by Caroline Watson | Mar 18, 2020 | HIVE News & Events, In The Media
In October, estimated GFR (eGFR) reporting was modified by the laboratory at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Whereas previously eGFR was reported as two separate values i.e. “if African American” or “if non African American,” these two values are now reported as a range with the clinical note: “Patients with more muscle mass and better nutritional status are more likely to be on the higher end of this range.” This change was made in an effort to reduce medical errors and improve health equity at our hospital and affiliated clinics.
by HIVE Online | Jun 20, 2017 | HIVE Blog, PrEP for Sex
I have to say that PrEP has become a part of my life and I feel really good about it, I also have been very happy on the Women’s PrEP Project and I will miss being a participant. As a woman, it’s never easy to talk about sexual health, let alone something like PrEP.
by HIVE Online | Apr 26, 2017 | HIVE Blog, Relationships Dating Disclosure, Safer Conception, Women Living with HIV
I had eventually hit my bottom, where I had to get into treatment. At that time I had a beautiful healthy son. I completed a drug program, got my own place and was in a new relationship. I decided to get tested because my significant other and I wanted a baby. I found out that I was HIV-positive.
by HIVE Online | Apr 10, 2017 | Activism/Advocacy, HIVE Blog, LGBT-identified, PrEP for Sex, Sex Work, Trans Women, Youth
It was great to feel like I didn’t have to limit myself in certain ways when escorting, and it made me feel truly empowered to be taking the reins of my own destiny. I’ve been PrEPpy for over a year now, and, though stigma is still there, I still take it upon myself to talk about the benefits of taking PrEP while in the Sex Work field, and take the stigma out of both.
by HIVE Online | Jul 21, 2015 | HIV- Women, HIV+ Men, HIV+ Women, Trans Women
Why YOU should give female condoms a chance. (Sara also demonstrates how to use one using a model vagina.)
