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Deciding how to feed your infant can be confusing for parents living with HIV. Read more about benefits and challenges of breast/chestfeeding.

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Get information on cancers that are more common among people living with HIV: Kaposi sarcoma, lymphoma, and cervical, liver, anal, and lung cancers.

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Cannabis has medicinal properties that can benefit people living with HIV, but its legality varies by location. Learn more about laws governing medical and adult-use cannabis in the US.

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Cannabis has many health benefits, including for people living with HIV. Learn about types of cannabis, its medicinal uses and HIV drug interactions, and ways it can be consumed.

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Get basic information on HIV in children: HIV care and treatment, preventing illness, drug adherence, disclosure of HIV status, and more.

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Learn how to recognize and deal with some of the most common gut problems for people living with HIV – diarrhea, nausea, gas, and heartburn.

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Get basic facts about heart disease – what it is, symptoms of a heart attack, HIV and heart disease, how to reduce your risk factors, and more.

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Learn about your liver's functions, symptoms and tests for liver inflammation, which HIV drugs affect the liver, and how to keep your liver healthy.

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Learn more about chlamydia, one of the most common – and treatable – sexually transmitted infections.

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Injection drug users are at high risk of acquiring HIV and hepatitis. Learn how to reduce your risk, including how to clean drug equipment if you cannot get new sterile syringes.

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