Vancouver Persons With AIDS Society Newsletter Issue #35 April 1990

THE TIME HAS COME National Network Starting. National network of groups of persons living with HIV established; WARM WELCOME FOR DELEGATES At National Meeting of PWA/HIV Groups The first national meeting of representatives from groups of persons living with HIV began with reception at Vancouver PWA Society; FOUNDING PRINCIPLES New Network to Act Nationally for Persons Living with HIV. Mandate and structure of the network; GET INVOLVED! Advocacy Report; ASSOCIATE MEMBERSHIP FEE LEVIED; MADRID CONFERENCE IV INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR PEOPLE WITH HIV/AIDS Final preparations are underway; EDMONTON ORGANIZES Message from Edmonton PLWHIV; NEUROPATHY Diagnosis now available; AIDS TREATMENT HIGHTLIGHTS: RESEARCH NEWS: SUNLIGHT HARMFUL TO PERSONS WITH HIV? SUPPORT FOR AEROSOL PENTAMIDINE PROPHYLAXIS AGAINST PCP. AZT: EARLIER IS BETTER. HIV INFECTION CAN REMAIN LATENT FOR THREE YEARS OR LONGER; ONE MAN'S OPINION ON LOUISE HAY; THE RATE OF INCREASE OF AIDS IN THE UNITED STATES SLOWED LAST YEAR; KEEP ON SMILING April is Dental Health Month. Dental health advise; AEROSOL PENTAMIDINE Topic of April Forum; HEALTHY DATE WALNUT COOKIES Recipe; THE POWER OF MEGA-C Commentary on Vitamin C; ONGOING EVENTS; OTHER EVENTS, GROUPS AND COMMITTEES; THE ENEMY Poetry; COME OUT, COME OUT, WHEREVER YOU ARE Commentary excerpted from "Being Alive" February 1990; QUIT SMOKING NOW! PWA SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM to be held at Vancouver PWA offices, sign up now; BUNNY HOP Fundraiser for Easter's Sundays who provide meals to PWAs; COMING ATTRACTIONS Friday Movie Night; INSIDE STORIES: JOURNEY INTO SELF-ESTEEM Knowledge Network; VISUALIZATION WITH A DIFFERENCE Immune specific visualizations; A DAY TO REMEMBER AT YOUTH AND AIDS CONFERENCE IN GENEVA Excerpted from Hemophilia Today. Report on World AIDS Day 89 "Youth and AIDS"; ERIC DELAQUAIZE 1947 - 1990; BARRY GODDARD 1947 - 1990; ddI PATIENTS QUESTIONNAIRE We are collecting data on the side effects of ddI; HEALING GROUP supporting each other in making positive lifestyle changes; LOVE-LY TIME Potluck report and thank yous; LIBRARY New Acquisitions; HELPLINE Volunteer Opportunities at PWA; NOTICE BOARD;