Health and Medical Issues

Get the basics about STIs: who gets them, why they are important, and how to protect yourself. Also learn about the most common STIs.

Learn how smoking and using tobacco affects your HIV, the ways it can hurt your health, and the good news about getting help with quitting.

Learn about common signs and causes of stress, how stress affects women living with HIV, and how to reduce and cope with stress in your life.

Learn about substance abuse, dependence, and addiction, how they can affect you, how to know if you have a problem, and what to do.

Learn about syphilis, a treatable sexually transmitted infection that can lead to severe illness if left untreated.

Learn how women living with HIV can benefit from changes that are part of the Affordable Care Act – from better access to care to no-cost preventive tests.

Learn about available treatments for hepatitis C and who should take them – as well as HIV treatment for those also living with hepatitis C.

Learn about methadone and buprenorphine, how they can help you with a heroin or opiate addiction, how they interact with HIV drugs, and more.

Get important information about different forms of TB, TB treatment, TB in people living with HIV, TB in pregnancy, and more.

What is "Undetectable Equals Untransmittable" (U=U) — and what does it mean for women living with HIV? Learn more about this groundbreaking discovery, and the worldwide campaign to spread the word about it.