The Update Vol. 5, No. 5

A monthly newsletter produced by the Victoria chapter of AIDS Vancouver Island (AVI). This issue includes: info about A Celebration of Life! AIDS benefit and World AIDS Day events; article about women's exclusion from drug trials for AIDS; info about Prime Timers group for gay and bisexual men over forty; article about food supplements and HIV; article quelling fears about a new viral AIDS-like disease; info about new fax database at the Laboratory for Disease Control at Health and Welfare Canada; volunteers news; calendar of events for November; Support Coordinator's Corner; book notes on Fighting Radiation and the film Time Out: The Truth About HIV, AIDS and You; info about upcoming groups and information sessions; update from Vancouver PWA.