POZ April 2004
POZ April 2004
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
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Getting Out Alive
Up to one-fifth of America’s inmates have the Monster-prison slang for HIV-but the pen does little to confine their virus.
Last Call
When anti-meds veterans must choose between getting sick and taking the cocktail
He Said, He Said
Sometimes, asking the question isn’t enough
Inside the Issue
Outside In
Hey, HIVers on the outside: Think there’s no way to help inmates with HIV or hep C? Think again.
Myth vs. Reality in the Pen
Myth: Prison is an HIV breeding ground. Reality: Most inmates with HIV got it before incarceration.
Africa’s Mayor
Can a Bible Belt politician sell Uganda’s safe-sex model to his hometown?
3 x 5 Report Card
Four ways to give the world HIV meds, someday
Tribute: Wilfredo Valencia Palacios Roman
AIDS activist Wilfredo Valencia Palacios Roman—who died, at 36, of tuberculosis on November 29, 2003, in San Salvador—liked to say he was....
Earthwatch: Prison Focus
Manitoba, Canada called off an order for vanilla-, strawberry- and banana-flavored rubbers for its jails after conservatives railed...
Website of the month: AIDSVote.org
Activists of all species are climbing down from their phone trees—to storm the Internet.
Medicare Malaise
The Medicare bill President Bush signed in December won’t kick in until 2006, but some HIVers are concerned already.
See You in the Lobby
AIDSWatch, a lobbying assault by the National Association of People With AIDS (NAPWA), will span May 17 to 19.
Show & Tell: Oscar Time
POZ invited HIVers at Hollywood service provider Being Alive into our Academy to award an Oscar for Best AIDS Leadership.
Milestones
Longtime Merck vaccine research VP Emilio Emini will head the non-profit International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.
TeleVisionaries
Queer as Folk’s cowriters talk about HIV—the new reality of non-reality TV
Cirque du So Lame
Global big-topper Cirque du Soleil has been flying without a legal safety net since firing HIV positive acrobat Matthew Cusick in March 2003
Can HIV Care Click in the Clink?
Stuck behind bars with HIV? Some docs and advocates describe the kind of treatment you can expect.
Comfort Zone: SpiceBoy
My combo uses Norvir (ritonavir) as a booster.
The Sweetest Taboo
When a spoonful of sugar makes your health go down
Diamond in the Roughage
Trust us, you’ll like it rough.
Head Games
In which our fearless HIVer probes a study of viral brain drain
Looking for Liver Helpers
About 40 percent of HIVers are coinfected with hep C, and so far, interferon’s the only hepatitis C (HCV) treatment.
Quick Study: Painkiller
Synthetic sea-snail venom eases pain for people with AIDS or cancer when morphine and other painkillers fail.
Briefs
Production problems have caused makers of the promising new Fuzeon-like fusion inhibitor T-1249 to stop clinical trials.
Cheek to Chic
Fill ’er up! Which makeover will save our wasted faces first?
Warning Signs
Boehringer Ingelheim (BI), maker of the non-nuke Viramune (nevirapine), is issuing a “Dear Doctor” letter saying the med may spell trouble...
Quick Study: Sexual Satisfaction
An Italian study (where else?) said NNRTIs cause less sexual dysfunction than other HIV med classes.
Publisher’s Letter
PRISON SEX FANTASIES. An informal poll of a few gay male friends suggests that many of us have them.
Mailbox
What struck me about the Tony Kushner interview was Mr. Kushner’s notion of the gay community’s role early on in the epidemic.
Live To Tell: With Conviction
An ex-jailbird and her classmates make the grade in HIV 101
