Monthly Archives: July 2011

PRACTICAL MATTERS: LEGAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS-STATE LAWS THAT APPLY TO HIV INFECTION: YOUR RIGHTS TO HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT

Your rights to housing and employment-Your rights to housing and employment are the same as your right to public accommodations. In general, you have a right to whatever housing you can afford and whatever job you can carry out.     In most states, refusing someone housing or employment because they have AIDS is illegal. Most [...]

REDUCING YOUR RISK OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: EXCESS WEIGHT – WHY IS EXCESS WEIGHT A PROBLEM? THE YO-YO SYNDROME WHY IS EXCESS WEIGHT A PROBLEM?

The most ominous burden posed by being overweight is a shortening of your life span. The likelihood of dying early (compared with the average age of death of all people in the population) progressively increases the more overweight you are.Some of the increased risk of early death is a result of obesity-associated problems that produce [...]

REDUCING YOUR RISK OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: ELEVATED CHOLESTEROL

If results of a blood test show that you have an elevated cholesterol level, you have an increased risk for the development of coronary artery disease. Thus, it makes sense to do what is necessary to keep your cholesterol in an acceptable range. In fact, the American Heart Association and the National Heart, Lung, and [...]