The first World AIDS Day was first designated for the first day of December in 1988, seven and a half years after the virus was first recognized. It provides an important opportunity for people around the world to show their solidarity with people living with HIV, to commemorate the people who have died from HIV/AIDS, and to recommit to standing united in the fight against HIV.
World AIDS Day- A History
The first World AIDS Day was first designated for the first day of December in 1988, seven and a half years after the virus was first recognized. It provides an important opportunity for people around the world to show their solidarity with people living with HIV, to commemorate the people who have died from HIV/AIDS, and to recommit to standing united in the fight against HIV.
I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up
In the past couple of years, several people I know have had very bad falls that resulted in severe injuries. One fall happened to a life-long hiker/climber while walking across snow-covered grass, and resulted in a compound fracture that required surgery, hardware, physical therapy, and kept him out of work for over four months. It doesn’t take much. One false move and your life can take a serious turn with consequences that can last the rest of your life.
Gray Days, Dark Moods
January and February… could there be any more dismal time of year? Summer is long gone as well as Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. Day-in and day-out the landscape is monochrome gray. Yuck.
The Obesity Epidemic-Second to None
I am among the third of all Americans who are obese. Another third of Americans are overweight but not obese, and only one-third of Americans fall into the normal weight category. Obesity is an epidemic in America second to none. So keep reading because I’m not alone, and this will pertain specifically to two out of three of you.
Home for the Holidays
Somewhere, someone out there is wrestling with what going home for the holidays means for them now that they have come “out” and everything has changed. Have you ever returned home after being away for a long trip and thought just how good it was to be home? That’s what I want to talk about.
World AIDS Day: As Relevant As Ever
It’s hard to believe that we are in the 34th year of the HIV / AIDS epidemic and that this epidemic is still on target to become the deadliest epidemic in recorded history. It’s also hard to believe that I’ve had the privilege of working in this field for 12 years now. I went into nursing as a third career; I was in my 40s. When I started my nursing education, I fully intended to be a labor and delivery nurse, and then one day everything changed. It was early August of 1992; it was the day I learned that […]
Three of Ten with HIV Have the Virus in Check
A new study released just prior to World AIDS Day found that two-thirds of Americans with virus not in check have been diagnosed, but were no longer in care Just 30% of Americans with HIV had the virus under control in 2011, and approximately two-thirds of those whose virus was out of control had been diagnosed but were no longer in care, according to a new Vital Signs (Cdc.gov/vitalsigns) report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The new study underscores the importance of making sure people with HIV receive ongoing care, treatment, and other information and tools […]