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HIV/AIDS in California

Join Health Dialogues as we explore HIV/AIDS in California. How will the President's National HIV/AIDS Strategy affect our state? Why do African-Americans still have such a disproportionate rate of infection? We'll also explore what it's like to age with the disease, and get the latest news in prevention and treatment.

Living with the Virus

Guest host Sarah Varney discusses how public health officials now view HIV in California as a chronic disease to be managed, if diagnosed early and treated well. The segment also explores treatment as prevention, how people are living with the disease today and which groups still aren't getting the message. Guest: Grant Colfax, MD, director of HIV Prevention and Research, San Francisco Department of Public Health.

Music Bridge 1: "Welt Am Draht" by Pantha du Prince, from the CD "Black Noise" (Rough Trade)

HIV/AIDS and African-American Disparities

Guest host Sarah Varney speaks with experts on HIV/AIDS in the black community about the disproportionate rate of HIV infection among African-Americans. Guest: Gregorio Millett, M.P.H., senior policy advisor in the Office of National AIDS Policy. Guest: Vallerie Wagner, M.S., education director for AIDS Project in Los Angeles.

Music Bridge 2: "Like That" by Christian Scott, from the CD "Anthem" (Concord)

Lab container filled with protein gel and latent HIV

A Trip to the HIV Research Lab

Guest host Sarah Varney pays a visit to one of the preeminent HIV research labs in the United States: the Gladstone Institute at the University of California, San Francisco. Guest: Dr. Warner Greene, MD, director of the Gladstone Institute.

Music Bridge 3: "Tuesday Wonderland" by E.S.T., from the CD "E.S.T. Tuesday Wonderland" (Universal Music)

HIV/AIDS and the Aging Process

The Centers for Disease Control estimates by 2015, half of all Americans living with HIV will be over 50. That's more than 600,000 people. Doctors say the complex interaction between HIV, anti-retroviral therapy and aging isn't fully understood. Reporter: Kenny Goldberg

Elderly Home Care for HIV Patients

Guest host Sarah Varney gains insight from a nurse who cares for elderly HIV-positive patients in their homes in Marin County. Guest: Bob Anderson, RN, nurse with the Marin AIDS Project.

End Music: "Fat Mama" by Herbie Hancock, from the CD "Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Bros. Recordings (Warner Bros.)

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