Richard Ferri, PhD, ANP

There are things in life you have to experience to truly understand. No matter how close you may come to the edge of an event, if you never c...

Today is World AIDS Day 2011 and I have been struggling with what to say for weeks now. I have written and re-written this column and still f...

I waited for some time to pass before writing like the widower forgotten after the death and the immediate aftermath.

The problem with a smoke and mirrors existence is that eventually the smoke thins and the mirrors dull.

It was there in my early days. I just did not see it clearly or really give a damn about it.

Today I can’t take my eyes off of it. I guess that is because the dent was made by the top of my head slamming into the wall.

It has become an “attack and condemn” shouting match where the winner takes all. No prisoners are allowed and those who hold an opposing view...

There they are; all my friends. Snug in their little coffins lying happily akimbo without rhyme or reason. They are just there. But not rea...

Labor leader Mother Jones said it best and said it simply: Pray for the dead and fight like hell for the living.

Writing for me is like masturbating. It is intentionally self-indulgent, rousingly painful (if done right), self-aggrandizing, and ultimately...

The emotion of truly not caring about yourself or others is the most terrifying emotion I can imagine. Indifference scares me so much because...

My time may be limited but not my talent. I have been silent and hoping things would change.

I had forgotten about the envelope the priest gave me. For a while it sat on my desk and I would occasionally spy upon it but always resisted...

Ernie and I were driving with the top down, bare-chested, hotly pumped from one of our insanely intense workouts, and it felt like the summer...

I am a sober jock that works out 5 days a week and eat an excellent diet. I don’t smoke, drink or drug. My only downfall is taking HIV medica...

I am having a prolonged case of the “screw its” and it is time to get over them. What I have not realized until today is why the “screw its”...

The other day I was a smart attentive HIV clinician and expert absorbing new knowledg