Category: 11: Healthy Habits

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 […]
00. Spanish, 02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 06: Talking to a Doctor, 11: Healthy Habits

Lo que tienes que saber sobre la enfermedad de mano-pie-boca

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 > La enfermedad de mano-pie-boca, o EMPB, suele afectar a bebés y niños […]
02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 06: Talking to a Doctor, 11: Healthy Habits

What you need to know about hand-foot-and-mouth disease

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center Hand-foot-and-mouth disease, or HFMD, usually happens to babies and little children. It’s a virus that gets in their hands, spit, snot, and poop, […]
02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 06: Talking to a Doctor, 11: Healthy Habits

What you should know about diabetes and HIV

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center Here at Positive Peers, we’re all about you living healthy and happy. Today we’re going to dive into a common health condition that […]
02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 04: Newly Diagnosed / HIV 101, 10: Side Effects & Complications, 11: Healthy Habits, 17: Young and Positive

Taking your meds every day

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center Taking your meds every day It can be hard to create a new habit — like taking your meds every day. Stick with it […]
02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 11: Healthy Habits

Secrets to getting the best night sleep

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 Secrets to getting the best night sleep Sleep […]
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 […]
11: Healthy Habits, 12: Mental health

How you can use affirmations for a more positive mindset

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're big believers in the power of a […]
02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 11: Healthy Habits, 12: Mental health

How meditation can help you manage stress and anxiety when you’re living with HIV

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center It’s bad enough that social media and news headlines pump hot-and-cold crazy into your world. But you also may have the natural instinct […]
02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 11: Healthy Habits

Free ways to get active that don’t require a gym

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 Some people go to a gym to get […]