POZ October 2005
POZ October 2005
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
Features
On the Cover-Gerard Thai
Gerard Thai
Immuno’s Defense
Imagining the future of HIV research
Quick Draw
HIVer Darren Davis reveals his latest comic book, Victoria’s Secret Service--and a studly HIV positive character in the works.
Living
The Common Touch
American adults touch one another much less than adults in any other culture.
Seeking for the Perfect Pill
Will two new meds solve the problem with protease?
Three’s the Charm With One-A-Day
Gilead Sciences says its second stab at making the U.S.’s first one-pill-once-daily HIV med has fizzled.
No Cure, But A Better Liver
Hep C treatment left her healthier, though not Hep-less
Striking Gold
A new discovery may finally skin staph
Doctor’s Diary - October 2005
We don’t always agree with our patients’ choices.
Home Work
Building access to a place you can afford
Daring to Diet
Control weight and boost health—with HIV in the mix
Do and Don’t-Do Diets
DO: Good-fat
Flu-Shot Time
Remember last year, when flu vaccine shortages left you scrambling for a shot?
Smokin’!
You knew cigarettes were bad for your health. Did you know they also muck up your sex life?
In Sickness and In Health
Two HIVers swap vows and celebrate their nuptials inside a nursing home
Buzz Off
Facing skyrocketing HIV rates and only about 5% condom use, the Indian government is ribbing the populace—with vibrating rubbers.
A Little off the Top
Can circumcision save straight men from HIV?
Buddy Up
Friends can enrich your life—and your health.
Talking
Who Will Save Them Next?
[ACT UP Paris and other] activist groups have now managed to derail several PREP [post-exposure prophylaxis] trials, arguably the most...
Pulse - October 2005
“Ice-Babies” (a.k.a. “meth babies”)–slang for babies born to methamphetamine addicts.
Wait-Lifting Stretches
Scrawny state med programs get a small increase, as heavyweight changes loom large
Charlize in Charge
South African HIV activist Nkosi Johnson, who died of AIDS at age 12 in 2001, will soon be reborn on celluloid.
Miss Congeniality 3:HIV
HIV beauty queens past and present who rule aids activism
Rap Sheet
Hip-hoppers rhyme “HIV awareness”
Mentors - October 2005
Q: “Should I tell my young kids I’m positive?”
Sex Toys R Us
Will disclosure kill River Huston’s good vibrations?
Trying Trials
How one HIVer successfully sampled experimental meds
Underexposed
The media love M.C. Mars’ gritty memoir—except the HIV part
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Editor’s Letter - October 2005
The wonder of it all
Mailbox - October 2005
“Southern Discomfort” does a disservice to HIVers in the South.
