POZ January 2005
POZ January 2005
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
Feature
The English Patients
With its free health care and progressive policies, Britain may seem like an HIVer’s paradise.
Inside the Issue
A Bitter Pill
Even if you haven’t swallowed the cost of Abbott’s massive Norvir markup, you could still end paying-dearly.
2004 Fight for Our Lives
Before we recap the Year That Was, behold this image, which best captures its spirit.
Strange Days Indeed
POZ presents the 24 times in 2004 when an HIVer had to stop and ask, “Whose cocktail is it, anyway?"
The Justice League
The 6 superheroes of 2004
In Memoriam
Charles Clifton: Test Positive Aware Network’s executive director had edited the influential publication Positively Aware. Clifton died...
Coming Up for Air
Olympic HIVer Greg Louganis beats the blues
California, Here I Cum
A crazy crop of porn-film fines, bathhouse crackdowns, and novelty STD e-cards erupt
Pegged!
One-legged HIVer Hans-Otto Schiemann, 54, was arrested in Thailand October 18 and accused of infecting 90 women.
Pos & Neg
On September 20, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill letting adults buy syringes without prescriptions.
Story Lady
On World AIDS Day, Telling Tales (Picador, $14)—a collection of short stories by 21 of the world’s greatest writers—hit U.S. bookstores.
New Year’s Revelations
Party with seven HIVer artists who’ll rock your 2005
New Year’s Resolutions 2005!
Toast your future with treatment strategy
Briefs
A first? Johns Hopkins School of Medicine in Baltimore now has a clinic to treat lipo.
Flesh It Out
Skin, your body’s largest organ, can weigh 10 pounds and span half a Ping-Pong table.
Warning Sign
Are you on an HIV protease inhibitor (PI) and erythromycin?
Ensure Thing
I’m resistant to non-nukes, so I need a protease inhibitor (PI) to power my combo.
Lipo-Smacking Activism
In a mask with sunken eyes and shrunken cheeks, the HIV-Lipo Warrior faced Montreal AIDS Walkers last September with the lowdown on...
A Shot in the Dark: The Flu-Vax Scandal and Tips
Flu season peaks in January, but many HIVers are toasting 2005 without a shot.
Just Married
Two HIV educators learn a lesson in serodiverse love
Founder’s Letter
A Christian Taliban has staged a coup d’état in our former democracy, reelecting George W. Bush along with an ugly cast of “moral values...
Mailbox
So you’re calling Kaletra alone “monotherapy” (“Bangkok Big Top,” October 2004)?
