POZ November 2009
POZ November 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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Who Wants to Be an AIDS Advocate?
The moment is ripe for us to collectively change our futures—but to do so, we must add our voices to the national discussion.
Let’s Get Ready to Rally!
Your willingness to speak up or take action as an advocate could vastly influence your life—and those of millions of people with HIV...
Living
When Pigs Fly
That’s when you should waste time panicking over swine flu. Here’s what you need to know about HIV and H1N1.
Rally On
How to be an amazing AIDS advocate
Just the Facts, Ma’am
At long last, women get some answers on whether HIV affects them differently than men.
Breath of Life?
An experimental device promises to help you take your HIV meds—and maybe even monitor their levels.
Staying Alive
Cancer survival rates keep climbing for HIV-positive people. Here’s news about two cancers more prevalent among people living with the...
Medicine Chest
HIV Drug News
Need a Doctor? Call a Nurse.
Nurses rival doctors at keeping HIV-positive patients healthy. That’s what a South African study concluded after nearly two years of observati...
D-Ficiency
Every week, it seems, brings new evidence linking vitamin D to health.
Dollar Days
POZ gives you the scoop on what to put in your cart—and what to throw back—at the 99 cents store.
Booty Boost
Help (and padding) for derrieres diminished by fat loss
Talking
Take Home Testing
Rapid at-home HIV testing is inching closer to reality. Is that a good thing?
Inglourious Adsters?
A German HIV prevention campaign starring Adolf Hitler ignites controversy.
Show Us the Money
Four generous groups reached deep into their pockets to combat HIV/AIDS.
Acting Up
ACT UP chapters reemerge to combat AIDS apathy and service disparities.
The Defense Rests
Great HIV/AIDS news on the legal front
Healthy Debate
Shawn Decker visits a town hall on health care reform.
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Editor’s Letter-November 2009
Smells Like Team Spirit
The Power of ’U’
In 1985, while becoming a licensed practical nurse, Vanessa Mills cared for people living with HIV/AIDS.
