POZ April 2009
POZ April 2009
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
Go Tell It On the Mountain
Let’s speak our truth together—and rewrite HIV history—at AIDSWatch 2009.
The Holy Grail
What we’re asking for on the Hill
Uniting With Might
Strategies for an effective Hill visit
Bearing Witness
AIDS advocates share their lobbying stories
The Glory and the Power
Who’s who in HIV/AIDS on the Hill
Living
The Shingles Life
The chicken pox virus strikes again as a painful rash. But you can fight back. Here’s how.
Tame the Pain
Along with any medications your doctor prescribes, try these complementary shingles remedies and preventives.
Can Selzentry Do More Than Suppress Viral Load?
The first CCR5 inhibitor applies for a second job. We check out its résumé:
Vitamin D...Sizzles!
Benefits: Vitamin D enables your body to absorb calcium and maintain blood levels of calcium and phosphates for a strong skeleton.
Recycle Your Meds For Earth Day
What better way to observe Earth Day on April 22 than by recycling?
For HPV: Another Pap Smear and a Vax
Eighty percent of HIV-positive and 50 percent of HIV-negative women in a recent study had anal HPV infections (human papillomavirus, which..
Say It: Women Get AIDS*
Not all doctors have noticed that more and more U.S. women have HIV.
Herbal Essence
Astragalus root, native to Asia, has long been used medicinally in capsules, ointments, injectables, soups and teas.
Check That Thyroid
It’s a little butterfly-shaped dictator: The thyroid gland, located in the neck, weighs less than an ounce but affects the way all your...
Travel Positively
Planning and preparing for an international getaway
Alternating Currents
Need a boost in your workout? Try interval training.
Talking
Clueless
How long will adults keep pretending that young people don’t get HIV?
Cut, Print, It’s a Wrap!
New film about the origins of the safe-sex movement
Spring Musts!
A short list of what to do in April
Baring It All
Advocates shed their clothes and some light on HIV in the Southwest.
Criminal Minds?
Destigmatizing “unlawful” transmissions
Sir Alick Goes To Grenada
Jesse Cameron Alick visits the Caribbean to escape from himself, but an uncle keeps him connected.
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Editor’s Letter-April 2009
Before I got HIV and went public with my status, it never occurred to me to give our elected officials in Washington, DC, a piece of my...
Letters-April 2009
Good for James for being brave enough to talk about this. But do I detect a little homophobia here?
Passing the Torch
People with HIV lost one of their greatest champions when Martin Delaney died of liver cancer January 23, 2009.
