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To date, more than 230, 000 African Americans have died of AIDS. The inception of World AIDS Day began, many would say, when the world was in need of prayer. But that was all we had at the time. In 1988, the World Health Organization designated Dec. 1 as the day to pause and reflect on the magnitude of the devastating effect this disease was having on domestic and global communities.

Rosie O’Donnell appears with her wife Michelle Rounds on Thursday’s The Dr. Oz Show to help get the message out about women and heart disease after O’Donnell suffered a heart attack this summer and failed to call 911 when she began to recognize the symptoms.

The Diabetes drug Avandia is under fire because it was discoverd it causes increaded risk of heart disease. More than half of the people with diabetes are women.

New screening could detect disease before tumors form.

Doctors believe nearly 3 million Americans could be living with Celiac disease.

Beeching, who underwent exorcism as a teen, says a bout with a serious disease convinced her to come to terms with who she is — and to help young people do the same.

The Real L Word’s Lauren Bedford Russell, 31, was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis last summe and the reality star and fine jewelry designer has plans to bring more awareness to the disease.

Brazilian model and former Miss World contestant Mariana Bridi da Costa, who'd had her hands and feet amputated in an attempt to save her from the little known but deadly disease Septicemia, died early Saturday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention anonymously surveyed 156,000 high school students regarding risky behavior. In 50 to 90 percent of the risk categories listed - ranging from not utilizing a bicycle helmet, to drug use, to attempting suicide - gay, lesbian and bisexual students reported worse behavior.

Despite winning her first match in the U.S. Open, Venus Williams has dropped out of the tournament at the last minute. She was scheduled to play against Sabine Lisicki today, but instead appeared on Good Morning America to announce she has been diagnosed with Sjögren’s Syndrome, an autoimmune disease that causes fatigue and joint pain.

Singer, songwriter and musician Melissa Etheridge knows about breast cancer. Now, the openly lesbian activist is fighting the disease on a series of fronts inlcuding Pinktober and with the new docu-drama 1 a Minute with Olivia Newton-John, Kelly McGillis, Jaclyn Smith and Diahann Carroll.

A transfusion of blood from a Missouri man infected a Colorado kidney transplant recipient with HIV. According to the CDC, in June of 2008 the Missouri man donated blood, as he had done numerous times before. On his form, he failed to report any HIV risk factors, and his blood tested negative for the disease. Experts say that there is no cause for alarm, as this is very much an isolated incident.

Jennifer Saunders has fought and won her battle with breast cancer. The 52-year-old Absolutely Fabulous star and creator says she’s been fighting the disease since discovering a lump in her breast nine months ago. She said she was given the all clear last month, and celebrated by showing off her new buzz cut.

To honor our family, friends, loved ones, girlfriends, partners and in some cases, ourselves, we at SheWired are telling our stories of encounters with breast cancer, a disease that has affected nearly all of in some way. Today, our sports' guru Helen Wortham shares the lessons she's learned from brushes with breast cancer in her life.

Esteemed lesbian feminist poet Adrienne Rich has died at age 82. Rich died Tuesday at her home in Santa Cruz, Calif., her son Pablo Conrad told the Los Angeles Times.The cause was complications of rheumatoid arthritis; she had suffered from the disease for many years. Rich came out as a lesbian in the 1970s and had been with her partner, writer Michelle Cliff, since 1976.

Barbara Grier, lesbian publisher, activist and archivist, died Thursday of heart disease. She was 79. When I first met Barbara Grier, I was 19 and knew even then that she was one of the most important lesbian figures I would ever meet. More than 30 years later, after I've interviewed countless other lesbians over the years, Grier still ranks as a mover and shaker of iconic proportions.