Health

O.School aims to teach women about pleasure

O.School aims to teach women about pleasure

  • SEX
  • by Sari Staver
  • Nov 1, 2017

Backed with $800,000 in Silicon Valley venture capital, a queer woman from Oakland is launching a national online platform focused on pleasure education for women and gender diverse people.

In California, Startup Delivers PrEP to Your Door

In California, Startup Delivers PrEP to Your Door

  • SEX
  • by Liz Highleyman
  • Apr 16, 2016

California residents can now get PrEP delivered to their door via Nurx, a web-based app that also provides birth control.

Kurtis Wolfe

Kurtis Wolfe

  • SEX
  • by Jim Provenzano
  • Apr 13, 2016

Sexy, savvy stud's back at The Nob Hill Theatre

SF Readies Condom Campaigns to Reduce STDs

SF Readies Condom Campaigns to Reduce STDs

  • HEALTH
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 14, 2016

Messages about the use of prophylactics are returning as a way to combat rising rates of sexually transmitted diseases other than HIV.

Researchers: Pets Can Boost Health of LGBT Seniors

Researchers: Pets Can Boost Health of LGBT Seniors

  • HEALTH
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Jan 17, 2016

Aging researchers are just beginning to take notice of how pet ownership can be a boon for older adults, especially LGBT seniors who are more likely to live alone and lack family connections.

START Study Supports Early HIV Treatment

START Study Supports Early HIV Treatment

  • HEALTH
  • by Liz Highleyman
  • Jun 7, 2015

Long-awaited results from the START study, released ahead of schedule, show that people with HIV who start treatment early have a significantly lower risk of illness and death than those who wait.

Trans People Face High Costs to Transition

Trans People Face High Costs to Transition

  • HEALTH
  • by Sasha Lekach
  • Apr 19, 2015

Trans men and women struggle with the medical and other costs of their transition so they can physically present themselves, not as the gender they were born into, but as the gender with which they identify.

Alzheimer's A Growing Concern Among LGBTs

Alzheimer's A Growing Concern Among LGBTs

  • HEALTH
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Mar 15, 2015

According to a report commissioned in 2013 by the city's LGBT Aging Policy Task Force, the number of LGBT people living with all forms of dementia in San Francisco will number 6,964 by 2030.

Hepatitis C A Focus at CROI

Hepatitis C A Focus at CROI

  • HEALTH
  • by Liz Highleyman
  • Mar 14, 2015

New interferon-free treatment can cure nearly 100 percent of HIV-positive people coinfected with hepatitis C virus. But another study showed that delaying treatment results in a higher risk of liver-related complications and death even after being cured.

HIV Treatment, Cure Discussed at CROI

HIV Treatment, Cure Discussed at CROI

  • HEALTH
  • by Liz Highleyman
  • Mar 7, 2015

A trio of experimental antiretroviral drugs and research toward a cure for HIV were among the more than 1,000 presentations at the recent Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle.

Kaiser Removes HIV Meds from 'Specialty' Tier; CA Bills Seek Drug Cost Curbs

Kaiser Removes HIV Meds from 'Specialty' Tier; CA Bills Seek Drug Cost Curbs

  • HEALTH
  • by Seth Hemmelgarn
  • Feb 28, 2015

Kaiser Permanente has stopped charging people more for HIV drugs and is offering refunds for the exorbitant copays some of its patients faced. The decision comes as two CA state lawmakers have introduced bills meant to address high drug prices.

SF Unable to Reverse STD Rate Increases

SF Unable to Reverse STD Rate Increases

  • HEALTH
  • by Matthew S. Bajko
  • Feb 22, 2015

Despite efforts by local health officials to reverse the trend, San Francisco saw cases of sexually transmitted diseases rise for a ninth consecutive year in 2014.

Kaiser Changes HIV Drug Coverage

Kaiser Changes HIV Drug Coverage

  • HEALTH
  • by Seth Hemmelgarn
  • Feb 13, 2015

People living with HIV/AIDS and advocates are concerned about increased costs for medications since Kaiser Permanente and other insurers have begun requiring people to pay a percentage of the cost of their drugs.

PrEP: Tipping Point to Put the Sex Back in Leathersex?

PrEP: Tipping Point to Put the Sex Back in Leathersex?

  • SEX
  • by Race Bannon
  • Jan 21, 2015

Before you read any further, I know the title of this column is provocative. Obviously I'm going to talk about PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis), the once a day pill regimen to prevent HIV infection. I also seem to be implying that leathersex is lacking sex