POZ September 2007
POZ September 2007
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
Trouble in Paradise
Here’s the Jamaica you’ll never see in those rum-and-reggae resort ads.
The Shore Thing
Miami sound-bite machine Jesse Sanchez, 19, always camera-ready, recasts his recent HIV diagnosis into a fierce new ambition.
Heads of the Class
Two students—one HIV negative and in high school, the other HIV positive and in college—dish about school, friends and life as teen AIDS.....
Living
Solo Shot
After years of HIV combo therapy, some are trying a boosted protease inhibitor—all by itself.
Got Milk Thistle?
An alternative liver helper may live up to its rep.
The Elite Meet
Some positive people don’t need meds. Are their genetic mysteries about to crack HIV’s code?
We’ve Got Your Number
Depressed? Isolated? Feel uncomfortable in an HIV support group because you’re over 50—and don’t want anyone to know you’re positive?
Flu Fight
Did you know the flu can break your heart?
Doctors Ordered
Treatment “access” takes more than just the drugs.
Priority Male
Around the world, less than 5% of men who have sex with men (MSM) have access to HIV prevention and care.
Condoms on the Side
Thailand’s prevention guru is at it again.
Sexpert-September 2007
Does your partner’s pleasure include yours?
Trainer’s Bench-September 2007
I’ve heard that HIV can spur bone loss. Can exercise help me stay stronger longer?
Get a Nightlife
This HIV prevention expert fights for your right to party.
Talking
Cheat Sheet
How—and why—the “down low” became an enduring, race-specific cultural myth of HIV and infidelity.
The Food Network
HAART and Harvest cooks up med side-orders
The Princess and the HIV
Will any royal ever match Diana’s AIDS majesty?
Our Space
How to teach the MySpace and YouTube set about HIV? Get them where they live—online.
GOAAAAALLLLLLL!
A South African soccer program takes HIV to the field.
Crowning Achievement
It seemed touch-and-go there at the 2007 Miss Universe finals, on May 28—as if any of the five finalists could walk off with the tiara.
Hot Dates-September 2007
September 17–20 -- The world’s top researchers invade Chicago to talk HIV, antimicrobial agents and chemo.
The Jury is Out
As summer winds down and fall court cases heat up, a jury summons may be headed toward your mailbox.
Holding Out for a Hero
Any positive person could tell you that living with the virus can require superhuman endurance.
28 Profiles in Courage
Canadian journalist Stephanie Nolen’s new book, 28: Stories of AIDS in Africa (Walker & Company, 2007), follows 28 characters from a...
Blown Sideways
Perhaps from the folks who brought us such curious medical euphemisms as “partially pregnant” and “totally cured,” we have “full-blo...
Star Billing
How Bienestar, a preeminent Latino AIDS service organization, has prevailed against decades of stigma and stereotyping.
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Editor’s Letter-September 2007
Positive Vibrations
Mailbox-September 2007
May Sweeps The entire May 2007 issue of POZ was amazing!
Catch of the Month-September 2007
What does “exfarmboysd” stand for? I grew up on a small farm in western Pennsylvania.
