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? New research shows they may not be, igniting fresh—and ev...
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 Ge
Mailbox-December 2004
Down, Not OutBlack people in America are in a major state of denial [“The Demons Behind the Do
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
First, the Bad News
Eight years later, a false positive tests negative
Milestones
In September, the American Academy of HIV Medicine crowned a new executive director: Howard Grossman
Faster Forward
An LA HIVer's Saturday-night speed-dating debauchery
Prince Valiant
Princess Diana’s AIDS legacy continues. A documentary on her son, Britain’s rakish young
Pos & Neg
POSSenator Edward Kennedy plans to introduce a bill requiring pharma to post all clinical drug-trial
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 s
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
