Written on August 9, 2010 by Jade Haigh
The cultural diversity of communities of color is to be celebrated. We have overcome adversity and barriers at every turn with the hope of change. With this same determination, we face the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Communities of color disproportionately account for an alarming number of HIV/AIDS cases. As an Afro-Latina, HIV/AIDS prevention advocate, and public health professional, I am very familiar with our challenge. The statistics and numbers constantly run through my head: African Americans account for almost half the number of people living with HIV; Latino/Hispanics account for 17% of new HIV infections in the U.S. in 2006; rates for new infection among Native American/Alaskan Natives are higher than whites, though American Indians and Alaska Natives make up 1.5% of the total U.S.
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Written on August 9, 2010 by Jordan Ballard
LOS ANGELES — Dangerous infections caused by the bacterium methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, appear to be declining in health-care settings across the nation, the federal government reported Tuesday.
An analysis conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found a 28 percent drop in cases of MRSA contracted in hospitals from 2005 to 2008 and a 17 percent decrease of cases contracted outside the hospital but among those who had kidney dialysis or had been in a hospital or nursing home in the prior year.
Although it’s unclear why health care-associated MRSA cases are waning, it’s welcome news to hospital administrators and infection-control officials as well as the U.S. D
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Written on August 9, 2010 by Jett Dooley
Hey Guys, could your porn-habit be making you less of a lover in the real world? Are you developing what’s referred to in the world of sexology as an “idiosyncratic masturbatory style?”
If you’re thinking “idio-what??” check out this article and consider a visit to my website, Good in Bed, where we are talking about this issue in our forum.
For the most part, women don’t understand guys and porn. Many women get freaked out and immediately jump to conclusions:
— “Is something wrong with me? Am I too boring?
— “Is that what he’s really into? “
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Written on August 6, 2010 by Jade Haigh
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Written on August 4, 2010 by Jordan Ballard
LONDON —
Women who suffer a miscarriage may have the best chance of having a baby if they get pregnant again within six months, new research says.
Doctors in Scotland followed nearly 31,000 women who went to the hospital for a miscarriage in their first pregnancy and subsequently became pregnant between 1981 and 2000.
Among women who got pregnant within six months, 85 percent had a healthy baby. Among women who waited more than two years to get pregnant again, the rate was 73 percent. T
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