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POZ July-August 2015

POZ July-August 2015

In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.

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Features

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From Peer to Peer

HIV-positive advocates break down barriers to care in the south.

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World of Difference

Questioning taxpayer funding of faith-based groups to fight HIV/AIDS

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Going Gold for HIV

A look inside Life Ball, Europe’s biggest, grandest and most spectacular HIV/AIDS charity event

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POZ HIV Drug Chart

Antiretroviral (ARV) options abound for both those who are new to HIV treatment and those who are experienced.

From the Editor

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Too Hot

I admire people who take the heat--literally and figuratively--every day in the Southern United States, the hot spot domestically for HIV/AIDS...

Feedback

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Letters-July/August 2015

Our April/May issue looked at how artists living with HIV continue to represent the realities and complexities of today’s epidemic.

POZ Q+A

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A Brave New Day

Using peer support to organize and empower people living with HIV/AIDS in the Southern United States

POZ Planet

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Meet Merce!

Charles Sanchez stars in a musical comedy web series about an HIV-positive guy looking for love.

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Focusing on Nonprofit HIV Research

Florida’s Campbell Foundation funds science and services.

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Raise Your Glass!

As three iconic HIV groups celebrate three decades, their leaders talk with POZ about past accomplishments and future goals.

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POZ Stories: Venita Ray

Venita Ray is a woman who can move mountains—or at the very least, climb them. 

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Working to End AIDS in the South

Nic Carlisle became executive director of Southern AIDS Coalition this spring, but his dedication to the cause goes back several decades. 

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Rally for Medicare!

Medicare—the federal health plan for Americans 65 and older—turns 50 on July 30, and folks who support the Robin Hood Tax (RHT) ar...

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Making Waves

Head to the beach this summer with an HIV-themed book.

Voices

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Falling Through

Kristopher Sharp, an HIV-positive gay advocate from Texas, shared his personal story in an opinion piece titled “Falling Through the Cra...

Care and Treatment

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A New Truvada

Gilead Sciences has filed for FDA approval of a new version of the dual-combination HIV antiretroviral Truvada, one that’s less toxic to the b...

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Dangers of Delaying Hep C Treatment

For people coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), waiting to start HCV treatment until they progress through the levels of liver fib...

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Does HIV Pack on the Pounds?

Contrary to popular belief, HIV-positive people gain excess body fat because of the virus itself rather than antiretroviral (ARV) treatment.

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Atripla Dethroned

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has removed Atripla from the priority list of first-line antiretrovirals in its most re...

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Going Up in Smoke

HIV-positive Americans are more likely to smoke and less likely to quit than the general population. 

Research Notes

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Prevention: PrEP Saves Money

Canadian research suggests that rolling out Truvada (tenofovir/emtricitabine) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV would save mon...

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Treatment: Long-Acting ARVs

A recent study showing that a two-drug antiretroviral (ARV) regimen maintains viral suppression as well as a standard three-drug cocktail

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Cure: ’Kick and Kill’

The NIH's Division of AIDS and Infectious Disease Services has pledged $6.6M to investigate the HIV cure strategy known as “kick and kill.â€...

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Concerns: At the Gut Level

HIV launches an immediate assault on the gut after infection, spurring harmful inflammation and causing other damage that even very early anti...

SeroZero by GMHC

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From Churches to Mosques: We Need to Include Every Faith Community in the Fight Against HIV

According to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, ’despite the 2010 National HIV/AIDS Strategy’s calls for new partnersh...

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Making the Cut: Should Neonatal Male Circumcision be a Recommended HIV-Prevention Tool in the United States?

For some, it’s a revered and ancient expression of religious faith and tradition. Others believe it’s not only medically unnecessary, but...

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Spotlight Stories

My name is Nicole Icon and I am Legendary for Old Way Vogue and Realness. I’m a transsexual woman in the Ballroom scene.

POZ Survey Says

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Media Matters

Pop culture can educate audiences and dispel myths about HIV/AIDS, so it’s refreshing to see the inclusion of several HIV-related storylines r...

POZ Heroes

Marco Castro-Bojorquez

Together We Stand

Marco Castro-Bojorquez wants Latino immigrants to be involved in creating a national network to help amplify the voices of the community.

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