Want to lower your cholesterol levels, reduce your risks of heart disease and cancers, regulate your blood sugar, and help boost your health in countless other ways? Don’t reach for a pill bottle. Instead, try adding so-called 'super foods' to your diet that pack enormous nutritional and disease-fighting punches. Many also can help you lose weight by boosting your metabolism and burning fat and calories.
Sherri Lewis of the weekly podcast 'Straight Girl in a Queer World' is no stranger to the public eye. As lead singer of the ’80s pop band Get Wet, Lewis (whose stage name is Sherri Beachfront) appeared in one of the first music videos on MTV with the Top 40 hit 'Just So Lonely.' But she may be best known for putting a human face on the issue of heterosexual women with HIV.
Duane Cramer's work in visually documenting the impact of AIDS on the people who all too often go unseen is his true passion -- and gives him strength in his own fight against the virus.
'HIV Rates Are High and Climbing Among Gay Men,' 'Risky Sex on the Rise,' 'Gay and Bisexual Men Bear the Brunt of New HIV Infections.' Do headlines like these seem familiar? They should. They were commonplace throughout the ’80s and early ’90s, when the epidemic was first taking hold. But these reports aren’t from years ago. They’re happening right now.
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A new study in the Journal of Experimental Medicine shows that Merck’s once highly touted HIV vaccine candidate ultimately failed because of an antibody attack on the common-cold virus that was used as a vehicle to transport key HIV genes into the body. That antibody attack may have altered the immune system’s response to the vaccine, making it more likely -- not less -- for HIV infection to occur. Trials of the vaccine were stopped in September 2007 when data showed it boosts HIV infection risks.
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Latino immigrants, especially the undocumented, are notoriously difficult to reach with HIV information and services. But we'd better figure out how to better serve this population -- and quickly -- experts warn. Although Latinos represent only 13% of the U.S. population, they account for 19% of new AIDS diagnoses and 19% of all U.S. AIDS cases. They have an AIDS case rate more than three times that of whites, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Eating disorders are not just a problem for teenage girls. Many gay men with body issues obsess about their weight or appearance, but some take it so far they are literally starving themselves to death. GayWired.com spoke to one eating disorder survivor about how his behavior began and what it took to get back to a healthy way of life.
With a former Hollywood action star and Mr. Universe as its governor, it makes sense the California has become the first state to ban trans fats from its restaurants. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law a bill that bans restaurants in the state from using virtually all trans fats, which are found in most margarines and oils.
