HIV Health and Wellness

New HIV guideline outlines cost-effective prevention strategies for high-risk people

A new Canadian guideline outlines how new biomedical strategies to prevent HIV infection can best be used in high-risk populations both before and after exposure to the virus. The guideline applies to adults at risk of HIV infection through sexual activity or injection drug use.

STIs: The symptoms and dangers of common sexually transmitted infections, and how to treat them

The last thing you want to think about when you're getting up close and personal with a new love is a sexually transmitted infection, but the truth is STIs are a reality for many Australians.

China: “Have You Considered Your Parents’ Happiness?”

The psychiatrist told my mom: ‘Homosexuality is just like all the other mental diseases, like depression, anxiety, or bipolar. It can be cured…. Trust me, leave him here, he is in good hands.’

China: Rights report urges China to ban forcible gay conversion therapy

 The Chinese government should stop hospitals and other medical facilities from subjecting LGBT people to conversion therapy, which in some cases involves electroshock, involuntary confinement or forced medication, a human rights group said Wednesday.