POZ November 2007
POZ November 2007
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
Features
Pray Tell
Reverend Stacey Latimer is an HIV-positive military vet who speaks openly about his relationships with men.
The South Shall Rise Again
In the two years since POZ last charted AIDS in its new U.S. epicenter—the South—infection rates have continued to rise in the reg...
Coming Clean
Brenda Chambers and Leslie Williams share how they kicked their drug and alcohol habits while supporting their families and surviving HIV.
Living
On Your Marks
Our goal is to stay healthy by outrunning HIV. But is it smarter to get a head start or come from behind?
What’s In, What’s Out
A timeline of HIV therapy trends
Sperm of the Moment
Some positive men ditch condoms—and forego sperm washing—to make babies safely with negative women.
Ready for Your Screen Test?
A simple lab exam allows positive people to avoid a dangerous reaction to the HIV med abacavir.
Staph Directory
Without a lot of dough or high-tech equipment, hospitals can conquer a dangerous infection.
(Not So) Free of Charge
A new report exposes the often prohibitive hidden treatment costs of otherwise free HIV care.
The Simplex Life
Managing HIV and herpes, one step at a time.
Talking
The Big Fix
In light of the many HIV treatment advances, are we forgetting to set our sights on a cure?
Lost
AIDS stigma washes up on Papua New Guinea.
Scotch Guard
Scotland and Afghanistan share an epidemic.
Sounds Like a Plan
Demand to hear the candidates’ AIDS strategies.
I Got Tested for HIV... And All I Got Was This Lousy T-Shirt
What does it take to get youth to learn their HIV status?
Hot Dates-November 2007
Click on a virtual candle online and ignite a flame for AIDS awareness.
Babe Boom
Happy 20th anniversary to Paul Lekakis’s 1987 party anthem “Boom Boom Boom (Let’s Go Back to My Room)."
The Profiler
By de-emphasizing their HIV status in an online profile, will HIV-positive people more easily find love—or letdowns?
Hot or Not?
“Hot Spots,” a chart in the May 2007 Women’s Health (WH), exposed the countries whose populations have the most active sex lives.
Release Party
Talk about camera-ready.
Toxic Avengers
Michael De Jong, author of Clean: The Humble Art of Zen-Cleansing has boiled down housekeeping to five key elements—four of which are ed...
Ticket to Ride
One woman puts the bike pedal to the metal, taking the ride of her life to fight AIDS.
Medical Leave
Shawn Decker never thought he’d outlive his HIV doc—so he never said goodbye.
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Saturday’s Child
Saturday Night Fever turns 30—taking me back where I belong.
Editor’s Letter-November 2007
Down in the Delta
Mailbox-November 2007
Peter McQuaid’s column “Big Gulp” (July/August), on finding humor in living with HIV, was very hard to swallow.
Catch of the Month-November 2007
Which show must you TiVo? Judge Judy. She’s to the point, fair and hilarious. Everything I would want to be if I were a middle-aged woman.
