POZ May 1997
POZ May 1997
In every issue of POZ, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
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Don’t Call Him ’Poster Boy’
Moises didn’t know how to dance. For a Puerto Rican, that is worse than death.
Inside the Issue
Plastic Explosion
More people with HIV are going under the knife. Here’s how.
Who’s Afraid of Reinfection?
Skeptics say, “Throw the condoms away.” But with drug-resistant virus, STDs and other risks, positive couples are thinking twice.
Saving Faces
Keith Lewis puts a positive spin on the modeling business
Grandmother Theresa
Theresa Mirabile survives the Mob, drugs and AIDS in the family
Surgical Rotations
Dr. Alan Morrison’s headside manner
Fate Expectations
Despite the hype, Cynara Chapman-Dillon doesn’t feel any better
Mirror Image
Tom Bianchi shoots from the hip
S.O.S.
Young girls with HIV--put the blame at Donna Shalala’s cold feet
Mailbox-May 1997
Your thoughts on our April issue.
On Native Ground
An HIV heretic hails Charles Orleb, hero
Move Over, Elmo
AIDS awareness goes pop
Devil’s in the Data
Embarassment of riches at drug confab
Cheesehead Shalala
Is Donna putting politics before lives?
Don’t Cry for Me, Marijuana
Peron’s joint reopens as he faces life behind bars
The Pot Thickens
Officials stonewall on study of THC benefits
Fellatio Felon
HIV hooker under house arrest for talking sex
Diver Dissed
Olympian is a lightning rod for loathing
French Roast
“Docs with HIV, down with your scalpels!”
AZT Linked to Cancer in Mice
But experts pooh-pooh panicked moms
The Philadelphia Story
Was a serial syringe stabber on the loose?
Fashion Victims
APLA sues author of dishy tome
Say What
What’s being said about HIV/AIDS
Legacy-Tom Stoddard
How the boy next door made the world a safer place for gays and lesbians
Skin Deep
Some AIDS disabilities are only in the eye of the beholder
Fall
In New York’s streets
She’s Going to Live!
ER shows that AIDS on TV doesn’t always equal death
Obitu-Parry
The obituary page has never been the same since the onset of the AIDS epidemic.
A Delicate Bully Pulpit
As Miss America, Leanza Cornett went where no activist had gone before
La Dolce Morte
If life is a box of chocolates, then eat the whole damn thing
Damned but Beautiful
This boy’s not giving up the butt without a fight
Dressed for Arrest
The day the suits seized the street
POZ Picks-May 1997
Music, books and theater
Hymn to a Gym
A defense of beauty and brotherhood, muscles and manly love
Bodies of Work
To HIV positive lensperson David Morgan, a good guffaw is the best medicine
Healing Beauty
Life’s indeed a pageant, but you’re the only judge
Longtime Companion
Our pets follow us faithfully--even into sickness
For Doom, the Bell Tolls
Uh-oh. Love means eventually having me to say you’re HIV
Whatta Cut Up
Is losing your looks really that bad? One man says yes
Health Club Horrors
The weights harbor herpes, the Stairmaster sprouts staph, and the sauna--don’t ask!
Detoxicology
Purging your toxins can boost your health
Protein Power
One piece of any wasting-prevention program is getting enough of this vital nutrient
The Missing Zinc
Shoring up an essential mineral can strengthen immune function and more
Bad Blood
A new study warns against the dangers of blood transfusions
Lovely Labs
Sean Strub’s standard blood work suggests good health
The Biology of Beauty
Working out, watering down and eating well--all help you look good
It’s My Party
Gay glamourboy Thom Collins goes straight and narrow
Beauty
Makeup is expensive to seem magical.
