POZ November 2003
POZ November 2003
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
Features
Reversal of Fortune
Although VaxGen’s much-hyped HIV vaccine flopped, the nearly 5,000 HIV negative gay men who tested it got excellent safe-sex counseling...
Worlds Apart
Why are HIVers in New York City’s Harlem neighborhood dying at twice the rate of HIVers in the gay enclave of Chelsea?
There She Is...
Miss HIV Stigma-Free gives shame a bad name
Inside the Issue
African Bandstand
A DJ adored by South Africa’s black youth discloses his HIV status on the air-and may now be dying after stopping his treatment.
Pharma Adapts to ADAP
In a dramatic coup for treatment access, eight Pharma firms have handed out $60 million in free drugs, price freezes and rebates for next...
Stone Cold Killing
An Indian women’s group claims stigma and fear killed a 30-year-old widow with HIV in Andhra Pradesh state in July.
Hyper Activists
AIDS dissident David Pasquarelli and varsity gadfly Michael Petrelis pled “no contest” July 30 to misdemeanor charges for harassing...
Who Gives a Fund?
In a July New York Times op-ed, star economist Jeffrey Sachs urged America’s richest—top beneficiaries of Bush’s tax cuts—to give the...
Talkin’ Turkey
Forget the first Thanksgiving—five HIV pilgrims at the Boston Living Center, where HIVers share meals, fun and treatment tips, give thanks..
Milestones
Project Inform founder and beloved treatment activist Martin Delaney is doing well after triple-bypass heart surgery.
Can You Hear Me Now?
Mandela phones Bush. Imagine us eavesdropping...
It Happened in November
1991: Basketball star Earvin “Magic” Johnson tells America he has HIV.
Shout Out
“It’s a big problem, this abstinence stuff. Look, it’s okay to use a condom if you are having sex.“
Say What?
“If you are straight, you have nothing to fear from AIDS.”
Paris is for HIVers
International AIDS Society’s confab made news-some hot, some not
Bone UP
Up to one-third of all HIVers have bone loss. A fractured tour:
Guiding Light?
In July a panel of AIDS experts released 96 pages of revised federal HIV treatment guidelines.
Quick Study: HPV and HAART
A large U.S. study of HIVer women showed that HAART may not keep irregular cervical cells from progressing to cancer.
Heeling Power
First thing every morning, after my shower, I give myself a foot massage.
Warning Signs
Are you on this cocktail? Ask Doc about adding a fourth drug or switching your mix.
Drama Queen
Even Shakespeare could not have imagined the healing effects of That’s Why We’re Here, a triumph of drama therapy written and staged by a....
Can Your Inner Ham
Gather a group of HIVers to share experiences; take detailed notes as the basis for your script.
Burn, BABY, Burn
You already know that HIV meds (and maybe the virus itself) raise blood fat levels.
Mailbox
You’ve uncovered the tip of a mammoth iceberg with “The Big Bang Theory” [July/August 2003].
Sunshine State
Chasing her own Tomorrowland, a survivor leaves it all behind
Briefs
An Indian women’s group claims stigma and fear killed a 30-year-old widow with HIV in Andhra Pradesh state in July.
