POZ January 2001
POZ January 2001
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
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Here Comes the Cure
It’s due out this decade. It’s no magic bullet. It’s going to make HIV eradication look as quaint as a chinese cucumber.
Inside the Issue
Magical Mystery Cure
For 20 years we have bled, sweat and wept for an end to AIDS. Patrick Califia-Rice asks what we talk about when we talk about a cure.
Cancer Rising
Lymphoma is in the stars for more and more longtime HIVers. It’s an immune-cell thing.
One To Watch: Frank Oldham
This AIDS-activist dinosaur announced he’s a member of the HIV club at the first “AIDS in the Heartland” conference last June.
Opposite of Sex
“JUST SAY NO” has never been easy to say yes to.
Are the Kids Alright?
Love is a battlefield -- and so is high school sex ed.
Paint by Numbers
San Francisco’s Department of Public Health reported in June a near-tripling of new HIV cases to 900.
Withdrawal Symptoms
South African President Thabo Mbeki announced in October that he would pull out of the debate about the link between HIV and AIDS.
Say What?
The cover of the Sun reads “AIDS HORROR: AILING POPE’S LAST BATTLE.”
Safe-Surf Guidelines
When you’re doing the safety dance -- whether at the club or on the web -- the more you know, the easier it is to minimize risk.
The Down-Low Lowdown
Don’t let Big Bro keep you from making the most of the Net.
You Can’t Go Home Again
New York City street corners are dotted with flier guys, and now that I’m doing it.
Teach Your Children Well
When it comes to AIDS, numbers in Zimbabwe are hard to comprehend because they’re so big.
Personal Transformations
A couple of years ago, Earline Budd was elbow-deep, plunging the latest Department of Corrections clog in her outreach work.
Lost in Disk Space
The next BIG THING in anti-HIV drug may be discovered not in some high-tech, super-secure lab.
Buenas Noches
It felt bittersweet the other night to see Julian Schnabel’s spirited and beautiful adaptation of Reinaldo Arenas’ great memoir.
No Intermission
The works of British filmmaker, artist and author Derek Jarman, who died of AIDS in February 1994, offer a cascade of imagery so luscious...
Tribute: Jacqueline M. Fuentes
I first met Jackie at a support group for HIV positive adolescents in New York City.
Milestones
Robert Bradford, the unnamed HIVer at No. 71 in “HIV Crimeline” (POZ, August 2000), died of AIDS July 16.
Cardio Calculus
HAART or heart disease? Plug your numbers into this fancy formula, grind a crank, and the answer flies out all over the chalkboard.
Herb Of The Month: Green Tea
Green Tea
When Chemo Calls
Tips for anyone undergoing radiation or chemotherapy
BMS-232632
It’s news when an old dog is up to new tricks.
Kiss Lipo BUH-BYE?
Help may be at hand for that haggard Susan Hayward look. Four new treatments handle the fat.
Tonic for Two
A single amino acid may solve two very different problems.
Nukelier Fusion
Two studies offer insight on who may be able to go wall-to-wall nukes.
Peppier Paps
HAART may offer a big bonus: a heartier, healthier cervix.
Comfort Zone
One of the often-unspoken joys of HIV is OHL -- oral hairy leukoplakia.
On the Brink of Ink
Tattoo you? Prick away, Nursie sayeth, but keep it clean, spell Mom (or whoever) correctly -- but first consider a temporary.
Cyber Rx
With the welter of HIV meds on the market, accurate, current and user-friendly info about treatment options can be scarce.
Love’s Labor
Tales of the City creator Armistead Maupin’s latest novel has entirely new characters but strikes some enduring chords.
Heartbreak Hotel
A friend invites Lillian Thiemann to take a stroll down memory lane, but that road’s so rocky she trips over the contradictions.
Editor’s Letter
The experience of mass death works on a survivor or community in strange ways.
Mailbox
When I tore open the wrapper of my October 2000 POZ and absorbed the cover title, I cried for Stephen Gendin’s death.
01.01.93 Defining Moment
In 1989, the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) definition of AIDS included only certain opportunistic infections.
The Baby Blues
Emily Carter realizes that the only surprise Ms. Stork is delivering is the present-and that’s a gift enough.
