POZ November 1996
POZ November 1996
In every issue of POZ, you'll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
Feature
An Angel, A Ribbon, An Apple, A Cross: Heir to a tradition of pioneer women who traveled West for emancipation, public servant Judith Billings wears her politics on her lapel
Heir to a tradition of pioneer women who traveled West for emancipation, public servant Judith Billings wears her politics on her lapel
Inside the Issue
Four More Years!
Why one high-profile PWA is ready to cast his vote for Bill Clinton
A Dull Presidency: Bob Dole may not be your worst nightmare, but his record suggests bad news for PWAs
Bob Dole may not be your worst nightmare, but his record suggests bad news for PWAs
The Party's Over
Refuse to bow down to the bloody idol of the Two-Party System! Resist! Revolt!
Outside Looking In
We look at political tactics from both sides now
Clinton & AIDS: A Report Card
An Update on "Fifty for the Future"
Citizen Duane
The man who sent his sled to City Hall
Great Shape
In training with sports enthusiast Mark Enos
Behind the Briefs
An excerpt from Tarnished Sequins: A Decade of AIDS Fundraising in Hollywood and the Fashion Industry
Butt
Curbing sugar and taking herbs can help stop nagging candida infections
Drugs of Ill-Repute
Johns Hopkins researchers studied people with HIV for five years tracking the incidence of "adverse events" linked to the use of AIDS drugs.
In Defense of Sex
Champions of abstinence should also warn against TWA and cheese souffle
Babes in Boyland
What's a nice Jewish girl to do when she can't find a man? Go shopping!
A Treatment Named Desire
Hormone therapy can improve your sex life -- so can a more affectionate approach
Jesse Helms Must Die: The head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's been taking hostages of his own
The head of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's been taking hostages of his own
Does Dole Have AIDS?
Bob Dole has not been tested for HIV since receiving a transfusion in 1981, when the virus was rampant in the blood supply.
Hit by a MAC Treatment
High-dose clarithromycin can kill
Energy Booster
For PWAs, carnitine is an essential amino
Loads of Information
The guidelines published below for using viral-load tests were developed by a physicians' panel of the International AIDS Society-USA.
