Posted on 01 December 2010. Tags: affection, AIDS, America, ask Dr. O, askdro, AskDrO.com, behavior, black, blog, body, change, condoms, D.owens, depression, development, discovery, disease, disorder, doctor, Dr. O, dwight, fathers, gay, health, healthy, HIV, homosexual, human, immunodeficiency, infection, issues, MD, medicate, medication, men, mental, officials, physician, pill, population, protect, relations, relationships, research, revolution, risk, science, sex, sexual, STDs, technology, Truvada, virus, women
It’s unavoidable…HIV/AIDS is prevalent in the United States, especially in the gay population. More than one million Americans are living with this virus; one in five people don’t know it. There are public service announcements (PSA), radio segments, TV programs, erected nonprofit organizations, all designed to help reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. Now, another ally [...]
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Posted on 17 November 2010. Tags: abuse, America, anxiety, ask Dr. O, askdro, AskDrO.com, behavior, black, blog, BMI, body mass index, burn, caloric intake, calorie, cardiovascular, cereal, change, compulsive, consume, D.owens, depression, diet, disease, Dr. Mark Haub, Dr. O, dwight, exercise, experiment, failure, heart, Hostess, human, illness, kidney, Little Debbie, loss, MD, men, mental, nutrition, Nutty Bars, obsessive, Oreos, owens, problems, results, science, success, sugar, sugary, theory, Twinkies, University of Kansas, weight
This is purely insane…but apparently it worked. A man loses 27 pounds on a sugary diet primarily of Twinkies, powdered donuts and Nutty Bars. Dr. Mark Haub of Kansas State University, in an effort to prove that caloric intake is the most important factor in weight loss, tested his scientific theory by using a very [...]
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Posted on 15 November 2010. Tags: advancement, application, ask Dr. O, askdro, Blackberry, blog, Britain, cell phone, change, chip, clinic, computer, D.owens, disease, Dr. Tariq Sadiq, electronic devices, illness, interesting, iPhone, London, medical, Medicine, mobile, phone, public service announcement, revolutionary, science, sickness, STD, technology, Treo, UK, United Kingdom, urinate
Need STD results??? Just urinate in your phone…AskDrO! It seems as if going to the clinic to get tested for sexually transmitted diseases is “so last year”. In an attempt to develop one of the most forward and advanced applications ever in a phone, officials in UK are actually working on a computer chip that [...]
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Posted on 03 June 2010. Tags: African-American, ask Dr. O, askdro, atlanta, behavior, born gay, children, D.owens, Dr. O, gay, Georgia, homosexual, men, mental health, nature, nurture, psychiatrist, relations, relationships, science, women
Homosexuality is a taboo subject in many cultures, while others embrace it and those individuals a part of it. Whether you’re pro or anti-gay, the fact of the matter is that around “9 million (about 3.8%) of Americans identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender“, so they’re not going anywhere. However, that doesn’t mean we [...]
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