POZ December 2008
POZ December 2008
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
Gimme Shelter
The connection between HIV and homelessness is clear: Contracting HIV increases your risk of becoming homeless, and being homeless...
The POZ and AIDSmeds Drug Chart
Antiretroviral options abound for both those who are HIV treatment naive and those who are experienced.
A Porn Star is Reborn
When former porn star Darren James tested HIV positive in 2004, it rocked the adult film industry—and brought it to a grinding halt.
Living
Rest for the Weary
Tired of being tired? You’re not alone in fighting fatigue, an invisible but exhausting side effect of life with HIV.
A Herpes Drug Takes on HIV
Researches have long thought that acyclovir (Zovirax), a drug to treat herpes (HSV-2), might have anti-HIV powers.
Popping “the Pill”
Hormonal birth control has a mixed reputation. Plus side: It’s easy to use and invisible during sex; it helps regulate menstrual cycles.
HIV/HEP B UPDATE
Two new sets of guidelines—from the National Institutes of Health and an international panel of experts (published in AIDS in June 2008)...
’Shroom-alicious
This hot tip arrives just in time for winter stews: From the lowly white button to the exotic cremini and shitake, mushrooms are loaded...
Med Alerts
Three drug updates from the FDA
B Sharp
Vitamin B-12 enjoyed another shining moment in the spotlight when a small study published in the September issue of Neurology linked low...
And We Quote
“To confront tuberculosis in Haiti in the ’80s, we trained—and paid—community health care workers to visit people [at their homes].
Kids Meds
Ask any parent of an HIV-positive child: Even the liquid versions of drugs for kids taste awful.
Positive Thinking
The number of people who don’t get tested for HIV, or who test late (when they’re already ill), is alarming.
Credit Karma
With the holidays coming, you’ll soon be uttering the phrase “Charge it” as often as “Pass the gravy.” But with the ex...
Strike a Pose
Gentle yoga lifts the health of your body and mind without breaking your back.
Talking
Back to the Future
Can a new AIDS initiative carve out strategies to topple the epidemic by 2031, its 50th anniversary? The countdown is on.
Knights in Crown Heights
Jesse Cameron Alick mentors his young, black padawan in the ways of the big bad world.
Reciprocity Is Real
If it’s better to give than receive, then it’s best to give the goodies-for-a-cause in this holiday gift guide. These gifts bring joy all arou...
MSM Unite!
A cyber group for positive gay men brings them face-to-face
FOR REAL?
Odd but True Tales of HIV/AIDS
Wolf at the Door
An HIV-positive author’s biting commentary on a very real monster
You Said It...
What will you do this World AIDS Day?
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Editor’s Letter-December 2008
Occupational Hazard?
Your Feedback-December 2008
Nicole Joseph’s feature “The Castaways” (September 2008) hit a serious nerve.
The NAPWA/TAEP HIV/AIDS POLICY REPORT
This past summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data that show the rate of new HIV infections in the...
GMHC Treatment Issues-December 2008
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