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I recently attended the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections with 4000 other HIV specialists and researchers.  Here are some things I learned.   LONG ACTING INJECTABLE AN

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GETTING THINGS DONE WITH MUSIC A former intern of mine writes a column on Medscape in which he describes the boost to work that music can give. He states that classical music puts him to sleep and

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FROM THE CAMPAIGN: WEIGHT DISCRIMINATION—PUBLIC FAT SHAMING One of the candidates brought to light that many have a bias against those who are overweight. Making fun or bullying of someone overweig

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ANIMAL EXPOSURE IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH A study showed that there was more allergic-type diseases in Amish (who have farm animal contact on small family farms) compared to Hutterites (who use machi

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Ask The Doctor WRITING FROM MALAWI The power is out and the generator overheated. We are out of many medications and lack a heart monitor and a vaporizer for asthma treatments. But we still can

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Ask The Doctor VIRTUAL REALITY FOR PAIN Studies have shown that distracting the patient after surgery with TV, a movie, or a video game is helpful for acute pain from surgery. A new study showed t

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Ask The Doctor PREVENTING HEART ATTACKS AND STROKES If you have hypertension, even if controlled, then you are at higher risk of these events. Make sure it is controlled. A major study gave a low

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Medical News May

Medical News I recently attended the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections meeting in Boston along with 4,000 other HIV experts and researchers. So this issue will also be devoted t

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MEDICAL NEWS I recently attended the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections meeting in Boston along with 4,000 other HIV experts and researchers. So this issue and the next will be

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Ask Lambda Legal What does “intersex” mean? By Paul D. Castillo, Lambda Legal Staff Attorney   Q: What does “intersex” mean?   Intersex is an umbrella term used to describe a wide r

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Ask The Doctor – Health News   VITAMINS, SUPPLEMENTS, HERBS CAUSE 23,000 EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT VISITS A YEAR IN THE US So you want to be stronger and buffer and have more energy. You turn

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Editors: I noticed an incorrect spelling of my name on the email address in the magazine. I prefer you take the emails and pass on the ones you feel need my attention. I am not allowed to correspond w

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THE HYGEINE HYPOTHESIS The Hygeine Hypothesis states that those exposed to germs when young will have less allergies when older. The diseases that seem to be prevented are: diabetes type I, asthma,

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