The holidays are upon us and one of the keys to a happy holiday celebration is good food. From Thanksgiving Dinner to New Year's parties, food is a prominent feature of our celebrations. Make sure that your holiday parties are healthy as well as fun. The right foods prepared in the right way will assure you that you won't pay the price come January 2. These resources provide you with the information you need to prepare foods the correct way and to eat the right foods to enhance your health not make you sick.

Resources for Healthy Eating

• HIV and Food Safety
• Food Safety Basics
• Food Preparation Guide
• Food and Water Borne Illnesses
• Shopping for Fresh Food

In this day and age, getting out and meeting new people is hard enough. So one can imagine how difficult it is the first time you set out to meet new people after being diagnosed with HIV. While many newly diagnosed people feel they have to give up any hope of dating and relationships after diagnosis, the truth is finding that special someone can and does happen. With the right information and guidance, people living with HIV can have healthy loving relationships just like anyone else. Read more to learn a few things before testing the waters.

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• Staying Safe When Romance Blooms
• Safer Sex - A Condom Buying Guide
• I'm Already Positive - Do I Need to Practice Safer Sex?

The American Medical Association (AMA) has reversed course regarding medical marijuana now urging the FDA to review marijuana's classification as a top tier controlled substance. While the AMA emphasizes that they are not endorsing state-based medical cannabis programs, the legalization of marijuana, or that scientific evidence on the therapeutic use of cannabis meets the current standards for a prescription drug product. They are urging the review to pave the way for more comprehensive studies of smoked marijuana of which on a few small trials now exist. The AMA's House of Delegates met in Houston and has adopted a policy that would call for more studies of the efficacy and use of smoked marijuana. The AMA is not the only physicians group calling for more research. In 2008, the American College of Physicians issued a position statement supporting research into the therapeutic role of the drug.

More Medical Marijuana Information

• The Facts About Medical Marijuana
• Michigan Has Medical Marijuana - How Does it Work?
• Medical Marijuana Helps Peripheral Neuropathy

In a shoe box filled with vitamins and prescription medications, the alledged Fort Hood shooter Major Nidal Malik Hasan had a bottle of the HIV medication Combivir. The box of drugs, found in the laundry room of his Casa del Norte apartment near Fort Hood, gives authorities a peak into the life of the man believed to be responsible for the shooting tragedy at Fort Hood. The prescription was dated 2001 and was the only HIV medication in the box. Does this mean Major Hasan had HIV? There is no way to tell from just a that prescription. Combivir, a combination of the drugs Epivir (lamivudine) and Retrovir (AZT), is not prescribed as a sole drug in an HIV regimen however, Combivir was often given to healthcare workers who had been exposed to HIV through an accidental needle stick or exposure to infected bodily fluids. It's one of many possible explanations for the bottle of Combivir.

More Information About Combivir

• Glossary Definition of the Term Combivir
• Combivir Fact Sheet
• Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTIs) - An Easy to Understand Guide