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I would like to share a little bit about HIV criminalization. If you don’t know what that means: these are laws created to criminalize persons living with HIV who are...

I find that I am constantly bombarded with visual images from my television, phone, ipad, and computer. I feel constantly connected to work, friends, family and strangers through ‘timelines’, ‘likes’...

Too often, the media gets it wrong. HIV is portrayed as a diagnosis that ends life immediately—but this could not be farther from the truth. Today, many people with an...

From what we all know, the epidemic that was called GRID (Gay-Related Immune Deficiency) in the early 1980s was causing deaths among gay men very rapidly. This term changed to...

There is not a single diagnosis out there that is easy to accept, and HIV is no different. Unfortunately, HIV can be difficult to live with since so many myths...

Wanting to fit in. Isn’t it something how everyone follows the holidays on the calendar and when those dates come around to celebrate, people get depressed, sad or upset because...

The spread of HIV has drastically improved over the last thirty years. As medications and therapies get better, less and less cases are becoming the norm and people living with...

Working out is one of the things that bring me joy. As a kid I disliked it quite a bit. I was that person in gym class that never liked...

It is amazing to have access to thousands of profiles with a glimpse of an individuals’ face and a little blurb about them. You are about to private message them...

There are about 12 HIV awareness days every year and they all have meaning to somebody for one reason or another. These awareness days are close to the hearts of...

The US FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has expanded the use of two HIV medications. The expansion will now allow the drugs Pifeltro (doravirine) and Delstrigo (doravirine/lamivudine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) to...

Stigma has caused a lot of people diagnosed with HIV to be ashamed of disclosing their status in fear of how they will be treated or looked at. Scared to...

Religion is a tricky topic to talk about. Everyone has different experiences with it. I grew up in the Christian church in a mostly black neighborhood in Chicago. In my...

A deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a blood clot, also called a thrombus. It can develop inside the deep veins of the body. These clots generally form in the lower...

Atrial fibrillation, also known as AFib, is the most common heart rhythm disorder (arrhythmia). It occurs when the atria, the two upper chambers of the heart, beat very fast in...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a medical term for the most common type of heart disease. It is the leading cause of death in the United States and around the...

About 6.5 million Americans are living with heart disease. Heart disease is the leading cause of death for men and women of most racial and ethnic groups in the U.S...

Deep Vein Thrombosis treatment is designed to be preventive, a way to manage serious or life-threatening risks. It is intended to prevent pulmonary embolism, reduce the chance of death, and...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of death around the world. Managing risk for CAD and understanding its signs and symptoms are important parts of a treatment plan...

Atrial fibrillation, also known as AFib, is the most common heart rhythm disorder (arrhythmia). It occurs when the atria, the two upper chambers of the heart, beat very fast in...