 12 & 27 4 RESEARCH A new research study shows that poor people living with HIV disease die faster. Report from the Vancouver Lymphadenopathy AIDS Study 6 CONSTRUCTION The Final Phase: The Pacific AIDS Resource Centre calls on the community to help pound the final nails into place. 7 WOMEN'S NETWORK Making a Difference: The Positive Women's Network plans for the year include a galaxy of services and retreats. 8 BILLY'S CORNER Column. Multiple Loss Syndrome. 10 HOUSING Moving into the 20th Century: BC's NDP Government introduces new rental legislation that bolsters the rights of tenants and makes discrimination and harrasment in housing a human rights offence. 13 TB & HIV 14 RADICAL DAMAGE Preliminary report on "free radicals" and the use of Pycnogenol to eliminate their disastrous effects on the membranes of living cells POSTIVELY HAPPENING. Across the Province, Vancouver Services, Vancouver Weekly, Societies, Resources, Classifieds, Announcements 16 MEPRON WARNING. Absorption problems with PCP treatment 17 OPPORTUNISITIC INFECTIONS & LOW BODY TEMPERATURE 19 SEMINAR "Staying Healthy with HIV" 21 KUDOS 22 CARY BOBIER Poetry in remembrance 22 WILLIAM KIRK MENARD Poetry in remembrance