POZ July-August 2009
POZ July-August 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
Child, Alive
A visit from Leigh Blake took Noah Mushimiyimana from his small village in Rwanda to the bright lights of American Idol.
In the Eye of the Beholder
Photographer Kristen Ashburn has documented AIDS in Africa since 2000.
Living
Troubled Minds
A Staten Island HIV services program uses combo therapy for mental health as well as the virus.
Be a Brainiac
HIV can cause cognitive problems. With help from Scott Letendre, MD, of the University of California in San Diego, we offer these tips for fig...
Family Planning
If you’re a woman living with HIV/AIDS and you want to have a baby, we hope you know that HIV meds now reduce the risk of transmitting HIV..
The Heart of the Matter
Even with the increased risk, the actual danger of heart attack remains low.
Med Alert
New prescribing info from the FDA notes that some Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir) takers have developed heart-rhythm disturbances.
Hep C
Cutting difficult HEP C treatment down to size
Hairdo
The proper level of HIV meds in your blood makes the difference between the success or failure of a combo, and it lowers your odds of...
Kombucha Tea to...Gila Monster Spit?
In the early days of AIDS, my friends and I searched desperately for treatments.
Cool Veggies, Hot Flavors
Eat healthy this summer—without breaking a sweat.
Hand to Mouth
The drug companies offer financial savings to those who struggle to pay for their antiretrovirals.
Bar Resistance
Getting your HIV meds on time while doing time
Talking
Provide and Conquer
Can we treat our way out of the epidemic? Edwin J. Bernard looks at the promise—and price—of treatment as prevention.
Good Habits
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence has been blessing us for three decades.
Summer Musts!
A short list of what to do this summer
Breaking Barriers
Author sheds light on female prisoners fighting back.
EXTRA! EXTRA!
POZ readers sound off on HIV criminalization
Maybe Baby
Shawn Decker and his wife rethink a childless future.
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Editor’s Letter-July/August 2009
Gods, Guns or Madge?
Your Feedback-July/August 2009
The pope’s statement against condom use rejects the courageous work of many—it is like stepping back 20 years.
No Child Left Behind
When he joined the Peace Corps in 2004, Steve Kallaugher did not anticipate that his volunteer HIV/AIDS work in Swaziland would become his c...
