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    S.C. Legislators Cut HIV/AIDS Funding

    Following the pattern of many other cash-strapped states, South Carolina guts funding for antieretroviral medications, leaving HIV patients and advocates scrambling for alternatives.

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    Gardasil May Help Gay Men, Older Women

    Merck & Co. reports two recent studies that indicate its drug Gardasil may help prevent conditions that cause anal cancer, cervical cancer, and other diseases.

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    Lawsuits Against Jillian Michaels Pile Up

     

    Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels has been sued for a third time over her line of weight-loss pills. The latest suit claims the main ingredients of the Jillian Michael Maximum Strength Fat Burner combine to make a potentially toxic cocktail.  

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Ask the Doctor
  • Aging and HIV

    Data shows that there will be a sharp rise in older HIV+ individuals by 2015, and with it, the potential for an increased number of brain disorders -- specifically Alzheimer’s disease and dementia.

  • Drug Therapies

    With all the HIV medications you have to choose from, where do you begin?

  • Support Network

    Last year I diagnosed my youngest patient with HIV. He was 23 years old.

  • Get Ready for Frank Talk

    What goes on in your bedroom is no one’s business but your own...and your doctor’s.

  • About the Doctor

    Dr. Spinelli's experience and training leads him to a special understanding of his patient groups.

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Fitness
  • The New 60: Newly Single

    Though gay culture might consider being 60 and single as some sign of failure, Advocate columnist Robert Levithan says he's looking forward to his next "great love."

  • The New 60: In Dog Years

    Advocate columnist Robert Levithan remembers providing in his will for his yellow Lab Knickerbocker when he thought he might die of AIDS before the dog. Now he's enjoying life with a new blond ... "an overeducated bitch."

  • Can I Exercise to Ease My Neuropathy?

     

    Exercise may help with peripheral neuropathy, but be sure to avoid high-impact workouts.

  • The Advocates: Best in Snow

    Shape with with winter sports, melt way extra pounds, beware overtraining

  • Status Update

    Gay Men’s HIV Awareness Day is this Sunday -- former major league baseball umpire David Pallone wants to know, "Do you know your status?"

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Health and Treatments
  • Living the QuestionsAdvocate contributor Tyler Helms — here with his ex-boyfriend Adam — lives with one common question looming around him: Would you date someone who is HIV-positive?
  • The New 60: Mind Games COMMENTARY: Advocate columnist Robert Levithan comes to realize the only thing standing between him and pleasure is him. 
  • Living the QuestionsCOMMENTARY: "What has Pride done for you?" Advocate contributor Tyler Helms reflects on gay pride and how it helped shape one of the biggest decisions of his life — to come out as HIV+.
  • The New 60: I Am Who I AmAdvocate columnist Robert Levithan says he remembers being OK with civil unions because he was used to accepting less. Now, he says, with the help of his nephew, he insists on equal rights.
  • The New 60: Newly Single

    Though gay culture might consider being 60 and single as some sign of failure, Advocate columnist Robert Levithan says he's looking forward to his next "great love."

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Health News
  • A Hospital on Life Support

    St. Vincent’s hospital, a historic lifeline for New Yorkers living with AIDS, faces extinction, leaving thousands of people living with AIDS without their primary care facility.

  • Will You Benefit From Health Care Reform?

    The Affordable Health Care for America Act has the potential to make the lives of gays and lesbians much healthier... if the right language makes the final cut.

  • AMA: Repeal DADT

    America’s largest organization of physicians and medical students has issued declarations against the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy and state same-sex marriage bans.

  • The Advocates: Dangerous Liaisons

    Unsafe sex toys, Circumcision not the answer to HIV, Seasonal Affective Disorder

  • Russia Urged to Change AIDS Strategy

    AIDS experts urged Russia to change the way it fights HIV and AIDS, a growing threat to the country.

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Here To Inspire
  • Could Stem Cells Cure AIDS?

    A UCLA professor behind an astounding stem-cell study discusses the possibility that a cure could be within our grasp.

  • Could Stem Cells Cure AIDS?

    A UCLA professor behind an astounding stem-cell study discusses the possibility that a cure could be within our grasp.

  • UCLA: Stem Cells Kill HIV

    Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, made a stunning announcement Monday: Stem cells can be engineered to kill HIV.

  • Around the Globe on World AIDS Day

    Watch people around the world commemorate loved ones and urge humanitarian efforts in marking this year's World AIDS Day.


  • World View

    Each year people all over the globe set aside time to observe World AIDS Day.

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Living Well
  • The New 60: In Dog Years

    Advocate columnist Robert Levithan remembers providing in his will for his yellow Lab Knickerbocker when he thought he might die of AIDS before the dog. Now he's enjoying life with a new blond ... "an overeducated bitch."

  • The New 60

    Psychotherapist Robert Levithan takes a look at life as an HIV-positive gay man approaching 60 in the first of his series of columns for The Advocate.

  • Status Update

    Gay Men’s HIV Awareness Day is this Sunday -- former major league baseball umpire David Pallone wants to know, "Do you know your status?"

  • Good Health At Every Age

    Age gracefully. A time-honored principle, perhaps. But attainable? Six experts on health, fitness, and aging give you their best advice on how to make it happen.

  • Advocates: Saving Face

    Shave That Beard, Tennis Fashion, Homoerotic Dishes

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Love and Sex
  • Brent Corrigan Bags It UpPorn star Brent Corrigan puts his early appearances in bareback films behind him and partners with D.C.–based STD prevention group FUK !T for a series of instructional videos on proper condom use.
  • The Advocates: Dangerous Liaisons

    Unsafe sex toys, Circumcision not the answer to HIV, Seasonal Affective Disorder

  • The Advocates: All Systems Go

    Probiotics; bigger, harder penis pills; home DNA test

  • Living the QuestionsAdvocate contributor Tyler Helms — here with his ex-boyfriend Adam — lives with one common question looming around him: Would you date someone who is HIV-positive?
  • Advocates: The Courage to Leave

    Domestic Violence, Finding a Gay Doctor, Q&A on Genital Herpes

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