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Health

Health is a core pillar of Xtra’s content … sexual health, mental health, trans health, reproductive health. From our recurring Ask an Expert series to our Ask Kai sex and relationship advice column to in-depth features on breaking medical news, we take a serious, science-based, shame-free approach to all aspects of your health.

HIV tests pulled
Toronto

HIV tests pulled

May give false negative results

By Mark Brodsky
The next big thingie?
Toronto

The next big thingie?

Is there a market for anal condoms?

By Kerwin McLeister
Reforming health reform
Toronto

Reforming health reform

Romanow & his commission had better watch out

By Tim McCaskell
Overdose conundrum
Toronto

Overdose conundrum

Cutting back on the ‘ooga booga’ routine

By David Collins
What’s your HIV status?
Toronto

What’s your HIV status?

Asking can make a difference

By Frank Prendergast
What-EVER!
Toronto

What-EVER!

Studying how gay men talk

By John Sinopoli
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Unhealthy wait
Toronto

Unhealthy wait

Who’s holding up the opening of a progressive new downtown health centre?

By Kerwin McLeister
She lost the pounds I didn’t
Toronto

She lost the pounds I didn’t

No diet in the world could have helped me.

By Kate Barker
Overdoses worry party organizers
Toronto

Overdoses worry party organizers

Study warns against mixing drugs, unsafe sex

By Richard Burnett
Condoms & oral sex
Toronto

Condoms & oral sex

Mixed messages surround the risk of HIV infection

By Jeremy Parkes
Walking worried
Toronto

Walking worried

US events might cut into AIDS Walk funds

By John Sinopoli
Finally, acceptance
Toronto

Finally, acceptance

Gay men banned from sperm & blood donations, but death redeems them

By Jeremy Parkes
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Evolved family values
Toronto

Evolved family values

In our quest for a kid, we had many changes of heart

By Noreen Stevens
Trans DIY
Toronto

Trans DIY

There used to be a monopoly on gender reorientation – not anymore

By Alec Butler
Mad cow costs
Toronto

Mad cow costs

Leather fetish gear prices go sky-high

By John Sinopoli
Private bis
Toronto

Private bis

Men who have sex with men – and who aren’t gay – are the new sexual outlaws

By Paul Gallant
The kiss
Toronto

The kiss

‘It will seem like intimacy itself is now risky’

By Eleanor Brown
Acknowledging the forbidden
Toronto

Acknowledging the forbidden

Where exactly should a doctor’s boundary be set?

By Eleanor Brown
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