1: Photographer JOHN DUGDALE is joined by psychotherapist ROBERT LEVITHAN to talk about a new class of AIDS fighting drugs. Both men have the AIDS virus but are being treated with a new class of drugs that have enhanced the quality of their health and lives. They are receiving protease inhibitors which have the effect of blocking an enzyme crucial to the life cycle of of the AIDS virus. These drugs are considered the most significant breakthrough in the fight against AIDS since the epidemic began. JOHN DUGDALE is a New York photographer who lost more than 75 percent of his vision to an AIDS related condition. But he continues to work as a photographer saying that he uses the fuzzy gray images that he sees as his guide. His photographs are collected in the recent book "Lengthening Shadows Before Nightfall" (Twin Palms Publishing) ROBERT LEVITHAN (lev-eh-than) is a New York psychotherapist who primarly counsels people with AIDS. He also conducts workshops called "out living AIDS" for those with AIDS who are living longer than expected. He is currently writing a book about that is expected to be called "Outliving Myself."

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