All posts tagged "health"
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Smoke Signals
In Washington's ongoing tug-o-war over tobacco, the Whitman-Walker Clinic Board of Directors voted late last month to support expansion of the city's smoke-free workplace laws...
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Talking Tina
Crystal methamphetamine was on dozens of people's minds Monday afternoon at the Barceló Hotel on P Street. While mention of a hotel and crystal meth...
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Health Fare
For the LGBT community, next week's official agenda is health. From March 13-19, the D.C.-based National Coalition for LGBT Health presents LGBT Health Awareness Week,...
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New Year, New You
The holiday debt has racked up and the Christmas cookies have morphed into another inch for your waist size. The madness, however, wrapped itself up...
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Barriers to Health
Ironically, a few weeks after Melissa Etheridge's breast cancer diagnosis helped put ''a lesbian face'' on cancer, the same-sex marriage backlash as witnessed in the...
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Making the Syphi-list
Recently released data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tracking sexually transmitted diseases in 2003 does not offer much good news for...
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Low Carb at Lower Cost
Like no other people in the world, Americans are obsessed with dieting and staying in shape. While I don't have any studies to back this...
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Doctor, Doctor
Take Charge of Your Health by Talking to Your Doctor Among the uncomfortable experiences that are part and parcel of life is that first visit...
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Sparkling Smiles
The advertising promises are everywhere -- a whiter smile can bring you that perfect partner, land you the perfect job, make your life better than...
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The Pain of Gain
So here it is, time for your mid-week workout. But you're feeling incredibly sore from that Monday workout -- as you contemplate facing the gym...
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Carb Crazy
Sometimes it seems the whole world's gone Atkins. From fast-food restaurants to high-class cuisine, everyone's following the low-carb craze. But is it right for you?...
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Sliding Scales
Since December, clients receiving medical health services from the Lesbian Services Program at Whitman-Walker Clinic have been required to pay a fee for their care,...
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Shape Up
You remember January 2, don't you? That was the day you launched your plan for a whole new year and a whole new you. Right...
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Kicking the Habit
Two times as many lesbians report being heavy smokers than straight women, says the Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer, so it's no surprise if...
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Fighting Hepatitis
Previously we looked at hepatitis A and all the excellent reasons to get the readily-available vaccine. Now it's time to learn about hepatitis B and...
