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New Way Men Can Transmit HIV to Women
piggy submitted, created time 3 weeks 17 hours (www.sciencedaily.com)
Researchers at Northwestern University have discovered a critical new way a man can transmit the HIV virus to a woman.
Scientists had long believed that the normal lining of the female vaginal tract was an effective barrier to invasion of the HIV virus during sexual intercourse. They thought the large HIV virus couldn't penetrate the tissue.
But new research from Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine has shown for the first time that the HIV virus does indeed penetrate a woman's normal, healthy genital tissue to a depth were it can gain access to its immune cell targets. 
Merck vaccine protects men from wart virus, too
sea-maid submitted, created time 1 month 3 weeks (www.reuters.com)
A vaccine designed to protect women and girls from cervical cancer caused by a wart virus may protect men, too, maker Merck and Co reported on Thursday
HPV infection rates similar in men and women
sea-maid submitted, created time 2 months 3 weeks (www.reuters.com)
Although men are at high risk of acquiring human papillomavirus (HPV) infections, most last no more than a year, about the same time this sexually transmitted disease persists in women, researchers report in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Study Shows Weak Circumcision/HIV Benefit for Gay/Bisexual Men
jerry submitted, created time 3 months 3 hours (www.webmd.com)
Although circumcision has been shown to reduce rates of HIV transmission among heterosexual couples, circumcision offers little HIV protection to gay/bisexual men -- overall. But it might cut HIV risk in predominantly insertive partners.
HPV DNA test "promising" for cervical cancer
sea-maid submitted, created time 3 months 1 day (www.scidev.net)
At over 90% accuracy, a test developed to detect carcinogenic human papillomavirus in women in developing countries has shown promise in trials. This article does not directly mention how this compares to PAP smears in efficacy and practicality.
sea-maid submitted, created time 3 months 3 weeks (www.sciencebase.com)
Studies have shown that social networking is a risk factor for catching a sexually transmitted disease (but only real-world social networking; LinkedIn is okay). However, this seems to be more of a result of an understanding of what a social network is than any Internet-induced change in the way people choose sexual partners. Sexually transmitted diseases are by definition (usually) transmitted along intimate social networks.
HIV in the U.S. hits American blacks extra hard
Darkfrog submitted, created time 3 months 3 weeks (www.nytimes.com)
The CDC has released a report on the way HIV spreads in the United States. Again, American blacks are at disproportionately high risk. While caucasian gay and bisexual men tend to get infected int heir thirties and forties, black gay and bisexual men tend to get infected in their teens and twenties.
The writeup does not say whether they adjusted for socioeconomic factors, but they do assert that the infected blacks were no more likely to be drug users or to engage in risky sexual behaviors than their counterparts in other races
HIV spreads in NYC at three times the U.S. average
kavin submitted, created time 4 months 1 week (www.reuters.com)
New Yorkers are contracting HIV at three times the national rate, the city health department said on Wednesday, attributing the difference to New York's large population of high-risk groups such as gay men and blacks.
In 2006, seventy-two of every 100,000 New Yorkers became infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, compared with the national average of twenty-three infections, the health department said.
Some 4,800 people contracted HIV in 2006 in New York, long considered the epicenter of the U.S. HIV/AIDS epidemic
jerry submitted, created time 6 months 2 weeks (www.time.com)
Doctors have long suspected that people with herpes are more likely to catch HIV. So they thought that by treating herpes, they could also cut a person's HIV risk. But a new study that tested this strategy found the assumption may have been wrong.
Study: Treating herpes doesn't prevent HIV
kavin submitted, created time 6 months 2 weeks (hosted.ap.org)
Doctors have long suspected that people with herpes are more likely to catch HIV. So they thought that by treating herpes, they could also cut a person's HIV risk. But a new study that tested this strategy found the assumption may have been wrong.
Why are there no boys in the Gardasil commercial?
Darkfrog submitted, created time 10 months 1 week (www.nytimes.com)
Although I knew that it was possible to give the anti-HPV vaccine to boys (it would protect them from getting genital warts in addition to making them less likely to give the cervical-cancer-causing virus to any female partners) I have to admit, the question didn't occur to me. Usually, drug companies are so eager to market their wares to as many people as possible, but there is a real dearth of pro-male HPV vaccine advertising out there.
Chlamydia common among young women and men
Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.reutershealth.com)
A large number of people between the ages of 14 and 39 years have chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease, a new report indicates, while gonorrhea, another STD, is less prevalent.
Apoorva Mandavilli on hype and the the HPV vaccine
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.nature.com)
Most of Ms. Mandavilli's opinion piece on the HPV vaccine is straight-up good sense: "We don't know how long its effects will last yet." "It's being touted, perhaps beyond its worth." She points out a few of the vaccine's less-publicized flaws, namely that it doesn't do much for women who have been sexually active before receiving it. But I worry that opponents of the vaccine could take her words the wrong way, particularly, "We don't know how well it works
Study for Am. Journal of Public Health: Condoms don't increase promiscuity
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.nytimes.com)
A study out of the University of Washington finds that teenagers who use condoms are not more promiscuous than those who do not, but that they are about half as likely to catch chlamydia or gonorrhea. More specifically, the study focuses on whether the teens used a condom the first time they had intimate relations, not whether they used them consistently throughout the study period.
This thirteen-year study covered over four-thousand then-teenagers and did involve self-reporting and retrospective questionnaires, which can increase error
Texas legislature blocks mandatory HPV vaccination
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.nytimes.com)
The Texas legislature has overruled Governor Perry's decree that all sixth-grade (about eleven years old) girls in Texas must be vaccinated with the HPV vaccine. This ruling does not in any way ban vaccination; it only says that the governor may not require it. Also, the ruling will only be in force for four years. Unless it is renewed, the governor of Texas may revisit the idea of mandatory HPV vaccinations in 2011
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