POZ April-May 2013
POZ April-May 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
Recovering Your Life
Substance abuse fuels HIV rates—and is prevalent among people with HIV—but it can be overcome.
Navigating Treatment as Prevention
People with HIV who take antiretrovirals may lower their chance of spreading the virus by 96 percent. Or is it 26 (or even 100)?
From the Editor
High Hopes
The ultimate hope most of us living with HIV wish for is a cure, of course, and an end to the pandemic. Until then, most of us are seeking as...
Feedback
Letters-April/May 2013
These stories are very inspirational. I hope that something like this can be a reality for me.
The POZ Q+A
Positive Support
Under new leadership, AIDS United strengthens its grant making, advocacy and policy work nationwide.
POZ Planet
Return to Sender
Anthem Blue Cross sued for requiring HIV clients to order meds through the mail.
Old-School Kicks
Reebok gives Keith Haring’s artwork new soul.
My Bloody Valentine
This artsy, celeb-studded campaign tackles an icky HIV stigma.
Talk of the Town
Rebooting Iowa’s Siouxland AIDS Coalition.
Safe Sex 3.0
In May 1983, a groundbreaking booklet introduced a controversial idea to gay men: condoms.
Bar None
A judge rules that Alabama prisons must stop segregating HIV-positive inmates. That leaves only one state with this practice on the books.
Coming Attractions
Four HIV-related documentaries made it to this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Look for them on a big screen—or a small screen—near...
Voices
What Would You Do?
In the piece “What Would King Do?” Lora René Tucker pays tribute to Martin Luther King Jr. and wonders what role he’d pla...
Care and Treatment
The Heart of Cardiovascular Risks
People with HIV suffer from high rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD), but the virus appears less to blame than the same risk factors that af...
E-Reminders Help Patient Outcomes
Harvard’s Massachusetts General Hospital HIV Clinic improved the health of HIV patients by creating an enhanced system of electronic alerts th...
HIV Docs Slow on Early Treatment
A poll of 165 health care providers in Washington, DC, and the Bronx, New York, found that 95 percent “strongly agreed” or “...
TasP in the Real World
The HPTN 052 study found that successful antiretroviral (ARV) use can reduce the likelihood of HIV transmission among heterosexual...
An Almost Normal Life Expectancy?
People with HIV are likely to live long lives, similar with having other diseases which are well-controlled.
Research Notes
Prevention: Spinning Beyond Latex and Gels
Scientists have developed an electrically spun cloth that can create both a chemical and a physical barrier against sperm and HIV.
Treatment: Fulyzaq Approved for Diarrhea Relief
The FDA has approved Fulyzaq (crofelemer), the first drug to relieve symptoms of the diarrhea that is a side effect of antiretrovirals.
Cure: Embryo Survival Gene to Control HIV
Researchers have been investigating a newly discovered gene, which may one day be manipulated to fight chronic infections such as HIV, hepatit...
Concerns: HIV-Positive Smokers Lose More Years
Study finds HIV-positive smokers with a well-controlled virus lose far more years off their life expectancy to cigarettes than to HIV.
POZ Survey Says
Facing Discrimination
When discrimination takes place, it’s important to know your rights and to stand up for yourself (or others) whenever possible.
POZ Heroes
Not Lost in Translation
Devarah “Dee” Borrego was diagnosed with HIV a few weeks after her 21st birthday. That was in 2005.
