POZ July-August 2003
POZ July-August 2003
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
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The Truth About Cats And Dogs
HIVers pay tribute to our better halves—the canine and feline (and equine and avian) pals that save our lives every day.
Pets Talk Back
Is it really love? Or do you just stick around for the treats?
Getting’ Hot In Here
Does the shutdown of a major study mean menopausal HIVers should shun hormone replacement therapy?
The Big Bang Theory
It sounds more like science fiction than science: A growing number of people are exposed to HIV—maybe even infected—but still test negativ...
Inside the Issue
Publisher’s Letter
Ten years ago, I was obviously younger, arguably cuter and had no trouble at all getting laid.
Mailbox
How can Brad Peebles be an AIDS leader without being in touch with all of his family about his health and sexual orientation?
Sex Ed’s Rubber Rubout
Abstinence-pushing federal funds are stretching thin proven HIV and pregnancy prevention in schools. How long before sensible parents and trut...
PREPing For Sex
What if the most effective HIV prophylactic wasn’t pleasure-muting, giggle-inducing latex, but a pill you could take once a day.
On Me, Not Inn Me
For guests who hit the minibar before the mattress, two New York state senators have introduced a bill that would make all state hotels...
Out Of Data
UNAIDS and the World Health Organization (WHO) disputed a headline-making International Journal of STD & AIDS report that fingered dirty...
MTV Goes CDC
MTV’s “Fight for Your Right” website raps about clap and hums with HIV prevention.
I Go Shout Plenty
For the late musician and pan-African activist Fela Kuti, the Afrobeat goes on
Class Pictures
The faces are proud, frail, serene and unflinching, and the texts that accompany them often explode AIDS tropes.
Obituary
On Sesame Street, as Mr. Noodle, he held his own against Elmo.
Time Out
Feds to prisoners: Get out of jail, get counseling and care
Bill Me Later
Perhaps you remember the $15 billion President Bush pledged to the global AIDS fight in his State of the Union address back in January.
Pos & Neg
100,000 U.S. HIVers aren’t getting their meds, the CDC estimates, because federal and state funding for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs...
Natal Attraction
Addressing the estimated 25 percent of U.S. HIVers who don’t know they’re positive, the CDC is pushing HIV testing as a routine check-up.....
Milestones
In April, Lifetime premiered Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story, a docudrama about a neggie teen, homeless after her mom’s AIDS ...
Wall Of Controversy
On April 22 Los Angeles’ City Council approved plans for an ambitious memorial in Lincoln Park, the Wall/Las Memorias, to break the...
Shades Of Gray
Did whites say an AIDS vaccine failed because it did not work for them?
Give Me Fever
You probably know of Henry Heimlich’s world-famous anti-choking maneuver, but you might find his other innovation harder to digest.
Bad Meds
Florida’s underground market for Rx drugs could be endangering HIVers, the state health department has warned.
Pass The Scalpel—And The Bucks
Countless HIVers suffer from lipo’s puppet cheeks and buffalo humps, but health plans won’t shell out to fix ’em.
Northern Exposure
Nobody believed that Clarence Smelcer (see photo) could corral a group of Alaska’s native HIVers into one room to discuss the disease.
Cell Low, Cell High
Even veteran HIVers sometimes get all those different kinds of white blood cells mixed up.
Pillow Talk
HIV meds gave me lipodystrophy—extra fat accumulated on my upper back between my shoulder blades.
Neg
The root of HIV-related lipodystrophy—abnormal fat redistribution—is a big fat mystery.
A New Gay Plague?
It may be Sars time now, but in fall 2002, a smaller epidemic erupted.
Hard Workin’ Beans
Unseen and unsung, your kidneys are toiling away, in the small of your back behind your ribs.
Viread, Once A Wonder Drug
It fights HIV! It fights hep B! No icky side effects! Too good to be true? Duh.
It’s His Party
Rob Phelps flacks for the drug that saved his life—and cries ’cause he wants to.
Out Of Sight
There’s a lot more to survival than meets the eye. Just ask Joe Westmoreland.
Walk This Way
One small step for baby, one giant step for grandpa.
