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  • How do you know?

    How do you know?

    Dr. Know shares this transcript from an online chat. Rob: Talk to me about HIV. Not sure about it all. Dr. Know: what do you need to know?  My point is that an HIV test only detects antibodies to the virus, not the virus itself.  Most people convert to positive within 6 months of infection, [...]

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  • FAQ: Gay Men’s Health

    FAQ: Gay Men’s Health

    Dear Dr. Know, What (if any) special concerns should I have if I am a gay man? Patient in PA Dear Patient, Yes, gay straight and bi men who have sex with men should observe the following health care screening: HEALTH CARE SCREENING FOR MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN Physical exam: every 3 to [...]

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  • Dr. Know on How the Penis Really Works

    Dr. Know on How the Penis Really Works

    Q: I am having erection problems.  What are my options? Dr. Know replies: I heard once in a lecture on erectile dysfunction that the penis is nothing more than a glorified vein.  After I stopped laughing, I had to agree with the speaker.  Basic penile anatomy is two corpus cavernosa, large vascular tubes that fill [...]

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  • DR. KNOW Hepatitis

    DR. KNOW Hepatitis

    Dear Dr. Know, What is hepatitis and how is it spread? Does a condom protect me? Curious in Tampa Dear Curious in Tampa, here’s what you need to know about hepatitis.  You can find this information at the CDC. www.cdc.gov/hepatitis What is hepatitis? “Hepatitis” means inflammation of the liver. Heavy alcohol use, toxins, certain medications, [...]

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  • EDITORIAL A Negative HIV Test Doesn’t Mean What You Think

    EDITORIAL A Negative HIV Test Doesn’t Mean What You Think

    Dear Dr. Know, What does a negative HIV test really mean?  Am I off the hook? Worried in Washington. Dr. Know writes: HIV is an RNA retrovirus.  What this means is that the genetic material in the HIV virion (virus particle) is RNA.  Once a cell is infected, the RNA must be converted to DNA [...]

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    According to The Gay Book of Days most translations are watered down and only Peter Wigham's Poems of Catullus (Penguin Classics) truly lives up to the explicit sexual flavor of the original. In one poem Catullus suggests "stuffing the boy." Since Catullus was a contemporary of Caesar his poetry has the prejudice of the period: "the taking of a boy is a manly act, but allowing another male to do unto you what you did unto him is sheer depravity.
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