Can You Exercise When You Are Hiv Positive

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nutrition exercise and hiv positive

hi. I have heard people say hiv positive people should eat healthy, how does what one eats affect the hiv in thier syster. In other words how does nutrition play a part in an hiv positive person being healthy. If you are hiv positive and smoke how...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

The right nutrition decisions can help manage high ldl cholesterol, triglycerides, blood sugar, and belly fat. Most protease inhibitors and Sustiva can cause increased lipids. Some people have increases in visceral and upper trunk fat while on HIV... Read more »

I just found out my boyfriend is HIV positive , what do I do? (PREGNANCY: HIV POSITIVE MALE AND HIV NEGATIVE FEMALE 2010)

My boyfriend and I have been together about a year and he contracted HIV about two months ago. I... Read more »

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I am HIV -, female. My husband is HIV +, male. we would like to have a baby. (PREGNANCY: HIV POSITIVE MALE AND HIV NEGATIVE FEMALE 2010)

Good Day. My husband told me a month ago that he got tested and he is HIV +. I also got tested and... Read more »

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Increased Evidence Finds Exercise Beneficial to HIV-Positive People, Sacramento Bee Reports

An increasing amount of evidence is finding that exercise can improve the health of HIV-positive people and reduce the risk of AIDS-related illnesses by increasing muscle mass and improving heart and lung endurance, the Sacramento Bee reports.... Read more »

Meet Tony Mills, M.D., an HIV-Positive HIV Specialist and Former International Dr. Leather

In 1999, Tony Mills opened his practice in Los Angeles specializing in HIV care. Mills says the trends in care today are probably 90 degrees opposite from what he saw then, and 180 degrees from 1985, when he began his first practice in San... Read more »

HIV Treatment Series: Care of the HIV-Positive Adolescent

As I was leaving the stigma workshop sponsored by the National Minority AIDS Council in St. Louis in May, it was obvious that we physicians don't perceive ourselves the way others perceive us. Enlightened by a group of non-physicians about why... Read more »

Chicago Tribune Examines HIV-Positive Athletes in the Gay Games

The Chicago Tribune on Wednesday examined the challenges faced by HIV-positive athletes attending the Gay Games 2006 , which are being held from July 15 though July 22 in Chicago (Meyer, Chicago Tribune , 7/19). About 12,000 athletes from 100... Read more »

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HIV Positive -What to Expect?

Posted by DC_Diver, 4 Replies

Hey all newbie here, need some advice. My partner found out he was HIV+ about a year ago (Im HIV- to date). He went on Atripla right away, but other than that, we haven't really "dealt" with this new reality at all. We dont speak about it much... Read more »

Falling for someone HIV positive...

Posted by Pan, 4 Replies

Hi,

This is my first time posting here. Well, I am 30-years-old and HIV negative. I always practice safer sex, with a low number of partners, and get tested regularly. Remaining negative is a really high priority for me.

Well, about one month ago I... Read more »

Hiv positives quarantined!!

Posted by Anonymous

Further proof that all HIV Postive people are at risk. You could be quarantined during state of emergency becuase of the Emergency Health Powers Act:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 28, 2001

Contacts: Todd Swindell -- (415) 637-HOMO
Michael... Read more »

Just notified today I tested positive for HIV

Posted by spike, 19 Replies

My health department contacted me, before my doctor today at work. I found out the HIV test I took came back postive.
I am so afraid!. I don't want to go to sleep. I know I will discuss this with my personal doctor in the morning. But this first... Read more »

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