POZ December 2005
POZ December 2005
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
On the Cover-Juliano Innocenti
Juliano Innocenti
Melting the Winter Blues
If the sight of twinkling holiday lights causes fear instead of cheer, you’re not alone. Countless people with HIV suffer from seasonal...
Higher Ground
How one cowboy fled Katrina’s fury and found generosity, support and a new home
Living
Sex in the Age of Meds
Do lower viral loads mean lower risk For HIV?
WHY...December 2005
When the flu enters your body, infection-fighting immune cells (your body’s frontline soldiers) are activated to battle the invader.
Steps to the Future
2005 gave boosts to folks with HIV
The Fright Before Xmas
Surviving a holiday trip to the ER
Striking Oil
The benefits of fish and olive oil keep flowing
A Gift to Yourself
How folks manage their cash during the holidays
A New Year Bathed in Promise
What is now celebrated as New Year’s Eve was once a night of mourning for the dying year.
Weighing CD4 Counts
There’s more than one way to rate the strength of your immune system.
Trainer’s Bench - December 2005
Fatigue—in your body or in your exercise routine—can be worked out.
The Legal Eye - December 2005
Bringing home the holiday bacon on disability
Sexy Holiday Toys
Give these—and get some
Talking
Footloose
With HIV “under control,” Joe Westmoreland finds an ailment that makes him feel good.
LeRoy Whitfield 1969-2005
Remembering a POZ columnist, editor and friend
Earthwatch - December 2005
Around the world in AIDS-y days
Tripped Up
A seventh-grade field trip forces a showdown between Shari Margolese and her positive son.
Buzz - December 2005
The two-woman play In the Continuum, running at New York City’s Primary Stages from November 18, 2005 to February 11, 2006, maps with...
Out of the Blues
How one Floridian went from bumming to humming
A Lifeline for All
Exclusive: How waves of relief from the AIDS community kept Katrina evacuees with HIV afloat
Yesterday’s News
Oscar nominee tours South Africa
As the Virus Turns
Daytime soaps adopt HIV sagas
Mentors - December 2005
Russ Coon, diagnosed in July, asks a married duo whether it’s possible to keep commitment sexy—and safe.
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Mailbox - December 2005
There are over 100,000 patients in the U.S. successfully using medical cannabis in compliance with state laws.
Editor’s Letter - December 2005
A Man of his Word
