Jasmyne A. Cannick  |   OW Contributor
Jun 26 2012

Get tested

Each year, on June 27, the National Association of People With AIDS (NAPWA), in partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), AIDS.gov, and other national and local entities across the country organizes National HIV Testing Day. This unique initiative sends the message, “Take the Test, Take Control,” to those at risk from HIV from those already living with HIV.

Jun 21 2012

Prevention through screening, treatment

BETHESDA, Md.—Racial and ethnic minorities in America have been hit harder than White Americans by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. They make up about one-third of the population, but two-thirds of all cases. In 2009, African Americans made up 14 percent of the population, but accounted for 44 percent of all new HIV infections. And Hispanics made up 16 percent of the population but 20 percent of new cases in 2009.

Jun 21 2012

More education is needed

African American women over the age of 49 years old are contracting the HIV/AIDS disease at alarming rates, yet little attention is given toward their prevention needs. HIV/AIDS prevention teaching for postmenopausal Black women is imperative to reduce the incidence and the transmission of this disease. Clinicians who provide health services to postmenopausal Black women need to be educated on their HIV risk behaviors.

Jun 14 2012

A form of early detection of the disease

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The United States Preventive Services Task Force has issued its final recommendation for early detection of prostate cancer, effectively eliminating the PSA test and leaving American men without a defense in the fight against prostate cancer, according to Skip Lockwood, CEO of Zero—The Project to End Prostate Cancer.

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