POZ December 2004
POZ December 2004
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
Feature
Detectable Rebels
HIVers who don’t care about having an undetectable viral load are nuts, right?
Inside the Issue
Now See This
To mark Day With(out) Art, POZ asked four positive artists to create works that make us think, feel and remember.
Editor’s Letter-December 2004
I’m writing this two weeks before the election hoping to hell that John Kerry saves us from George W. Bush’s domestic AIDS policies.
Mailbox-December 2004
Thank you for exposing readers to the AIDS Treatment Action Coalition [ATAC]—one of the most significant new national HIV organizations.
Down on the Pharma
A must-read exposé of the mischievous biz of greed and corruption
Show and Tell
POZ unwraps three families to nurse your holiday spirit with love, laughter and latkes
Pushing the Envelope
AIDS took a licking on August 28, when the U.S. Postal Service announced that tennis ace Arthur Ashe would become the first HIVer to net...
First, the Bad News
Eight years later, a false positive tests negative.
Milestones
In August, iconic ’70s band Queen—whose frontman, Freddie Mercury died of AIDS in 1991—became the first rockers to sell an album legally...
Faster Forward
An LA HIVer’s Saturday-night speed-dating debauchery
Prince Valiant
Princess Diana’s AIDS legacy continues.
Pos & Neg
New York City’s Office of School Health cut condom demos from the sex-ed curricula on August 27—without explanation.
Pregnant Pauses
One HIVer mom makes tough treatment decisions for two
Moonlighting Statins
Can cholesterol-lowering drugs reduce your viral load, too?
They Soothe Tootsies, Don’t They?
Peripheral neuropathy (PN) numbs many an HIVer’s feet, hands or legs, making them tingle and swell, too.
Trouble in Mind
Helping HIVers with mental or emotional issues: Treat creatively, and keep it under one roof.
Pharm School
If you take HIV meds, you’ll want to know how the drugs work—that’s pharmacology. But other pharma lingo can be tough to swallow.
View from the Top
One HIVer survives his tallest challenge yet
