Category: 01: Blogs With Audio Content

01: Blogs With Audio Content, 02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV

Should you own a pet?

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 Deciding whether or not to own a pet […]
01: Blogs With Audio Content, 05: HIV Healthcare, 08: Peer Support, 12: Mental health, 17: Young and Positive

How to deal with depression and suicidal thoughts

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 We’ve talked about depression on the blog a […]
01: Blogs With Audio Content, 02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 11: Healthy Habits, 17: Young and Positive

Tips to rev up your metabolism

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 We all know people who can put away […]
01: Blogs With Audio Content, 02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 05: HIV Healthcare, 06: Talking to a Doctor, 11: Healthy Habits

Why you should get a flu shot

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center Winter is coming…and you know what that means. You still have a few months before Game of Thrones comes back, but it won’t […]
01: Blogs With Audio Content, 02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 11: Healthy Habits, 17: Young and Positive

Adrenaline: Living on the edge with HIV

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center Jumping out of a plane. Whitewater rafting. Cliff diving. Let’s face it, some of us get a surge of adrenaline when we read […]
01: Blogs With Audio Content, 02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 11: Healthy Habits

What are the benefits of green tea?

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center What’s so great about drinking green tea when you’re living with HIV? (…besides the fact that it rhymes.) Green tea can be good […]
01: Blogs With Audio Content, 06: Talking to a Doctor

What people living with HIV need to know about Shigella

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center Shigella is a nasty kind of bacteria that loves to infect your gut and give you a terrible case of diarrhea that lasts […]
01: Blogs With Audio Content, 11: Healthy Habits

Tips for sun safety

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 There’s nothing like getting some sunshine on a […]
01: Blogs With Audio Content, 02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 13: Dealing with Addiction & HIV

Tips for cutting back on alcohol

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 We get it: A stiff drink takes the […]
01: Blogs With Audio Content, 09: Sex When Living with HIV

What you need to know about HPV

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center Human papillomavirus (HPV), the virus that causes genital warts, is an equal-opportunity bug. It’ll infect anybody who is sexually active. 80% of people […]