Contrary to popular belief, teens do not appear to commonly engage in oral sex as a way to preserve their virginity, according to the first study to examine the question nationally.
The analysis of a federal survey of more than 2,200 males and females ages 15 to 19, released Monday, found that more than half reported [...]
Oral sex isn’t keeping kids virgins
UCSF researchers studying cognition in older HIVers
With many people who have HIV and AIDS living longer, thanks to advances in medications, a group of researchers and doctors at the University of California, San Francisco is looking at how having HIV might affect cognitive health in people over 60.
People who have HIV and are over 60 are being sought for the three-year [...]
Rise in life expectancy not for all groups
A long, steady rise in life expectancy in the United States apparently isn’t being shared by everyone, and hasn’t been for years, according to a new study.
While the overall life expectancy of Americans increased by about seven years between 1960 and 2000, the report by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health and the [...]
Straight Men Also at Risk for Anal HPV
Prevalence and risk factors for human papillomavirus-related anal lesions were evaluated in 60 men with human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). Patients underwent anal cytology, anuscopy under colposcopic vision and anal biopsy for detection of the lesions. The mean age was 41.9 years and the mean time of HIV infection was 6.8 years, 88.3% of [...]
To circumcise or not?
For nearly all of Nada Mouallem’s pregnancy, she and her husband, Tony, had a running argument. She wanted to have their son circumcised. He didn’t. “Many days, I’d go off and research all the pros. He’d go and research all the cons. Then we’d get together at night and fight,” she says.
Arguments about circumcision often [...]
Study Reveals Health Care Woes of Asian Americans
National health care studies often treat Asian Americans as a homogenous, and largely healthy group, but a new study analyzing three years of government-compiled data has revealed substantial pockets of poor health and low insurance levels within the population. Korean Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders clock in with lower levels of insurance than African [...]
Anti-HIV drug ‘heart attack risk’
A popular anti-HIV drug nearly doubles the risk of heart attack, a study says.
Abacavir works by reducing the amount of the virus in the body and is often used in combination with other drugs.
But Danish researchers said patients may wish to consider changing treatment programmes after studying over 33,000 people, the Lancet reported.
Experts said the [...]
Scientist Says AIDS May Partly Be The Consequence Of An Evolutionary Accident
AIDS, a fatal disease in humans, may partly be the consequence of an evolutionary accident, scientists heard today (Tuesday 1 April 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology’s 162nd meeting being held this week at the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
“AIDS is a deadly disease in people that is caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). But [...]
Op-Ed: Swiss Say Condoms Not Necessary…Sometimes
POZ Founder Sean Strub
The Swiss Federal Commission for HIV/AIDS released a remarkable statement a few weeks ago that opened the door to the possibility of sex without condoms for people with HIV.
Citing their review of a long string of studies measuring HIV transmission from people with HIV to HIV-negative partners, the Commission concluded that sex [...]
Report Shows 48% Hike In US HIV Cases
Reported new HIV infections in the United States increased by 48 percent in 2006 according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The stunning figures, in the CDC Surveillance Report, comes in advance of a long anticipated in depth review of HIV infections that was to have been released early this year [...]