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Have You Been Tested? Advice From Our Gift of Giving Contest

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The message is coming through loud and clear from women entering our Give the Gift of Giving Contest – get tested! From mammograms to sexually transmitted diseases to pregnancy testing for Downs Syndrome, entrants vying for the $2,500 gift card said they felt it was the best health advice they’ve received.

Elizabeth shared her story about declining the blood-screening test for Downs Syndrome while she was pregnant:


     
     
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Alysia Korelc: The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo

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The saying goes,"The silence is deafening." No more. A brave filmmaker, herself a victim of gang rape, wanted to share her story with victims in the Congo (DRC). Little was Lisa Jackson prepared for the horrific stories she would capture on camera. Her independent documentary film, "The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo," aired on HBO just last week and I cannot describe how it made me feel. If ever you find yourself complaining about life, think of these women who are so violently brutalized with impunity that they suffer, or die, from unimaginable internal wounds.


     
     
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HIV Drugs Linked to Increased Risk of Heart Attack -- FDA Reviewing Safety Profile of Abacavir, Didanosine

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By Steven Reinberg
EmpowHer's HealthDay Reporter

WEDNESDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) -- Two well-known HIV drugs, abacavir and didanosine, appear to increase the risk of heart attacks, European researchers reported Wednesday.

Based on that data, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now conducting a safety review of the potential risks of both drugs.


     
     
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The Most Common STDs

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Why do women suffer from more frequent and serious complications from STDs than men? Share with us what you've learned regarding the physical and emotional difficulties in living with (or temporarily experiencing) an STD/STI.

Here's a list of the most common STDs from the Centers for Disease Control along with links to sites where you can find more information.

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS);
Chancroid;


     
     
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Gwyneth Paltrow Records PSA to Prevent the Spread of HIV

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Gwyneth Paltrow has filmed a public service announcement for UNICEF to help raise money to prevent children being born with the HIV virus.

Paltrow's video clip was launched online Wednesday.

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HIV Drug in Microbicide Gel Safe for Daily Use Says Researchers At The U.S. National Institutes of Health

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TUESDAY, Feb. 26 (HealthDay News) -- A vaginal microbicide gel that contains the antiretroviral drug tenofovir is safe for HIV-negative women to use every day, according to a six-month study of 200 women in India and the United States.


     
     
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Researchers Discover Another Way That HIV Attacks Cells, Says The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

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A weapon that HIV uses to invade human cells has been identified by scientists trying to figure out all the different ways the AIDS-causing virus launches its powerful attack on the immune system. U.S. government researchers say they've identified a new HIV receptor, which helps guide the virus to a place in the gut where it can begin its assault on the body, reports The New York Times. The discovery was reported Sunday in the journal Nature Immunology by a team led by Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.