02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 05: HIV Healthcare

Routine viral load testing: Should you care?

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center If you’ve been on the Positive Peers app for a little bit, you’ve probably come across some information on viral load testing. For […]
03: Getting Tested for HIV, 04: Newly Diagnosed / HIV 101

HIV Stories: True Tales of Living With HIV

  The Tales of Triumph series is one of our favorite things to put together at Positive Peers. We sit down with real people and listen to their HIV stories, taking in the good and […]
05: HIV Healthcare, 06: Talking to a Doctor, 10: Side Effects & Complications

Cabenuva: An alternative for those struggling to take their meds?

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center What if you didn’t have to take a daily pill? 💊 It’s normal to feel off about swallowing a pill. Maybe you’re in […]
00. Spanish, 05: HIV Healthcare, 06: Talking to a Doctor, 10: Side Effects & Complications

Cabenuva: ¿Una alternativa para quienes tienen problemas para tomar sus medicinas?

by la Dra. Ann K. Avery

Escrito por la Dra Ann K. Avery, MD, médica de enfermedades infecciosas del MetroHealth Medical Center Ver todos los blogs en español > ¿Y si no tuvieras que tomar una pastilla diaria? 💊 Es normal […]
19: Key Health Partners

Cabenuva: Advocating for Patients with an HIV Specialty Pharmacy Program

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center 1996 marked the year when “people stopped dying” from HIV due to newly available antiretroviral drugs. Since then, treatment is often as simple […]
00. Spanish, 19: Key Health Partners

Cabenuva: Defender a los pacientes con un programa de farmacia especializada en VIH

by la Dra. Ann K. Avery

Escrito por la Dra Ann K. Avery, MD, médica de enfermedades infecciosas del MetroHealth Medical Center Ver todos los blogs en español > 1996 fue el año en que «dejó de morir gente» por el […]
09: Sex When Living with HIV

Why We Love to Have Sex in Winter

by Jennifer McMillen Smith, LISW-S

By: Jennifer McMillen Smith, LISW-S, HIV Social Worker at MetroHealth Medical Center and medically reviewed by Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center Every year, Mother Earth 🌎 clearly wants you […]
08: Peer Support, 17: Young and Positive, 19: Key Health Partners

Building an effective HIV youth support group

by Jennifer McMillen Smith, LISW-S

By: Jennifer McMillen Smith, LISW-S, HIV Social Worker at MetroHealth Medical Center and medically reviewed by Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center You might think that living with HIV affects […]
00. Spanish, 08: Peer Support, 17: Young and Positive, 19: Key Health Partners

Cómo crear un grupo de apoyo efectivo para jóvenes con VIH

by Jennifer McMillen Smith, LISW-S

Escrito por Jennifer McMillen Smith, LISW-S, trabajadora social de VIH en MetroHealth Medical Center y revisada médicamente por Ann K. Avery, MD, médica de enfermedades infecciosas en MetroHealth Medical Center Ver todos los blogs en […]
19: Key Health Partners, 20: Born with HIV

Advocating for Youth and Young Adults Born With HIV

by Jennifer McMillen Smith, LISW-S

By: Jennifer McMillen Smith, LISW-S, HIV Social Worker at MetroHealth Medical Center and medically reviewed by Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center Breakthroughs in modern medicine have led to advancements […]