Product Description
This supportive resource explores the next generation of HIV/AIDS drugs and also includes new research on HIV and crystal meth, as well as new insights for the hardest hit population — African Americans.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 4.5 based on 10 reviews)

Excellant teaching guide by S. Levine (Orlando, FL)

5 Stars
November 02, 2008
Considering the very few non-scholarly sources available, HIV: The First Year is extremely user friendly and informative guide from which to teach. As an advanced paramedic instructor for a third-party provider, I found the recent information on drug regimens and the infectious process invaluable. Relatively inexpensive, HIV: The First Year should be required reading for any pre-hospital or hospital clinician in close contact with HIV/AIDS patients.

Author has a major conflict of interest by Watcher (St. Petersburg, FL)

2 Stars
July 29, 2008
I got this thinking it would be helpful in my job as a HIV Case Manager, was I wrong. The author has a major conflict of interest with the pharmaceutical industry and it skews his viewpoints tremendously to the detriment of the patient. The only reason I rate this at 2 stars is it is good at approaching the emotional and psychological aspects of being newly diagnosed and the stigma associated with it. Avoid any of the chapters dealing with medical treatment!

Excellent by N.D. (Florida)

5 Stars
June 21, 2007
This is a wonderful book it gives a general view on what to expect and which resources you have available. I believe it also helps family members understand better what their love one goes through, and how they can help. Great tool I wholeheartedly recommended it. :)

A WONDERFUL BOOK by J. G. Velez (New York, NY USA)

5 Stars
August 24, 2004
A WONDERFUL PRIMER FOR THE NEWLY DIAGNOSED, AS WELL AS FOR THE NOT SO NEWLY DIAGNOSED........HIGHLY INFORMATIVE AS WELL AS UPLIFTING.

New York Times review

5 Stars
January 09, 2004
Books on Health: Smart Approach to H.I.V.(December 9, 2003)It is hard to be optimistic about an incurable disease, but the author of this supportive resource, a writer who has had H.I.V. for 25 years, manages to do it. "Now that I'm healthy," he writes, "I'm far more worried about getting in a car accident on the Los Angeles Freeway than I am about getting sick from H.I.V."Mr. Grodeck, an online editor for the RAND Corporation, guides readers through the first seven days after diagnosis, the next three weeks, and the rest of the year. Combining the human element with essential information about treatment options, choosing the right doctors, the importance of diet and exercise, holistic alternatives and sex, the book transforms a complex disease into one that can be understood and managed.In his discussion of treatment options, Mr. Grodeck takes a level-headed approach.While noting that the new generation of medicines, taken together in various combinations, can slow or even halt the virus, he cautions that so-called alternative therapies do not improve the course of H.I.V. and that some are dangerous and can make the infection worse."If you like gambling," he writes, "you'll love herbal medicine. Most herbal or plant-based medicines haven't been properly tested, so they are risky." Moreover, he says, people taking prescription drugs should "be careful about taking herbs and supplements.""Herbs and supplements do not work for treating H.I.V.," Mr. Grodeck concludes, "but some forms of alternative medicine help with symptoms of anxiety and depression."

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