Nothing is going to change my world…

December 2, 2011

I get these outbreaks on my penis, inner thighs, and anal area. They appear to be soft small bumps, that usually increase in size, and itch. What could they be? Hi, think of Herpes until proved otherwise. See your physician adn get tested and treated. Be well. Dr. Gian      

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Higher Cancer Risk for HIV Patients

December 1, 2011

Kaiser Study Finds Higher Cancer Risk for HIV Patients People with HIV have a higher risk of developing certain cancers than do uninfected individuals – and the weaker their immune system, the more vulnerable they are to cancer, a large study of Kaiser Permanente members shows. Researchers have long known HIV is associated with increased [...]

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Buddhism and the battle against AIDS

December 1, 2011

Buddhist monks are raising awareness about HIV prevention and supporting people living with the virus in the Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture in southwest China’s Yunnan province. Launched in 2003 with support from UNICEF and a local Buddhist association, the “Home of Buddha Glory” program (HBG) offers a regular gathering place at Zongfo Monastery where hundreds [...]

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I assume the worse each time I get tested…

November 22, 2011

Hi, I’m a 22 y.o. and I’ve been in a relationship with another male for over a year now.  We’ve had unprotected sex.  Now I think i have oral thrush.  Naturally, I assume the worse each time i get tested. But I don’t know anymore.  I’m a vegetarian and I eat a lot of starchy [...]

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Couple of questions…

November 2, 2011

Doc, couple of questions I had molluscum contagiosum in 1992 have not had anything that was the same since except in the last couple of years my new wife has a ringworm type rash that I get from sex with her. we separated recently and got back together. She recently had sex with another man and [...]

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Can you help?

May 9, 2011

Hi Dr. Gian I have noticed little white puss filled sacs forming on my testicles and shaft of penis, they dont ever go away their just constantly there, they do not hurt, it just has been itching a lot latey. Do you have any idea on what they can be. thanks for ur help sincerly [...]

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HIV Babies Come of Age…

March 25, 2011

Although screening and treatment efforts have cut mother-to-child HIV transmissions to about 200 annually in the United States, some 10,000 US patients now living with HIV were infected as infants. Seven agencies of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) are studying 451 of these patients, now ages 7-16, as they grow from adolescents to adults, [...]

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I am doing a case study…

March 22, 2011

Hello Dr. Gian, I am doing a case study for my Microbiology class.  I am having huge problems with doing a diagnoses of the symptoms that were given: 22 year old  moderately sexually active female with slight fever- 38.5C frequent urination burning on urination vaginal discharge (no color or smell was indicated) small lesion on [...]

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Oral Sex Often a Prelude to Intercourse for Teens

March 17, 2011

Students who engage in oral sex within the first two years of high school are much more likely than those who do not to report having vaginal intercourse by the end of 11th grade, a new study suggests. The study involved surveying 627 ninth-grade students in two northern California high schools every six months between [...]

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I am scared about being exposed to Herpes

March 16, 2011

About one month ago my current boyfriend of 13 months now disclosed to me that his ex-wife of 20 years had genital Herpes. He told me that about 5 years ago he came across some medication with her name on it and looked it up and found out it was a prescription given for Genital [...]

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