XTRA: ‘The Infectious Myth’ Updates Us on Edmond McNack’s Not-So-Peppy Experience on ‘PEP’ Drugs
Ever wonder what happens to those medical and law-enforcement professionals who get jabbed with needles, spat on or bitten by “HIV-positive” patients, suspects and others? “How Positive Are You” co-host and Rethinking AIDS president David Crowe used his position on Internet radio show “The Infectious Myth” to interview former sheriff’s deputy Edmond McNack, last visited by HPAY in April 2010, in an Episode that has unfortunately lost its audio. (You can still read a useful summary on the Episode page.) Continue reading »
Comment (0)Episode 102: Freedom to Practice Medicine – Drs. Jane Orient and Donald Miller Defend the Hippocratic Oath to ‘Do No Harm’
Whether you’re “HIV positive” or “HIV negative,” the day will likely come when you seek a medical doctor’s opinion on a health condition. Just how independent from flawed official standards of care will that doctor’s judgment be? Are doctors allowed to think independently at all? Will they “first, do no harm,” as the Hippocratic Oath pledges? “How Positive Are You” co-host Elizabeth Ely asks Drs. Jane Orient and Donald Miller these vital questions and more. You’ll learn about the dire, Kafka-esque situation in American medicine that the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) and Doctors for Disaster Preparedness (DDP) would like to improve.
Comment (0)Episode 100: The Best of ‘How Positive Are You,’ on its 100th Episode
Tragic stories and grateful rants, long-time nonprogressors, the death of artist Keith Haring, words from two-time heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison, defending orphans and babies, the end of “HIV criminalization,” whether to go on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), deconstructing how “HIV testing” actually works, provocative science, pharmaceutical corruption, a confrontation with a TV episode’s medical advisor, feedback from our audience both grateful and hostile, debunking the entire Ebola epidemic from the lab to the streets of West Africa, and remembering our dear friend and co-founder Christine Maggiore – whew! – you’ve heard it all on “How Positive Are You.” If you haven’t, catch up with our library on our Program Index page. Or you can save some time with this helpful retrospective of the first seven years of our groundbreaking Podcast.
Write us at info@howpositiveareyou with your own memories and reflections. We’d love to hear from you. Continue reading »
Comment (0)Episode 21: Destroying Edmond McNack’s Health with PeP
Edmond’s life was turned upside down when, doing his duty as a sheriff’s deputy, he was bitten by a prisoner. Even though HIV tests on him and the prisoner came back negative within 24 hours he was encouraged to continue AIDS drugs for 12 weeks (he managed 10 despite excruciating side effects).
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