Vancouver Persons With AIDS Society Newsletter Issue #48 June 1991

PWA: A SOCIETY BASED ON SELF HELP Program Committee is now the Support Committee. Call for volunteers; AIDS VANCOUVER ELECTS NEW BOARD; LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Teacher thanks the Society for speaker; DENTAL TREATMENT GUARANTEED Registrar of the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia is contacting dentists who have refused to treat people with HIV and is requesting reports and undertakings to insure that dental care will be provided to any patient with HIV; NEWSLETTER IMPROVEMENTS Now on 100% recycled, non-bleached paper. Call for submissions; NOTICE TO PEOPLE TAKING ddI OR DAPSONE Taking ddI and Dapsone at the same time may cause the Dapsone not to be properly absorbed. Other possible drug interactions with ddI; AIDS TREATMENT HIGHLIGHTS: BI-RG-587: ACTU UP URGES FASTER EFFICACY TRIAL. ddC STUDY RESULTS. COMPLEX HOMEOPATHY. HOMEOPATHIC FORUM Event announcement. INFECTION FIGHTERS; WE'RE OPEN: CALENDAR, ONGOING EVENTS; KUDOS FOR THE MONTH; HELMCKEN HOUSE OPENS We wish to congratulate the McLaren Housing Society of BC on the opening of Helmcken House; FRIENDS TOGETHER Personal reflection on low energy and walks with friends; PUPPIES Donations of stuffed puppies make a difference; WALK FOR AIDS Call for volunteers; SURVIVING AIDS A NIGHT WITH MICHAEL CALLEN Event announcement; GARLIC AND THE IMMUNE RESPONSE Research report; STUDY OF COPING WITH HIV INFECTION IN GAY MALES Call for research participants; NEW SUPPORT GROUP: NATIVES AND FRIENDS; SURREY HIV+ SUPPORT MEETING; CONFIDENTIAL LEGAL ADVICE Law Students' Legal Advice Program; LIBRARY NEWS Call for volunteers, missing books; DIAL 911 Advice; HELPLINE Volunteers needed; PEER COUNSELLING Now available in a multitude of languages; NOTICE BOARD;