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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 


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. 


New HPV test could replace the antiquated PAP, save lives
DanyC submitted, created time 11 months 3 weeks (www.forbes.com)
With early detection, cervical cancer is almost entirely preventable with a new genetic test. But if doctors still cling to the highly unreliable Pap smear that screen for pre-cancerous cervical,maybe there is a wrong unavoidable, a cervical cancer prevention group do supports on prevention cancers that are preventable. 


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 
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