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Relationships exist on a spectrum, from healthy to unhealthy to abusive -- and everywhere in between. It can be hard to determine where your relationship falls, especially if you haven’t dated a lot. Explore this section to learn the basics of dating, healthy relationships and drawing the line before abuse starts. Is My Relationship Healthy? In a healthy relationship: Your partner respects you and your individuality. You are both open and honest. Your partner supports you and your choices even when they disagree with you. Both of you have equal say and respected boundaries. Your partner understands that you need to study or...

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YOU DON'T HAVE TO ROLL OVER AND DIE! Thinking about starting HIV treatment? You’re in luck: People diagnosed with HIV today have dozens of options, including some medications you take only once a day. The key to treating HIV is adherence: Taking your meds every day, as prescribed, to keep the virus suppressed. Missing doses or stopping treatment can allow HIV to become “drug resistant,” meaning certain medications no longer keep the virus in check. Finding a treatment regimen that is right for you—and learning ways to stick with it — can help you live long and well with HIV. Here’s...

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  National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day is an annual observance that takes place on April 10 to educate the public about the impact of HIV and AIDS on young people and to highlight the work young people are doing across the country to respond to the epidemic. Advocates for Youth  is the lead for planning the observance day. In 2014, the theme is “Engaging Youth Voices in the HIV & AIDS Response.” Here are some ways you can get involved in observances in your community.   APRIL 10TH IS NATIONAL YOUTH HIV AWARENESS DAY ARM THE YOUTH WITH THE RIGHT...

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It's easy to make relationships more complicated than they are.   I think it's easy to make things more complicated than they need to be. Here are some basic rules of the relationship road that will keep you headed in the right direction.   1. Successful relationships take work. They don't happen in a vacuum. They occur when the couples in them take the risk of sharing what it is that's going on in their hearts and heads. 2. You can only change yourself, not your partner. If you love someone and think that after a while he or she will...

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The AIDS Institute launched this day in 2008 and is the lead. The 2013 theme for NHAAAD is Aging is a part of life: HIV doesn’t have to be. AGING: THE NEW CHALLENGE At the start of the epidemic, people who were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS could expect to live only 1-2 years after that diagnosis. This meant that the issues of aging were not a major focus for people with HIV disease. But new medications and treatments have changed that. Life expectancy for people with HIV disease has increased dramatically—which means that they now have to face the challenges of...

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