12: Mental health

How to Pick a Therapist That's Right For You

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 First things first: everyone can benefit from therapy. […]

02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV

How to Respond to Ignorant Questions About HIV

By: Louis Catania, Division of Infectious Disease and medically reviewed by Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center Holidays, weddings, you name it – something about a large family gathering can […]

02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV

Holiday savings: How to celebrate Christmas on a budget

By: Louis Catania, Division of Infectious Disease and medically reviewed by Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center Sleigh, Queen. Sleigh.🛷 The holidays are expensive. The bigger your family, the worse […]

12: Mental health

Best Ways to Spend Thanksgiving Alone (Or With Your Chosen Family)

By: Louis Catania, Division of Infectious Disease and medically reviewed by Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center Planning to go solo for Thanksgiving this year? 🦃 Hey, we get it […]

09: Sex When Living with HIV

Food to Eat Before Sex to Boost Your Sex Drive

By: Louis Catania, Division of Infectious Disease and medically reviewed by Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center Which is more important: food or sex? If we’re being real, it’s a […]

19: Key Health Partners

Positive Peers Receives $5.7 Million NIH Grant

Positive Peers has been granted $5.7 million over five years by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, a part of the National Institutes of Health. The funding aims to assess the efficacy […]

08: Peer Support, 21. About Positive Peers

HIV Privacy and Positive Peers

  By: Jennifer McMillen Smith HIV Social Worker at MetroHealth Medical Center and medically reviewed by Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center HIV privacy was one of the biggest issues […]

21. About Positive Peers

Today we embark on the next chapter of Positive Peers.

  By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center From its beginning in 2015, our vision for Positive Peers has always been to make it easier for Young People Living with […]

09: Sex When Living with HIV

Smarter, Safer Sex - Pleasure, Protection and Prevention

By: Jennifer McMillen Smith, MSSA, LISW-S, Division of Infectious Disease and medically reviewed by Ann Avery, Infectious Disease Physician at Metrohealth Medical Center Safer, smarter sex starts in the most powerful sex organ: your brain. […]

11: Healthy Habits

EVALI and HIV: Is it time to stop vaping?

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center People smoke. It’s just one of those realities of life, like drinking or other recreational drugs. Everyone can make their own choices, but […]