It's Maple Syrup Time!

Bring the whole family to the Indian Creek Nature Center on Saturday, March 17th from 1:00-2:00pm and travel back in time on a guided adventure to learn about American Indian and early Colonial syrup and sugarmaking.

Facts

- Received national and local condemnation over “Marriage Vow” for 2012 presidential candidates, which included language: suggesting that children were better off under slavery than they are today (later removed); likening being gay to polygamy, adultery, and polyandry; attacking gay people as a public health risk; saying being gay is a choice; and banning all pornography.

We are a group of graduate students in The School of Social Work at the University of Iowa.   As part of a class called Organization and Community Practice, one of our assignments is to work with a community organization and assist them according to their needs.

We have chosen to work with the Visibility Action Team-a part of the Johnson County Livable Community that focuses on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, & Queer, (LGBTQ) aging issues in Johnson County.

HIV is an independent risk factor for lung disease, according to new data reported Wednesday, March 7, at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. Though the study results from a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine team note that people living with HIV—particularly those with viral loads not being kept in check with antiretroviral (ARV) therapy—have reduced lung strength and a more rapid loss of pulmonary function compared with HIV-negative controls, the researchers also point out that cigarette smoking was very common in the cohort studies and remains an important risk factor to contend with.

As explained by Michael Drummond, MD, of Johns Hopkins during his introductory remarks, HIV infection has been shown to increase the risk of obstructive lung diseases (OLD), such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis—both under the umbrella of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)—and asthma.

It was standing room only in Olmstead 312, and when there was no room for that, newcomers sat down in the aisle. The workshop, “Lost in Translation: Re-reading the Bible, Re-claiming Love,” took a contemporary look at biblical passages most often used by anti-gay crusaders. It was offered at Thursday’s Iowa Governor’s Conference on LGBTQ Youth.

Many psoriasis patients have the same gene variants as people who are not significantly affected by an HIV-1 infection. Charles Q. Choi reports

Screening is the best way to detect colon cancer

Governor Branstad has declared March as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH) urges residents to learn more about colorectal cancer, the third leading cause of cancer death in Iowa.

My name is Michael Seely, and I am a doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University in San Francisco. I am currently looking for gay and bisexual men to participate in a research study for my doctoral dissertation.

Following a growing travel industry trend of marketing to identifiable communities, My Destination Wellness, a customized fitness vacation provider affiliated with Funjet Vacations, announced its first gay wellness retreat.

The event will take place October 6-11, 2012, at El Dorado Royale by Karisma, a five-star resort in Riviera Maya, Mexico. The five-day all-inclusive program is priced at $1,199 per person based on double occupancy, not including airfare. Services include beachside exercise classes, personal training sessions and healthy meals prepared with organic produce grown on property – all guided by individual “Wellness Concierges.” Programs are designed to help travelers remove the distractions they experience at home, reach their fitness goals, and also have a great vacation.

Iowa State's College of Veterinary Medicine has joined the pursuit of finding a vaccine or cure for AIDS, a deadly disease that has been an issue for more than 30 years.

About two years ago, Michael Cho came to Iowa State from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and brought with him his lab. Cho has been working on a vaccine for HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS, for more than 10 years.