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Fight HIV in DC (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day (NBHAAD). This annual observance day was created to raise awareness among African Americans about HIV/AIDS and its devastating impact on African American communities. The day is part of a national mobilization effort to get African Americans to learn more about the threat posed by the disease, get tested, get treated and make a commitment...
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Fight HIV in DC (Free subscription) | 21 hours ago
National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day, is a national campaign which highlights the complex issues related to HIV prevention, care and treatment for aging populations in the United States. This event takes place on September 18th, 2009. HIV is a virus that does not discriminate by age. Nearly one in ten District residents aged 55 and older have HIV or AIDS. Nation wide, the Centers for Disease Control...
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Sacramento Bee (Free subscription) | 22 hours ago
SAN FRANCISCO – Lou Gehrig was handsome and athletic and admired, a New York Yankee by profession, and a real gentleman by all accounts. He smacked home runs. He never took days off. He was the subject of several books and two movies, one starring legendary actor Gary Cooper. But 70 years after Gehrig uttered his emotional farewell at Yankee Stadium, the disease that claimed his life at age 37...
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jobsanger (Free subscription) | yesterday
There are a handful of rather backward thinking countries that discriminate against people with the HIV virus -- countries like China, Yemen, Iraq and Sudan. But among the civilized and industrialized Western nations, there is only one -- the United States. Most of its citizens probably don't know it, but the U.S. still refuses to grant an entrance Visa to anyone known to have the HIV virus. The reason...
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The Guardian (Free subscription) | yesterday
Campaigner persuades Washington to alter laws that forced travellers to lie on entry forms A law that has in effect banned people with HIV from visiting America for two decades is to be overturned after a Briton with the virus accused the US of hypocrisy and discrimination during a major health conference. Paul Thorn should have spoken at the Pacific health summit in Seattle last month, but was refused...
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Fight HIV in DC (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mr. and Ms. Capital Pride Leather and Guest Cohost Regina Jozet Adams invite you to join them for Jello Wrestling at the EFN Lounge Tuesday, July 14th. Proceeds from the night will support Brother Help Thyself and our HIV Working Group Toolkit! & Fukit! safer sex campaign. Sign up to wrestle by 9:30 PM. The contest starts at 10:00 PM. $2 cover, $1 jello-shots, and $2 kick the keg drafts. Join us!...
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Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | yesterday
# 3437 Today there appears an article in the Saturday Star that all but dismisses the Swine Flu Pandemic as a `non-event’ ; at least according to a South African Health Department Official. Swine flu: Department not worried July 04 2009 at 03:42PM By Candice Bailey and Thabiso Thakali South Africa can expect a spike in the number of reported swine flu cases in the next few months - but health...
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Fight HIV in DC (Free subscription) | 07/04/2009
Are you HIV positive? Have opinions about how services for people living with HIV can be improved in the District of Columbia. Then tell us what you think! Stop by The DC Center (1111 14th St NW Suite 350) between Monday July 6th between 4:30 and 7:00 PM and fill out the Ryan White Planning Council Needs Assesment Survey. This survey is one of the tools that will be used by the District to plan HIV/AIDS...
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Healthcare Economist (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Tests play an important role in modern medical care. Is my leg broken? Check the X-ray. Do I have HIV? Look at the blood tests. But when are tests appropriate? In some cases, tests will not alter treatment. For instance, let assume that a person is either healthy or has Disease X. Disease X is untreatable [...]
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LPUK South East (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
This is becoming really tiring. When are the MSM going to realise that Swine Flu might be a non-story that doesn't deserve so much attention? How is a story about a very ill man being pushed over the edge by Swine Flu anything other than a personal tragedy ... A teenager has become the first London patient to die after contracting swine flu. The 19-year-old man, from Lewisham, died on Wednesday after...
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fedorazine | 07/03/2009
Though the term mind-body connection is one that seems a bit new-agey or even esoteric to some, the concept is a simple one. The things that we feel emotionally affect out bodies as does the experience in our physical body affect the way we feel emotionally or mentally. But how exactly do they affect one another and what is the mechanism for their relationship? Recent research has found that each and
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fedorazine | 07/03/2009
Aloe Vera is a quite common household plant that most moms keep around the kitchen for treating little burns. But as it turns out, Aloe has so many more incredible uses that makes it the mightly incredible plant that it is! Here are some of my favorite new uses for aloe: • Suffer from IBS or heartburn on a regular basis? Consider aloe as a treatment! Aloe has long been known to ease digestive
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fedorazine | 07/03/2009
Aloe barbedensis or just Aloe to most people, is a species of succulent plant that probably originated in Northern Africa, Madagascar and the Arabian Peninsula. Most of us know aloe as the plant to run to after burning yourself, but Aloe has a plethora of uses beyond treating burns. It is non-toxic, with no known side effects, and is used widely in the traditional herbal medicine of China, Japan, Russia,
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Love Undefiled (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Lifesitenews reported earlier this year a complaint made to Canada’s healthcare system of homophobia by a coalition of 6 men, including, Gens Hellquist, the executive director of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition. Gens said that he was tired of watching his community die. They used the following evidence in their statement: • Life expectancy of gay/bisexual men in Canada is 20 years...
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Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 07/03/2009
Economic Benefits Of Global Plan To Stop TB Examined A study, recently published in the journal Health Affairs, analyzes the costs associated with the Global Plan to Stop TB and compared them to the cost of sustaining the DOTS treatment program.
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fedorazine | 07/03/2009
Though the term mind-body connection is one that seems a bit new-agey or even esoteric to some, the concept is a simple one. The things that we feel emotionally affect out bodies as does the experience in our physical body affect the way we feel emotionally or mentally. But how exactly do they affect one another and what is the mechanism for their relationship? Recent research has found that each and
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fedorazine | 07/03/2009
Aloe Vera is a quite common household plant that most moms keep around the kitchen for treating little burns. But as it turns out, Aloe has so many more incredible uses that makes it the mightly incredible plant that it is! Here are some of my favorite new uses for aloe: • Suffer from IBS or heartburn on a regular basis? Consider aloe as a treatment! Aloe has long been known to ease digestive problems
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fedorazine | 07/03/2009
Aloe barbedensis or just Aloe to most people, is a species of succulent plant that probably originated in Northern Africa, Madagascar and the Arabian Peninsula. Most of us know aloe as the plant to run to after burning yourself, but Aloe has a plethora of uses beyond treating burns. It is non-toxic, with no known side effects, and is used widely in the traditional herbal medicine of China, Japan, Russia,
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