POZ June 2005
POZ June 2005
In every issue, you'll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
Feature
Fighting Femmes
The women of France's Femmes Positives want the right to put their infectors behind bars. Are these fired-up females traitors to p...
Inside the Issue
The amfAR's new clothes
As Dr. Mathilde Krim "a.k.a. the Mother of AIDS advocacy" passes the amfAR torch to classy designer Kenneth Cole, her once-great institu...
Warm Reception
Your doc's receptionist can be a secret weapon in the HIV wars. Here's how to keep 'em on your side.
White Smoke In Our Eyes
Will the new pope get religion on rubbers--and redeem the Church?
Hepatitis on the Block
• In February, the FDA approved Roche’s hepatitis C treatment—Pegasys (peginterfero
High On Adherence
Mary Jane May Not Muddle All Med Takers
A Positive Campaign
Inside a Mayor's West (Hollywood) Wing
Founder's Letter
The trend to prosecute people with HIV who have sex deemed “unsafe” (as defined by state
Earthwatch: Generic Meds
How cheap drugs are faring amid global challenges
On The March!
POZ's C2EA countdown
Milestones
In the SpotlightOn March 31, ex-Baywatch babe Pamela Anderson was crowned HIV-testing spokeswoman fo
The Plots Sickens
The POZ sweeps: rating the televiral season
POZ Picks Gay Pride
Read...POZ columnist Kevin Bentley’s compulsively sexual memoir, Let’s Shut Out the Worl
Medi - Mess
In 2006, Karen Bates, who qualifies for both Medicare and Medicaid, will get her HIV meds through a new, "modernized" plan—or will she?&...
How to Treat "Untreatable" HIV
From last winter’s media frenzy, you’d think the New York City maninfected with the high
Read It Or Weep
Ignore those fine-print drug package inserts at yourown risk.
Live and Let Die?
HIVers were mulling medical proxies and end-of-life decisions longbefore the vicious family battle o
Did Common Just Come Out?
Viacom and Kaiser Family Foundation have turbocharged their “Knowing Is Beautiful” campa
Legal Eye
An HIV positive friend is having unprotected sex without disclosing to partners. Do I have a legal o
Quick Study
HIV-related bone loss: In a small study, one group of HIVers took alendronate (you know it as Fosama
Why.....
...Do some pesky side effects vanish, while others hang on?
Book Nook
All-time faves and a POZ-reader freebie
Mailbox
SAINT VALENTINE'S LIVES!POZ’sonline personals do a great service for positive people [“Y
When Push Comes To Drag
A Rural ASO Gets Footloose for Funds
