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Be Well Medical Center’s New Owners Continue Dr. Benson’s Legacy of Care
When Dr. Paul Benson opened Be Well Medical Center in Berkley on Dec. 1, 1980, modern medical imaging was still in its infancy, and the disease that would shape [...]Read more about Be Well Medical Center’s New Owners Continue Dr. Benson’s Legacy of Care
Get More From Your Healthcare Dollars in 2026
With open enrollment season here and many people discovering their 2026 premiums and deductibles have climbed yet again, healthcare affordability is top of [...]Read more about Get More From Your Healthcare Dollars in 2026
When Backlash Triggered Pushback: A History of LGBTQ+ Resilience in Michigan
What LGBTQ+ Michiganders — and all Americans — are living through in 2025 with the bombardment of attacks on our community is, in many ways, all too familiar. [...]Read more about When Backlash Triggered Pushback: A History of LGBTQ+ Resilience in Michigan
The Groundbreaking 1980s Sex Ed Advertising That Helped Save Lives
In 1980, when Dr. Paul Benson opened his LGBTQ-affirming Be Well Medical Center in Berkley, advertising featuring LGBTQ+ imagery was still considered taboo [...]Read more about The Groundbreaking 1980s Sex Ed Advertising That Helped Save Lives
See Mariah Belt a Modern Christmas Classic in Detroit, Commemorate World AIDS Day, Get Your PRISM Chorus Holiday Show Tickets
Whether you’re planning to bathe yourself in every drop of holiday splendor you can squeeze out of the 2023 holiday season or just hoping it will go quickly, [...]Read more about See Mariah Belt a Modern Christmas Classic in Detroit, Commemorate World AIDS Day, Get Your PRISM Chorus Holiday Show Tickets
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Advice to Be Well: Why Doesn't My Doctor Explain My Abnormal Lab Results?
Hi Doc, Whenever I look at my lab results on the portal, there always is a lot of “red” in the results and the provider never goes over them. Should I be [...]Read more about Advice to Be Well: Why Doesn't My Doctor Explain My Abnormal Lab Results?
Advice to Be Well: What Are Your Options When Heart Problems Make Viagra Too Dangerous?
I’m a 74-year-old male. I have a healthy sex drive and have multiple partners. I have difficulty maintaining erections and cannot have sex unless I use [...]Read more about Advice to Be Well: What Are Your Options When Heart Problems Make Viagra Too Dangerous?
Advice to Be Well: Should I Trust My Doctor About Statin Medications Despite Online Warnings?
AB: Hi Doctor. At our last visit, you recommended I start a statin medication to prevent cardiovascular disease, but when I researched the medication you gave [...]Read more about Advice to Be Well: Should I Trust My Doctor About Statin Medications Despite Online Warnings?
Advice to Be Well: Is Getting Tested for Everything Before Dating Actually Helpful?
Hi Doctor, I am newly single and want to get all possible sexually transmitted infection (STI) testing, including testing for herpes today. I want to show my [...]Read more about Advice to Be Well: Is Getting Tested for Everything Before Dating Actually Helpful?
Advice to Be Well: Can Shock Wave Therapy Help With Erectile Dysfunction if You Can't Take ED Medications?
I’m a 40 year old male living with HIV since 2002. I have been doing very well with that and taking my medications daily. I also have hypertension and [...]Read more about Advice to Be Well: Can Shock Wave Therapy Help With Erectile Dysfunction if You Can't Take ED Medications?
Advice to Be Well: Is There Really a New Drug-Resistant Strain of Gonorrhea?
My friend told me about a new strain of gonorrhea that is difficult to treat. I have not heard of this. Is it true? – M.B.Dear MB,Gonorrhea is the second most [...]Read more about Advice to Be Well: Is There Really a New Drug-Resistant Strain of Gonorrhea?
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FDA Proposes New Individual Risk Assessments to Make It Easier For Gay, Bisexual Men To Donate Blood
A new FDA policy will pave the way for more gay and bisexual men to donate blood. Current policy requires MSM (men who have sex with men) to undergo a [...]Read more about FDA Proposes New Individual Risk Assessments to Make It Easier For Gay, Bisexual Men To Donate Blood
Upcoming FDA Guidance May Finally Ease Restrictions on Blood Donation By Gay, Bisexual Men
The FDA could reverse restrictive rules that have prevented many gay and bisexual men from donating blood. Since 2015, the agency has allowed members of the MSM [...]Read more about Upcoming FDA Guidance May Finally Ease Restrictions on Blood Donation By Gay, Bisexual Men
Advice to Be Well: Can My HMO Force Me to Use Local Surgeons for Top Surgery?
I am a transgender male. I want to get a bilateral mastectomy and go to a physician out of state that my friend went to and was very happy with. I went to my [...]Read more about Advice to Be Well: Can My HMO Force Me to Use Local Surgeons for Top Surgery?
Advice to Be Well: Is My Child Too Young to Know They're Trans?
Hi Doctor. My adolescent child just told me that they are trans. I am unsure how to react. What do I do? I am so glad that you are being thoughtful about your [...]Read more about Advice to Be Well: Is My Child Too Young to Know They're Trans?
Advice to Be Well: Does Testosterone Work as Birth Control for Trans Men?
Thank you for medical advice column. I look forward to reading it each month. Dr. Benson, you have been part of our community and providing great care for [...]Read more about Advice to Be Well: Does Testosterone Work as Birth Control for Trans Men?
Advice to Be Well: Can I Switch From Multiple HIV Pills to Just One Daily Pill?
I am a person living with HIV on a complicated multiple pill regimen. I’m tired of taking so many pills. I know other people with HIV taking one pill a day. Am [...]Read more about Advice to Be Well: Can I Switch From Multiple HIV Pills to Just One Daily Pill?
Advice to Be Well: Why Did My Doctor Say I Don't Need Prostate Cancer Screening?
Hi doctor. I am a 60-year-old cis male and my doctor recently told me that I do not need to be screened for prostate cancer. My father has been getting this [...]Read more about Advice to Be Well: Why Did My Doctor Say I Don't Need Prostate Cancer Screening?
Canceled Due to Monkeypox: How LGBTQ+ Events in Michigan Are Responding to the Outbreak
With monkeypox cases still on the rise in southeast Michigan, it might be time to reevaluate your approach to basically anything involving skin-to-skin contact. [...]Read more about Canceled Due to Monkeypox: How LGBTQ+ Events in Michigan Are Responding to the Outbreak
["Monkeypox in Michigan, Part 5","The Community Center Leader: ‘We're Trying to Reduce Barriers To People Getting This Shot’"]
Yesterday in the Pride Source series, Monkeypox in Michigan, Devin O’Hara shared how an idea and an Instagram account turned into an opportunity to educate his [...]Read more about ["Monkeypox in Michigan, Part 5","The Community Center Leader: ‘We're Trying to Reduce Barriers To People Getting This Shot’"]
["Monkeypox in Michigan, Part 3","The Public Health Official: ‘Anyone Can Get the Virus’"]
Yesterday in the series, Pride Source featured infectious disease expert Dr. Paul Benson, who said he believes monkeypox can be eradicated. Today, Oakland [...]Read more about ["Monkeypox in Michigan, Part 3","The Public Health Official: ‘Anyone Can Get the Virus’"]
["Monkeypox in Michigan, Part 2","The Doctor: ‘Those People at High Risk Should Get Vaccinated’"]
Yesterday, Pride Source shared the perspective of an individual who came home from Europe with the monkeypox virus. Ryan Abraham described what it’s been like [...]Read more about ["Monkeypox in Michigan, Part 2","The Doctor: ‘Those People at High Risk Should Get Vaccinated’"]
Advice to Be Well: Do Anal Warts Really Turn Into Cancer Like My Friend Says?
I thought I had hemorrhoids for the last few years. A friend saw these and said they are warts and can turn into cancer. Is that true? Is there anything to do [...]Read more about Advice to Be Well: Do Anal Warts Really Turn Into Cancer Like My Friend Says?
Advice to Be Well: Can Trans Women Safely Take PrEP While on Hormone Therapy?
I’m a transgender female on Estradiol. My new cis-gender male partner is living with HIV. He is taking medication and has an undetectable viral load. I would [...]Read more about Advice to Be Well: Can Trans Women Safely Take PrEP While on Hormone Therapy?
Monkeypox Lands In Michigan at Be Well Medical Center in Berkley: Here's What You Need to Know
The inevitable has happened. A man was recently diagnosed with the monkeypox virus at Dr. Paul Benson’s Be Well Medical Center in Berkley. It is believed to be [...]Read more about Monkeypox Lands In Michigan at Be Well Medical Center in Berkley: Here's What You Need to Know
First Patients Receive Clinical Trial of HIV Vaccine Using Moderna’s mRNA Tech
The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) and pharmaceutical giant Moderna jointly announced that the first doses of an experimental HIV vaccine have [...]Read more about First Patients Receive Clinical Trial of HIV Vaccine Using Moderna’s mRNA Tech
Michigan HIV Experts 'Excited' About the Possibility of a New HIV Vaccine In The Works
Moderna, in the news these days for its successful COVID vaccine, has announced it now intends to start human trials on a vaccine for HIV. The news about [...]Read more about Michigan HIV Experts 'Excited' About the Possibility of a New HIV Vaccine In The Works
Obituary: Evelyn Josephine Fisher, M.D.
April 4, 1941 – Dec. 29, 2020 Evelyn Josephine Fisher was a native Detroiter born to parents Josephine and Otto Fisher and raised in Detroit's Indian Village [...]Read more about Obituary: Evelyn Josephine Fisher, M.D.
Transgender Michigan Hosts its Health Fair Virtually
In light of the novel coronavirus pandemic, many nonprofits and community organizations have been forced to cancel regularly scheduled programming and events [...]Read more about Transgender Michigan Hosts its Health Fair Virtually
Aging With HIV Requires Vigilance and Hope
MADISON HEIGHTS – It would have been an impossible dream 30 years ago, to live with HIV for decades and to actually grow into old age with the virus. Yet with [...]Read more about Aging With HIV Requires Vigilance and Hope
Dazzling Event Celebrates BTL's 25th Anniversary
DETROIT – Between The Lines celebrated 25 years of continuous publication at a gala party June 8. Over 250 people attended – advertisers, writers, current and [...]Read more about Dazzling Event Celebrates BTL's 25th Anniversary
State of Michigan PrEP Directory
Calhoun County Dr. Andrew Luciano Family Physician Marshall Medical Associates 1174 W. Michigan Ave Marshall, MI [...]Read more about State of Michigan PrEP Directory
World AIDS Day Calendar
Ann Arbor Nov. 21 – Dec. 5 Select works from the Siyazama Project, a community-based arts initiative created by and for women artists in South Africa, brings [...]Read more about World AIDS Day Calendar
Local Doctor Offers Unique Care for Trans Patients
Dr. William Powers, DO, is well ahead of many practitioners in the state of Michigan when it comes to understanding and supporting LGBTQ healthcare issues. [...]Read more about Local Doctor Offers Unique Care for Trans Patients
2015 HIV World Conference Report
By Dr. Paul Benson The Eighth International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment & Prevention convened in Vancouver, Canada July 19-22. [...]Read more about 2015 HIV World Conference Report
World AIDS Conference, PrEP Updates Come To Local Workshop
By BTL Staff Dr. Paul Benson will host a workshop on the latest PrEP news and updates on HIV prevention and treatments from the 20th World AIDs Conference that [...]Read more about World AIDS Conference, PrEP Updates Come To Local Workshop
Art, Music & More Blows Through Michigan
Compiled By Shelby Clark Petkus Fall is often considered Michigan's best season: beautiful weather, changing leaves and a host of different events. Here are a [...]Read more about Art, Music & More Blows Through Michigan
Report From The International AIDS Society's Conference
By Dr. Paul Benson MALAYSIA –The 7th International AIDS Society's (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention ended July 1 after five days [...]Read more about Report From The International AIDS Society's Conference
This Week's Advertisers
Etc. Spin Advertising, Tom Cormie Whethersfield Apartments, Waneida Felmore AIDS/HIV Organizations Lansing Area AIDS Network, Midwest AIDS Prevention [...]Read more about This Week's Advertisers
The Postives and The Negatives: Home HIV Test Now Available
As a doctor, it can be hard telling a patient they are HIV positive. When a person goes in for an HIV test at a clinic, like the Be Well Clinic in Berkley, [...]Read more about The Postives and The Negatives: Home HIV Test Now Available
Delegation Hopeful: The End of AIDS Could Be Near
For Dr. Paul Benson, founder of the Be Well Medical Center, two things were different about this year's World AIDS Conference held in Washington. D.C. The [...]Read more about Delegation Hopeful: The End of AIDS Could Be Near
Raves and Rants Results
Best Florist Blossoms, Birmingham: Want to tell that special person – or one-night stand – they mean something to you? Nothing says it better than a bouquet [...]Read more about Raves and Rants Results
Your Health Resource Guide
Acupuncture Acupuncture Natural Healing Arts Ginger Vary 725 S. Adams, Ste. L-11, Birmingham 248-302-1330 AIDS/HIV Organizations HIV/AIDS Resource Center [...]Read more about Your Health Resource Guide
Living healthy with HIV program offered Oct. 27
FERNDALE – The Midwest AIDS Prevention Project will provide a program for people living with HIV on Thursday, Oct. 27 at Como's restaurant in downtown [...]Read more about Living healthy with HIV program offered Oct. 27
