HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is one of the most talked about and researched STIs around the world because of its baffling nature and its devastating effects on the human ... Read More
HIV/AIDS
HIV: Here’s How Your Words Can Help Stop Stigma
A national epidemic like HIV should make you look up and pay attention. Unfortunately, many people are looking everywhere except where they should. They are looking with judgment ... Read More
New treatment options for HIV patients new and old.
Genes (made of DNA) are like instruction manuals for how to make the proteins that build our bodies and carry out our body functions. We have thousands of different types of ... Read More
Top 5 Sex Mistakes Not To Make In The New Year
The new year brings with it numerous resolutions to improve one’s life in many areas, including romance, finances and even sex. More often than not, some of these desired ... Read More
Closing Out 2018 With A Review Of Some Of Our Successes In HIV Medicine
As we end 2018, I like to take a look back and review some of the good things that have happened this year. I will primarily focus on new treatments. But first a little history. In ... Read More
HIV & HPV: What Happens When 2 Bad Guys Crash The Party
We started out a couple of articles ago with the theme of HIV as a party virus. By this, we mean that HIV likes to hang out with all sorts of other disease-causing ... Read More
Alfre Woodard: “We Owe It To Our Children”
Actress Alfre Woodard has enjoyed a nearly 40 year career in Hollywood. With movies like Love & Basketball, 12 Years a Slave, Crooklyn and the hit Netflix series, Luke Cage, ... Read More
The 22nd International AIDS Conference: What You Need To Know
The International AIDS Conference is a huge conference that is unique in that it brings together scientists, clinicians, public health professionals, health policy experts, ... Read More
11 HIV Symptoms You Can’t See
Within a month or two of HIV entering the body, 40% to 90% of people experience flulike symptoms known as acute retroviral syndrome (ARS). But sometimes HIV symptoms don't ... Read More
Blair Underwood: Fit, Fine & Focused On A Cure
Over the decades, Blair Underwood has thrilled audiences with suave and passion-filled roles on TV shows such as L.A. Law, The Event, and Sex and the City and movies like Set It ... Read More
Why Are Blacks Suffering Disproportionately From AIDS?
The HIV/AIDS epidemic has been afflicting our country for more than three decades and is a disease that severely affects marginalized communities. It’s a well-known fact that Black ... Read More
American Heart Association: The Link Between HIV & High Blood Pressure
HIV positive individuals face a range of emotions and symptoms that come with the condition. To add to the list of ailments, a new review of research shows people with HIV are more ... Read More
The ‘Kissing Bug Disease’ On The Rise
A little-known life-threatening illness caused by blood sucking insects has been labeled the "New AIDS of the Americas" by leading health experts. The said disease was once ... Read More
A Crash is Inevitable: The HIV epidemic and Drug Addiction
In the previous article, I tried to shed some light on this current “Opioid Epidemic”, the social and political complexities and it’s intersection with the HIV/ Hepatitis ... Read More