POZ April 2005
POZ April 2005
In every issue, you'll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
Feature
Absolutely Andy
As far as pop-star AIDS activism goes, Erasure frontman Andy Bell is no Bono. But his recent announcement that he is HIV positive--and his bru...
Inside the Issue
Work With Me!
On my back-to-work plans! My health benefits! My disability provider! Forget meds--these are the issues that can drive HIVers mad. So POZ help...
Bushed To The Limit
Meet the four Bible-thumpers setting second-term U.S. AIDS policy
Don't Cry for Me, Preventionista
Republican Senate Majority Leader-and doctor-Bill Frist flunks HIV
Legal Eye
I saw a liposuction doctor about removing my buffalo hump, but he said he did not do the procedure f
Milestones
Veteran HIVer activist Cornelius Baker,who shepherded Whitman-Walker Clinic, D.C.’s top AIDS s
The Rubber Report
With the feds funding false information about condoms, running reliable rubber info is increasingly
Tiny Toons
Every Tom, Dick and Harry should meet Shaft, Dick and Stretch. Since January, the Three Amigos have
Saving Lives-or Face?
Did Feds fudge data on an African AIDS study?
On The March
More than 125 top HIVers and advocates from around the country (including POZ founder Sean Strub) hi
Booked & Noted
Let your AIDS intellect blossom with our spring reading list
Vax Is Back
Is a new Vaccine our best shot at controlling HIV without meds?
One a Day: You've Come A Long Way
Two companies team up to deliver an HIV regimen of just one pill once daily
Diabetes and HIV
Sugar woes can sour treatment plans
Lentil Health Day
You’ve probably heard that complex carbs, such as lentil beans, outrank simple ones like white
April Showers
HIV meds leave my skin so dry and itchy that I've been known to claw my legs bloody. Bathing with na
Office Visit
We eavesdrop as one HIVer and his doc fit diabetes into the treatment plan.
Not A Gym Bunny?
Exercise helps prevent or control diabetes by keeping glucose from accumulating in your blood. Too f
Generics Hit Home
Last December, the FDA gave Barr Laboratories approval to sell the U.S.’ first generic HIV med
Why...
...does your doc add small Norvir doses to boost another protease inhibitor (PI)?
Founder's Letter
According to its website the AIDS Action Council is, “the national voice on AIDS,” and, indeed, it has some claim to that title.
Mailbox
Blowing Your LoadWhether patients should switch med regimes to keep viral loads undetectable, even t
Cabin Fever
Do the villagers think I'm spreading HIV? Or am I just crazy?
Woman To Woman
Sometimes you find you're not the only nice suburban girl with a secret
Holy Makeover!
An HIVer beautifies her flock-body and soul
