Category: 02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV

02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 12: Mental health

Tips for managing stress and depression when you're living 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 If you're living with HIV, it's not unusual […]
02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV

First aid tips for people living 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 First aid can seem like a minefield when […]
00. Spanish, 02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV

Consejos de primeros auxilios para personas que viven 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 […]
02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 16: Women and HIV

How to talk to your kids about your HIV status

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 Making the decision to tell anyone about your […]
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 […]
02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV

3 ways to continue your education and advance your career

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 HIV should never stand in the way of […]
02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV

Free things you can to do outside in Cleveland this spring

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 Springtime’s coming to Cleveland! That means, longer, warmer […]
02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV

What you should know about your cancer risk if you're living with HIV

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center HIV weakens the immune system — that’s HIV 101. What that means is that people living with HIV can get some diseases more easily […]
02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV

What you need to know about aging with HIV

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center If you’re rocking your HIV treatments, you have something people living with HIV didn’t have 30 years ago: A chance to grow old. […]
02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 07: Protecting my Partner, 08: Peer Support, 09: Sex When Living with HIV, 17: Young and Positive

What you need to know about syphilis

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center Syphilis is one of the oldest and most annoying STIs (sexually transmitted infections). Doctors have been fighting syphilis for ages. It’s been curable […]