 April 30, 2012
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| April 27, 2012
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April 26, 2012
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Dining Out for Life 2012
The 19th annual Dining Out for Life is being held at restaurants nationwide Thursday, April 26.
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| April 25, 2012
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April 24, 2012
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Cheaters More at Risk for STIs Than People in Open Relationships
Men and women who are secretly unfaithful in a relationship or marriage are less likely to practice safer sex than people who are honest about having sex outside a relationship, according to a new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine and reported by MyHealthNewsDaily.
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April 23, 2012
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Sex Week Spreads HIV Awareness at Universities
Harvard University hosted its first Sex Week—a student-run program of lectures and panel discussions—to instruct students on safer sex, rape prevention and sexually transmitted infections such as HIV/AIDS, The New York Times reports.
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April 20, 2012
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Growing Demand Forces “Project Open Hand” to Cut Costs
Project Open Hand, a San Francisco nonprofit helping to feed the seriously ill and those living with HIV/AIDS, will make some major cuts in the coming months to bridge a financial gap, though it doesn’t expect the changes to affect its services, The San Francisco Examiner reports.
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April 19, 2012
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Treatment Illiteracy Threatens Advances Against HIV in Nepal
While HIV prevalence has dropped in Nepal—from 0.45 percent in 2005 to less than 0.3 percent today—a poor grasp of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment among policy makers, clinicians and patients could roll back those advances, PlusNews reports.
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Overweight Girls Don’t Always Like Themselves After Losing the Pounds
Based on all the teasing, bullying and parental nagging that overweight kids must endure, it may come as no surprise to hear that obese children and teens often suffer from low self-esteem. Even once-obese girls continue to struggle with negative body perception and low self-worth long after attaining a normal body weight—but race also appears to influence weight-related self-esteem issues, according to a new study published in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior and reported by Purdue University.
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| April 18, 2012
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April 17, 2012
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Chemicals Found in Common Consumer Products Might Double Diabetes Risk
High blood levels of chemicals called phthalates, which are
used in hundreds of everyday products, may double your risk of type 2 diabetes,
according to a study published in Diabetes Care and reported by HealthDay News.
Phthalates are found in household products such as soaps, plastics, toys,
detergents, food packaging, hair spray and shampoos.
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| April 16, 2012
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April 13, 2012
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Federal Court Charges Maryland Couple in $1M AIDS Fraud Case
Prosecutors have charged a Maryland couple with 21 counts of fraud, money laundering, and program and identity theft for allegedly submitting more than $1 million in bogus invoices through a contract program created to fight HIV/AIDS and other health epidemics in developing countries, the Washington Business Journal reports.
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April 12, 2012
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Docs Less Likely to Give Antidepressants to Minorities, Those on Medicaid or Medicare
Doctors are less likely to prescribe antidepressants for depressed African Americans and Latinos than they are for whites, and are less likely to prescribe newer antidepressants for Medicare and Medicaid patients than those not on either program, according to a University of Michigan School of Public Health study published in the International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine.
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Sudden Cardiac Death: Twice as Likely in Blacks With High Blood Pressure
African Americans with hypertension, a.k.a. high blood pressure, are twice as likely as whites or other racial groups with the same condition to suffer sudden cardiac death, according to a new study published in the journal HeartRhythm and reported in a Heart Rhythm Society statement. This twofold risk is not a result of other common risk factors such as age, gender, family history and pre-existing heart disease.
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| April 11, 2012
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April 10, 2012
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HHS Gives IRS $500M to Implement Health Care Reform
The Obama administration is in the process of diverting about $500 million to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to enable the agency to implement key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. health care reform, including the individual mandate, The Hill reports.
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Wisconsin Sex Ed to Promote Abstinence, Marriage
Under the new state bill signed by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, public schools teaching sex education will be required to promote abstinence and marriage as the only reliable way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as HIV, the Journal Sentinel reports.
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April 09, 2012
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CDC: Sex Ed Not Expanding in U.S. Public Schools
Public schools throughout the United States have not expanded their instructions on how to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as HIV, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and reported by Reuters.
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April 06, 2012
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ACT UP, Occupy Wall Street to Protest in NYC on April 25
The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) and Occupy Wall Street will stage a demonstration and march Wednesday, April 25, in lower Manhattan, according to an ACT UP statement. Starting at 11 A.M., protesters will step off at City Hall and end on Wall Street.
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April 05, 2012
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Young Black Women Face More Persistent HPV Infection
Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection lingers longer in college-aged black women than their white counterparts, and this could be linked to higher rates of cervical cancer, according to a new study presented at the American Association of Cancer Research in Chicago and reported by MedlinePlus.
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Four N.Y. Defendants Charged in $274M HIV Medicaid Scam
Four New York men have been charged with larceny, money laundering, commercial bribery and other crimes for re-labeling and reselling stolen, expired or otherwise improperly reused HIV medications, Crain's New York Business reports.
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| April 04, 2012
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April 03, 2012
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Deaf, Gay and Living With HIV in South Africa
John Meletse, a deaf South African man who six years ago came out to his family as gay and HIV positive, has become a leading figure demanding greater HIV education and prevention for deaf and disabled communities, CNN reports.
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Black People Feel the Health Insurance Pinch More Than Most
During the past 10 years,
African Americans experienced the largest decline in employer-sponsored health
insurance coverage compared with their white and Latino counterparts. What’s
more, if the Affordable Cart Act (ACA) is revoked, black folks and other
minorities will find it even more difficult to find health insurance, reports
The Huffington Post.
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| April 02, 2012
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ACT UP joined the Occupy movement to protest changes to New York City’s AIDS housing policies and to demand a tax to end AIDS. (Watch video.)
