POZ October 2008
POZ October 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
AIDS in the White House
The United States is committed to fighting HIV around the world. But shouldn’t we be as vigilant at home?
Coming Out Again
POZ’s new deputy editor Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. bravely shares how he came out twice to his beloved Latino family
Salir del Clóset Otra Vez
El nuevo editor ejecutivo de POZ Oriol R. Gutierrez en la edición de octubre 2008 nos cuenta con valentía cómo salió del clóset dos veces
AIDS on the Rise?
Kevin Fenton, MD, PhD, FFPH, director of National HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention at the CDC, sat down for a chat with...
Living
Greying the Blues
HIV plus aging can add up to high rates of depression. Help may be a support group—or a phone call—away.
How Many Candles?
It may matter if you’re black or white.
Breaking News
We’ve been telling you for some time to care for your bones.
For a Tip-Top Ticker
HIV-positive people’s risk for cardio-vascular disease (CVD) can be 70 to 80 percent higher than that of negative people.
Paying for Pricey Hep C Drugs
Did you know that many states’ AIDS Drugs Assistance Programs (ADAP) pay for more than HIV meds?
Loving Couples
Peanut butter and jelly, mac and cheese, gin and tonic—some things just taste better together. Other foods, meanwhile, may team well nut...
Med Alert!
The FDA recently revised the dosing guidelines for the HIV drug Viramune (nevirapine, a member of the non-nuke class), based on new data.
Sisters in Need
In the South, AIDS hits African-American women hard.
Flu Fighter
Prevention is the best medicine for the flu.
TB Test Tune-up
All over the world—including the United States—HIV-positive people can get tuberculosis (TB) too.
No Money, Mo’ Problems?
Not necessarily. How to keep financial woes from draining your health.
Pace Yourself
Build strength at your own speed—and without those backbreaking weights.
Make It Count
Never before in the 26-year history of the AIDS pandemic have we had the need, opportunity and momentum for critical change that we face...
Talking
Amazing Race
As HIV rates in black communities soar, a genetic discovery may help explain why. But are we ready to talk about it?
Rent Decrease
The end of the long-running Broadway show creates a vacancy of HIV-positive characters.
For Real?
Odd but true tales of HIV/AIDS
Stripping Stigma
Marvelyn Brown, who graced our January 2006 cover, has written a startling new memoir about her life as a young, black woman fighting AIDS sti...
You Said It...
As POZ went to press, hundreds of HIV/AIDS activists were planning to travel in a caravan to the Mississippi Delta to protest at the...
Equal Access For All
Thomas DeLorenzo wants to renegotiate his deal with God, but first he needs universal health care.
How to...Survive a Disaster
They’ve seen fire, they’ve seen rain (and the resulting floods). Now these HIV-positive survivors of increasingly common natural disasters..
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Editor’s Letter-October 2008
Born Free
Your Feedback-October 2008
There’s a reason the motto of the Marine Corps is Semper Fidelis [and] means “Always Faithful.” Mr. Ramos is the best example of it.
GMHC Treatment Issues-October 2008
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