Friday, January 7, 2011

[Peckers_Pics] Model Wars, PICS; Jan 8, 2011 - Safe PICS For All Ages, Rated G



Model Wars, PICS; Jan 8, 2011
Safe PICS For All Ages, Rated  G

 
Consider joining:

Diet & Fitness:

  • Reminder: Did you complete your Diet Journal today?
  • Did you do any physical activity?  If not, make a point of it by tomorrow! 
  • Perhaps our male fitness photos shall inspire you to get Fit!
Health - Wellness - Exercise - Reflections:
New Study in San Francisco Aims to Improve HIV Care for Aging Population
 
January 7, 2011 / AIDSmeds
 
Researchers at the University of California in San Francisco (UCSF) have launched a study to discover the best comprehensive care methods for people living with HIV as they get older. In a news article by the university about the project, the study's leaders explain they will be integrating the expertise of specialists in geriatric medicine with that of infectious disease experts to address the fact that HIV-positive people are experiencing age-related problems at a younger age than HIV-negative people.

"I know I'm getting older," Lou Grosso, a 57-year-old UCSF HIV clinic patient, said in the article. "So is that why I have the aches and pains and memory issues? Or is it because I have been taking all those antiretroviral drug cocktails that have been keeping me alive all these years? I never thought I would live this long to ask these questions."

These are some of the issues that the new study aims to answer, as well as how to choose the best care models for people with age-related problems. At present, doctors really don't know how best to manage aging HIV-positive patients.

Are the same comprehensive care guidelines used for HIV-negative people appropriate? Currently, there are no easy answers to that question.

"Conditions that you might normally see in patients in their 60s or 70s are showing up in HIV patients who are only in their 40s and 50s," said Brad Hare, MD, Grosso's doctor and medical director of the UCSF Positive Health Program at San Francisco General Hospital.

Hare explains that he and a colleague, Malcolm John, MD, who heads UCSF's comprehensive HIV care clinic, will use the study funds to identify which screening tests should be conducted to monitor for diseases of aging, along with when they should be used. The study will also explore the value of bringing in nutritionists and pharmacists as essential members of the care team.

John stresses that they will also be looking beyond the physical manifestations of HIV disease. Specialists in psychology and social support will also be involved.

UCSF's Positive Care Center, one of the country's model integrated care programs, will serve as the template upon which to study the best care strategies for people as they age.

"It's our legacy and responsibility at UC to be leaders in research and caring for people with HIV," Hare concluded.
Take Action:

And Now, Model Wars!

This group is called "Peckers Pics."  The English -  slang definition of "pecker" is to pluck at the truth. Therefore, we peck at items such as Gay Men's Health, Male Fitness, Gay (LGBT) Politics & Issues.  In this section you may peck at each photo in order to decide the winner of the "war of the fittest!"  Whereas, who is the model that may inspire you to exercise and "get fit?"  Warning: This may stoke you!
 
Your participation in discussion of health / news articles - appearing in this message is greatly appreciated.
 
(Above) Chris Salvatore performing at San Diego Gay Pride; July 18, 2010
(Above) Chris Salvatore performing at San Diego Gay Pride; July 18, 2010
(Above) Chris Salvatore performing at San Diego Gay Pride; July 18, 2010
Chris Salvatore
Singer/Songwriter/Actor
Date of Birth - 22 May 1985
Mini Biography:
Chris Salvatore started his career in entertainment as a singer/songwriter, writing his first song at age 15. After graduating high school he studied vocal performance at one of America's finest music institutions, Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Chris started gaining notable attention with the release of his debut album After All Is Said And Done. His song Done To Me was recently featured on MTV's Paris Hilton's My New BFF. In 2006 Chris decided to move to New York City to attend The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts and study acting. It was there where he discovered his passion for film and theater. He moved to Los Angeles in 2009 and 2 weeks later was cast in his first feature film as one of the lead roles in Eating Out: All You Can Eat. He continues to write music, and even has one of his songs featured on the Eating Out: All You Can Eat soundtrack. Chris plans on releasing his 2nd album in early 2010.
 
VS
Wilmer Lilo
 
You Decide!
San Diego Gay Pride; July 18, 2010
Stoked?
San Diego Gay Pride; July 18, 2010
Court: Texas can't stop gay divorce that's granted
By JAMIE STENGLE / Associated Press / January 7, 2011
 

DALLAS -- The Texas attorney general can't block a divorce granted to two women who were legally married elsewhere, an appeals court ruled Friday.

A judge in Austin granted a divorce last February to Angelique Naylor and Sabina Daly, who were married in Massachusetts in 2004 and then returned home to Texas.

A day after the divorce was granted, Texas Attorney General Gregg Abbott filed a motion to intervene in the case, arguing the judge didn't have the jurisdiction to grant the divorce because Texas has a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage. The judge ruled that the attorney general's motion wasn't timely, a decision Abbott then appealed.

In Friday's ruling, a three-judge panel of 3rd Texas Court of Appeals in Austin said the state was not a party of record in the divorce case and Abbott therefore did not have standing to appeal.

The ruling, however, does not settle the debate over whether same-sex couples should be allowed to divorce in Texas, where a different appeals court has ruled against a gay couple seeking a divorce in the state.

The 5th Texas Court of Appeals in Dallas ruled in August that gay couples legally married in other states can't get a divorce in Texas. In that case, Abbott had appealed after a Dallas judge said she did have jurisdiction to grant a divorce - though had not yet granted one - and dismissed the state's attempt to intervene.

The ruling by the Dallas appeals court's three-judge panel also affirmed the state's same-sex marriage ban was constitutional. Texas voters in 2005 passed, by a 3-to-1 margin, a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage even though state law already prohibited it.

Austin attorney Jody Scheske, who handled the appeals in both divorce cases, acknowledged the divergent rulings far from settle the issue of gay couples seeking a divorce in Texas.

"It's complicated and to some extent remains unsettled and that's unfortunate," he said. "If you have a legal marriage you should have the same equal right to divorce as all other married people have."

But for his client in the Austin case, the Friday ruling means she will remain divorced, Scheske said.

"For the larger issue, what it means is the state of Texas can't intervene in private lawsuits just because it doesn't like one of the trial court's rulings," he said. "The state was not a party, so they couldn't intervene after the fact."

The attorney general can choose to ask the entire Austin appeals court to hear the case there or can appeal the Friday ruling to the Texas Supreme Court.

Abbott spokeswoman Lauren Bean said their office "will weigh all options to ensure that the will of Texas voters and their elected representatives is upheld."

"The Texas Constitution and statutes are clear: only the union of a man and a woman can be treated as a marriage in Texas. The court's decision undermines unambiguous Texas law," Bean said.

Unlike the Dallas case, the Austin case did not examine whether the judge had jurisdiction to grant the divorce. Ken Upton, a staff attorney for Lambda Legal, a national legal organization that promotes equal rights for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, noted the Austin appeals court decision was in fact quite narrow.

"Basically, the only rule that comes out of it is that (Abbott) waited too long," he said.

He said the predicament of gay couples seeking divorce in Texas highlights what happens when states adopt "such different views about marriage and relationships."

"The more we have this patchwork of marriage laws, the more difficult it is for people who don't have access to the same orderly dissolution," he said.

"Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. Survivors always have an obligation to those who will face the same challenges."

....Jake

__._,_.___


All members of "Peckers PICS" are requested to join our "Obama Biden 2008" group as it runs in conjunction to this group.  Both groups shall not repeat articles from one group to another.  However, to gain full knowledge of Gay rights, members must belong to the Obama group as well as this group.  Therefore, please accept your invitation to join. 

To join the Obama group please click (or copy and paste the link into your browser) @  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ObamaBiden2008/join

Thank you!
 

"Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. Survivors always have an obligation to those who will face the same challenges."

...Jake (Moderator)



Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional
Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required)
Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured
Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe

__,_._,___
Posted by at

No comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)