AEGiS-BKREV: POZ, January, February, March, April, May, 1999

(BKREV) POZ, January, February, March, April, May, 1999

Poz, 349 W. 12th St., New York, NY 10014. ISSN 1075-5705. Monthly, $17.97.
edited by Walter Armstrong.

POZ continues to be a well-read publication, containing articles, news items, columns of current information, profiles, and up-to-date drug treatment information. The magazine is intended for those who are HIV positive, providing advertisements of drugs and other items of interest to those individuals. The articles can be entertaining, provocative, informative, and educational. The January issue contains the following: "The Best, Worst and Weirdest of 1998," "Countdown Y2K," by Martin Delaney, "State of Emergence," and "Numb and Number: Painful Neuropathy." There, also, are profiles of Rusti Miller-Hill and Richard Daniels as well as a list of resources for African-American HIV positive individuals. The February issue covers the highly controversial sexual encounter call barebacking or simply put, having very unsafe sex, plus "Secrets and Lies: Telling Kids They Have HIV," "Brain Darain: for Those with the Nasty Neurologic Infection PML," and "All in the Family." Profiles cover Larry Kramer, David Webster, Sue Saunders, Clark Reed, Michael Onstott, James Eagleton, Steve Berman, Ila Mae Eagleton, Chrisanne Blankenship, Alexandra Billings, Kevin Irvine, and Karen Tamley. The March issue contains: "Naming Names: Will the Squabble over HIV Reporting Tear Us Apart?," "Dog Days in Malibu: Greg Louganis," "Breathless: Anemia," and "Born in Flames: The Short Life and Long Legacy of David Wojnarowicz." Profiles cover Adrian Brooks, Edward Clayton, Onyx Teasley, and Steve Kovacev. There, also, is a good review of treatment newsletters.

The April issue contains: "L.A. Confidential," "the High Cost of Living," "Fat Chance," and "How to make Art in an Epidemic." Profiles cover Ron Rosa, Michelle Lopez, Don Kao, Roy Mead, and Linda Grinberg. There, also, is a short list of resources for heterosexuals who are HIV positive. The May issue contains: "A POZ Family Album: a review of POZ since its first issue, May, 1994," "The Way We Live Now," and "Honeymoon to HAARTache." HAART is Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy. This issue contains a HAART chart that lists the side effects reported with incidence rates of Saquinavir, Ritonavir (Norvir), Indinavir (Crixivan), Nelfinavir (Viracept), Amprenavir (Agenerase), AZT, 3TC (Epivir), d4T (Zerit), ddC (Hivid), ddI (Videx), Abacavir (abacavir.html">Ziagen), Adefovir (Preveon), Nevirapine (Viramune), Delavirdine (Rescriptor), and Efavirenz (Sustiva).

Keywords: Treatments; Popular; Social Aspects

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