Beyond HIV, the major public health issues -- including higher rates of alcoholism, cancer, depression, smoking, suicide, and violence -- still stem from inequality.
Single-celled fungi all around us do so much good and so much bad.
Testosterone deficiency is exceedingly less common than marketing campaigns and "you only think you feel fine" culture would have us believe.
The late C. Everett Koop chose to fight the AIDS epidemic at its 1980s outset, despite resistance from the conservative base that brought him into the office.
Psychological conditions that are epidemic among urban gay and bisexual men warrant conscious efforts to foster self-esteem, positive relationships, and social support.
How Close Are We to an AIDS-Free Generation?
Unfounded fears echo throughout policy, health care, education -- pretty much everywhere.
Should Everyone HIV+ Be Required to Disclose That to Every Sexual Partner?
Current treatments keep the virus in check, as opposed to those that could completely eliminate it.
"What School of Design can vie with this?" he asked in the pages of the Atlantic in 1862.
Gout may sound like an 18th-century affliction, but the number of Americans suffering from the painful inflammatory condition has doubled in the past few decades.
The disease is big business, and many have been convinced that managing it forever is their only option. But a cure is often possible.