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  • NYC
    New York health warning

    Gay health body ACON has issued a travel health warning for gay men travelling to New York City following an extended outbreak of meningococcal meningitis disease in the city. ACON issued the travel warning based on advice from...

    • Posted 42 days ago
  • NewHIVdrug
    Research shows encouraging results

    French researchers believe they have found evidence that early treatment of HIV can lead to permanent remission in some people. Fourteen patients that were part of a group of 70 examined at the Pasteur Institute in Paris...

    • Posted 61 days ago
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    Food addiction under the microscope

    A University of Newcastle research team is hoping to uncover the hidden world of food addiction with a new project launched earlier this month. Previous international studies have shown consumption of foods high in sugar and fat...

    • Posted 61 days ago
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    Examining the difference

    The eighth national LGBTI health conference will be held in Melbourne in April. Health in Difference will bring together community organisations, health practitioners, researchers, academics, policy makers, advocates, community members and others who are interested in improving...

    • Posted 88 days ago
  • Phelps releasing book

    Health expert and gay rights advocate Professor Kerryn Phelps AM will release her first health book this month. Openly gay Phelps, one of Australia’s most respected GPs, shares her approach to ultimate wellbeing in the book, which...

    • Posted 116 days ago
  • Getting physical in the bedroom

    There are many things in life one takes for granted. Good health and mobility are two that immediately come to mind. When either is compromised, carrying out simple tasks can become an ordeal. All it had taken...

    • Posted 122 days ago
  • What’s on your mind in 2013?

    by Gerry North So 2013 is here and already your friends are asking what plans you have for this year. Are you going to tell them only about planned holidays and new jobs or are you going...

    • Posted 123 days ago
  • Rapid HIV testing gets green light

    HIV testing and diagnosis is set to become significantly easier with the approval of new rapid HIV screening tests in Australia. The Therapeutic Goods Administration has approved the Alere Determine Combination HIV test for inclusion on the...

    • Posted 154 days ago
  • Heart health focus for AIDS Day

    The National Heart Foundation of Australia is urging people living with HIV to learn more about their increased risk of heart disease and how to help prevent it.   Heart Foundation CEO Dr Lyn Roberts said people...

    • Posted 170 days ago
  • HIV health care goes online

    People living with HIV/AIDS can now register for their own eHealth record. Access to the national eHealth system is being rolled out across NSW and the ACT at a number of sites, including St. Vincent’s Hospital in...

    • Posted 178 days ago
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