POZ July-August 2008
POZ July-August 2008
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
Features
Torch Song
When I was chosen to be the only openly HIV-positive person to carry the Olympic torch through the streets of San Francisco, I felt proud and...
Service Interruption
Jeremiah Johnson heeded his country’s call to public service by volunteering for the Peace Corps.
AIDS on the Border
Those who oppose relaxed American immigration standards often claim that Latin American immigrants who leave their native countries for the U....
Living
Staying Put?
Sticking with an HIV combo that doesn’t fully suppress the virus may still help maintain your health.
Bad Combos ...and the Women Who Take Them
Between 1998 and 2004, some 17 percent of HIV-positive women observed in a U.S. survey—the Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS)—were...
Move It, Doc!
Your doctor nags you to take your meds, eat right and care for your health.
Stem Cell Surprise
In Germany, an HIV-positive man with leukemia needed a stem cell transplant—a treatment for so
At the Drugstore: Do You Get What You Pay For?
Positive people have little choice when buying HIV meds—most remain under patent, with no cheaper generic versions available.
Adherence Tip: It’s In the Bag
While HIV med regimens have grown less complicated, with fewer pills and doses, taking them faithfully remains critical.
When to Treat
Many people don’t learn they have HIV until they develop an opportunistic infection (OI)—an illness, such as a fungal or bacterial...
Tai Chi for T Cells
Tai chi—a Chinese martial art that uses graceful, fluid movements and focuses on breathing—lowers stress and boosts flexibility.
So Long, Salmonella
Cookouts, potato salad and street vendors: Summer’s tastiest treats can become a recipe for bacteria and food poisoning.
Field of Genes
Every day seems to bring a newly discovered link between genes and diabetes, heart disease, cancer or hepatitis.
PI Solo Act
Since 2003, researchers have experimented with Kaletra monotherapy, which would cut an HIV combo to just one med and simplify dosing and...
Sound Like a Plan?
The President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief supports millions of HIV-positive people around the world—but questions about its policies...
Talking
That’s Hot!
Global warming and HIV/AIDS are related, not competing, causes.
Death on the Nile
African AIDS takes a turn to the north—as stigma and homophobia erupt in Egypt.
Operation Iraqi Stigma
POZ reporter Fariba Nawa traveled to Iraq for our June 2003 feature story “After Ibn Zuhur”, which exposed the country’s little-known AI...
Starter Wives
From HBO’s hit series Big Love to the police raid on the Yearning for Zion Mormon ranch in Texas, polygamy has proved a titillating...
Pos or Not?
She’s 20, majors in sociology, hangs out with her sorority sisters and loves cats.
Surf’s Up!
Australia, home to last year’s International AIDS Conference, has one of the best records globally for containing AIDS.
Postcard From the Edge
Creighton Bailey flies to San Fran for an online hookup—with his HIV support group.
HIV Info, Str8 2 UR Fone
Let’s talk about text, baby—with these global wireless campaigns.
Hot Dates-July/August 2008
July 2-8Camp SunburstA refuge in Livermore, California, where families living with or affected by HI
In or Out?
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) sent a letter in September 2007 to Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner Richard F...
Mile-High Hopes
What does Denver’s Democratic National Convention hold for people living with HIV?
etc.
Editor’s Letter-July/August 2008
Instruments of Mass Prevention
Mailbox-July/August 2008
Like Randy Boyd, who wrote “Halftime Show” (April 2008), I seroconverted at 23, in 1980.
GMHC Treatment Issues-July/August 2008
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