Today is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
March 10, 2009 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Exposed!, Health, How To, Morning News, Prevention
Today is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDs Awareness Day, so why not join Healthbolt and The Red Pump Project and spread the word.
HIV/AIDS remains one of those subjects that not talked about so much over the dinner table or when out for coffee with the girls. But prehaps it should be because the numbers tell us it’s a disease that does not seem to be going away. In fact, according this Snapshot of the U.S. Epidemic provided by the Kaiser Family Foundation, it seems to be growing…
• Number of new HIV infections, 2006: 56,300
• Number of people living with HIV/AIDS: 1.1 million, …read more
Grey’s Anatomy – Not Just A Pretty Face.
September 22, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Exposed!, Health, Media, Prevention
If you think that Grey’s Anatomy is all about McDreamy, McSteamy, and the rest of the gang, think again. Turns out that along with a healthy dose of ‘pretty faces’ we are also being subjected to and absorbing health awareness messages.
The degree to which we absorb these messages was measured recently by researchers from the Kaiser Family Foundation. They met with Grey’s Anatomy writers and staff and created a storyline that focused on a pregnant HIV-positive woman who initially demands an abortion, fearing she will pass the virus that causes AIDS to her child. During this episode, she finds out …read more
