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
I've never been ill, and I wonder why I'm so fortunate. People ask my secret. I exercise, eat right, don't smoke or do drugs.
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. Many feel safe only wh
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 ha
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-fatThe Mediterranean dines on antioxidants and lipid lowerers: unsaturated fats (like olive
Flu-Shot Time
Remember last year, when flu vaccine shortages left you scrambling for a shot? The CDC recommends li
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 pop
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 derailseveral PREP [post-exposure proph
Pulse - October 2005
www.atac-usa.org = AIDS Treatment Activist Coalition, “a national coalition of AIDS activists,
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
Miss Congeniality 3:HIV
HIV beauty queens past and present who rule aids activism
Rap Sheet
Hip-hoppers rhyme “HIV awareness”
Mentors - October 2005
The RookieAmira Hikim26, Washington, DC Diagnosed 2000Q: “Should I tell my young kids I’
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
etc.
Editor's Letter - October 2005
The wonder of it all
Mailbox - October 2005
Y’All WrongKai Wright’s “Southern Discomfort” [July 2005] wrongly stated, &l
