POZ September 2013
POZ September 2013
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
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Features
Older and Wiser
People who have lived with HIV/AIDS for 25 years or more are battle-scarred and full of survival savvy.
Mandating Mail-Order Pharmacies
People with HIV/AIDS increasingly face mixed-up meds, delayed deliveries, spoiled shipments and privacy concerns.
From the Editor
Touch of Gray
When I was diagnosed with HIV in 1992 at the age of 22, I expected to die before 30. Gray hairs, and all that go with them, were things I neve...
Feedback
Letters-September 2013
In the essay “The Sound of Stigma,” Mark S. King reflects on why stigma persists among gay men.
The POZ Q+A
Committed to the Fight
As a longtime leader in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Paul Kawata wants to be here for the end of the epidemic.
POZ Planet
Lost Worlds
Two gorgeous art books revisit a pre-AIDS Fire Island.
We the LGBTHIV...
Gay groups pledge to fight the virus.
Testing the Limits
A youth group gives HIV test results to teens in public.
Say What-Dan Savage
Dan Savage, sex advice columnist and cofounder of the “It Gets Better” campaign, offers an opinion on PrEP and PEP.
Check Them Out
These stories recount life in the presence of HIV.
Try the Power of Bareback and Body
If you think you’ve been hearing the phrase bareback—slang for condomless anal sex—during TV commercial breaks, you’re not going c...
Burden of Proof
San Francisco’s law enforcement agencies will no longer use possession of condoms as physical evidence when prosecuting sex workers
Citizen Scientists
With the Kinsey Reporter app, you can document each time you partake in some hanky-panky or witness someone else getting frisky in public.
Voices
Light and Darkness
Rae Lewis-Thornton is an African-American jewelry designer who has lived with HIV for more than two decades. In this edited excerpt from her b...
Care and Treatment
GMHC Treatment Issues September 2013
Untangling the Intersection of HIV & Trauma: Why It Matters and What We Can Do
Caring Docs Retain Patients
Clinicians who boast better interpersonal skills are more likely to keep their HIV patients retained in care.
Breaking the Blood-Brain Barrier
Researchers have had early success with a method that might one day thwart the powerful blood-brain barrier and effectively deliver antiretrov...
HIV Capsid Structure Defined
Scientists have identified the precise atomic structure of the HIV capsid, which is the container of genes the virus inserts into human immune...
Found: Those Lost to Follow-up
New York City caseworkers successfully linked half of those who had been categorized as “lost to follow-up” between 2008 and 2010.
Combo of Two HIV Drugs Can Control Hep B
The HIV antiretrovirals Viread (tenofovir) and Emtriva (emtricitabine), which are typically combined as Truvada, can suppress hepatitis B viru...
Research Notes
Prevention: Repurposing Vaginal Gel for Rectal Use
A reformulated vaginal microbicide gel, originally designed to prevent HIV transmission in women, has proved safe and well-tolerated in HIV-ne...
Treatment: Pot--the Next HIV Drug?
Synthetic anti-inflammatory compounds derived from cannabinoids, the primary active ingredient in marijuana, appear to show potential to fight...
Cure: Misleading Reports Say Cure Is Near
Word shot through numerous news outlets around the globe.
Concerns: Another Vaccine Trial Shuts Down
A major trial has closed down after the experimental vaccine failed both to prevent HIV transmission and to reduce viral load in those who con...
POZ Survey Says
Ourselves, Growing Older
Let’s face it—we’re all growing older. But thanks to advances in treatment, people with HIV are living longer than ever.
POZ Heroes
Musical Missionary
Reverend Charles Grindle works as the director of music and choir for two Unitarian Universalist churches in southern Maine. He’s also a poet,...
