Get Moving

Want to lower your long-term risks for diabetes, heart attacks, high blood pressure, strokes, and a host of other ailments while simultaneously boosting your day-to-day sense of well-being? Get off your butt and start exercising, HIV experts say. According to researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of California, Davis, regular moderate exercise can dramatically lower the risks for many diseases and conditions common among HIVers by >promoting weight-loss, >improving blood circulation, >boosting nervous system function, and >strengthening heart and lung endurance.