#New Orleans

LGBTQ community centers team with the ADVANCE study to research blood donor eligibility and HIV risk. Participants wanted!

NoiseFilter’s latest animated HIV series explains U=U, PrEP and PEP—with help from trans activist Milan Nicole Sherry.

Every year, I attend Mardi Gras to either party with friends or go to parades with family. But this year, I felt different.

Usually, I only get to stand up when I am transferring to another chair or too lay down. But during a recent visit to my physical therapist, I...

A doctor entered the room and introduced himself. He explained they really didn’t know what was wrong with me. I am sure I sounded like a craz...

Last week, I decided to sell my heavy-duty power chair that I never use and that was taking up space in my parents’ home. I had no takers. The...

I’ve been blessed to learn firsthand that a disability doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t ride a horse. Matter of fact, riding horses can be v...

It’s funny how friends and family can come through just when you think no one cares.

I have been going to Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans, Louisiana for over 30 years. But this year just wasn’t the same.

The only way to change what we think is wrong with pharmaceutical companies is to engage with them

Sometimes you have to forget about MS and just get out there and live your life, so my husband and I went to a George Clinton and the Parliame...

There was a time when I wrote emails that didn’t pertain to MS and the subject didn’t dominate my every conversation. But unfortunately those...

The offices of Women With a Vision (WWAV), a New Orleans-based organization that provides health care and support for poor minority women, wer...

People who live in urban areas with lots of pollution also have higher blood pressure.