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Get a LIFE: Morning rituals for healthy living

More and more the medical and science communities are recognizing that lifestyle and food choices are extremely important in vital health and enhanced immunity.

At the start of every day, we have a ripe opportunity to set the tone of those next hours to help us thrive.

Instead, many wake up with worries, a frantic rush, coffee on an empty stomach, a sugary breakfast of white flour baked goods, chemicalized drinks, or junky energy bars, igniting the vicious cycle of unnecessary stress.

Lesbian police officers victorious in Maryland health benefits suit

TOWSON, Md. — Two Baltimore County police officers who were denied health benefits for their same-sex spouses, were notified Tuesday that an independent arbitrator had ruled that the county had violated the terms of their police union contract by denying their benefits more than one year ago.

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Get a LIFE: The importance of a potent laugh

The staff of San Diego Gay & Lesbian News is pleased to welcome Danny Arguetty to our list of contributors. His extensive background in all areas of healthy living will surely allow him to enlighten many through his weekly columns. You never know what you are gonna get, but you just might learn to get a LIFE (Living In Free Expression).

It seems more common for people to focus on the challenges and frustrations of life and forget all about the lighter moments.

Grant boosts breast-cancer screening for low income and uninsured women

SAN DIEGO -- The Breast Cancer Prevention Fund (BCPF) has awarded Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) a $54,000 grant to provide breast cancer screening and diagnosis to low income and uninsured patients younger than age 40 in San Diego.

“Screening and early detection can make an enormous difference in the care experience and a woman’s recovery,” said Fran Butler-Cohen, CEO of FHCSD. “This grant will insure access to life-saving services for San Diego women.”

Will a pill a day really keep HIV away?

Despite our best attempts over the last 30 years, the HIV epidemic continues unabated. There are 1.2 million identified infections in the United States, with another several hundred thousand likely undiagnosed. The impact of this ongoing health challenge is noted most dramatically and definitively evidenced among gay men, who represent somewhere in the vicinity of two to five percent of the population — but constitute 50 percent of all AIDS-related deaths, over 50 percent of all infections and over 50 percent of newly diagnosed infections.

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Look Better Naked: Getting the skinny on rosacea and how to treat it

Don’t have a gray summer next year! The sun has cast its decadent rays and we all enjoyed showing some skin. All this exposure may have seemed worth it at the time but now we may be seeing visible signs of sun damage on the skin that are definitely not helping us look our best!

Have you noticed any redness and/or little red capillaries on the cheeks or nose? How about enlarged pores, oily skin, acne or small nodules just under the skin? These may be signs of the skin condition called rosacea. And sun exposure usually makes it worse.

What is rosacea?

DOMA affects children of same-sex couples the most

One of the oft-repeated arguments for excluding gay and lesbian couples from marriage is that it will somehow "protect children."

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Look Better Naked: The importance of taking care of your prostate

Looking sexy is all about feeling sexy inside and out. One sexy male gland of anatomy that doesn’t get enough attention is the all-important prostate.

What is the prostate? The prostate is spongy gland about the size of a walnut that surrounds the neck of the male bladder and urethra.

During the male orgasm, the prostate gets your “boys” or sperm ready by secreting a slightly alkaline fluid, which decreases the acidity of the seminal fluid and secretes PSA or Prostate Specific Antigen that helps loosen up semen to allow the sperm to reach the female egg in intercourse.

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Did the path to AIDS actually start in 1921?

Our story begins sometime close to 1921, somewhere between the Sanaga River in Cameroon and the Congo River in the former Belgian Congo. It involves chimps and monkeys, hunters and butchers, “free women” and prostitutes, syringes and plasma-sellers, evil colonial lawmakers and decent colonial doctors with the best of intentions.

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A letter to the community: The lesbian cancer epidemic

Earlier this year I lost a dear friend, V Kingsley, from cancer.

Just a few days ago, we lost another amazing LGBT leader, Paula Ettelbrick, also from cancer.

It wasn’t so long ago that Lisa Tonna and I were working to finalize a book on how to run an LGBT tobacco cessation group, little did we know she, a nonsmoker, would die of lung cancer herself just a year later, at the age of 38. Now I struggle as two other lesbian friends are diagnosed with cancer, both near my age.

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