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Slamming and co.: boys, learn safer use!

Slamming und Co.: Jungs, lernt Safer Use!

More and more gay men are turning to needles to inject drugs and sexual enhancers. Many do not realise that they also run a high risk of HIV and hepatitis. So it's high time to practise the safer use rules in order to reduce the risks when injecting. By Florian Winkler-Ohm

Meningococcus: Berlin recommends vaccination for gay men

No need to panic, vaccination makes sense - an expert from the Robert Koch Institute in an interview

France recommends meningitis vaccination for gay men

In Berlin, too, there have been 5 cases of meningitis among gay men in the last six months. There is no reason to panic about an epidemic. A vaccination can still make sense.

Depression - the unknown widespread disease

Final spurt of the ICH WEISS WAS ICH TU test weeks

The I KNOW WHAT I DO test weeks are coming to an end... And quite successfully, as the report by author Axel Schock shows.

To the blood

HIV home tests from the Internet: A seemingly convenient alternative to counselling centres that you have to go to. But above all a bloody one, as a self-experiment shows.

Would you like one more test?

Having your arse checked with a swab is not really a problem. Even if the doctor is initially reluctant. A gloss on a visit to the doctor.

No extra sausages, please

Gay, disabled and perhaps HIV-positive? Psychotherapist Hans-Helmut Schulte explains how this is dealt with in the scene. A report by Kriss Rudolph.

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