... since about 2000 that the Internet has dramatically changed HIV risk for gay men and other men who have sex ... sexual contact accounted for 74 percent of HIV diagnoses among young males between the ages ...
... , where male circumcision is widespread, the prevalence of HIV remains relatively low. When initial findings ... Africa showed at least a 60% reduction in HIV risk, the trials were stopped early because ...
... experiencing depressive symptoms. Yet few HIV intervention programs exist to help them ... undertaken between 2003 and 2006 to develop and test HIV risk-reduction interventions. For this study, researchers ...
... "Our findings clearly show that extended drug regimens can significantly reduce the risk of HIV transmission from breastfeeding."
According to the researchers, the proportion of infants experiencing ...
... of HIV is rising in the female population, understanding how to facilitate women's participation in effective HIV risk-reduction interventions is crucial to public health," the authors conclude.
... 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....
... Although the donor did not test positive for HIV at the time of his death -- all U.S. donors ... caution that telling patients about a specific donor's HIV risk factors, without emphasizing the greater ...
... Peer education, skills training and cultural tailoring were critical factors we found in interventions that reduced HIV risk behaviors and led to lower rates of sexually transmitted infections," said ...
... highly pervasive in Russia, and has been associated with sexual HIV risk-taking behavior. According to lead author ... tested positive received a 20-minute HIV post-test counseling session with the study ...
... discovery marks the first genetic risk factor for HIV found only in people of African descent, and sheds ... past is now leaving the host more susceptible to HIV.
"In sub-Saharan Africa, the vast majority ...
... protect people of African descent against malaria has now been shown to increase their susceptibility to HIV infection by up to 40 per cent, according to new research. Conversely, the same variation ...
... 60 percent. The association between BV and HIV infection was weaker in high HIV-risk groups, Smith ... be because women in high-risk groups have a greater risk of acquiring HIV from causes other than BV. ...
Married women in India who experience physical and sexual violence from their husbands have an increased risk of HIV infection, compared with women who are not abused by their husbands, according to a ...
... would likely be insufficiently efficient to be universally effective in reducing HIV risk, and will have to be combined with other prevention modalities to have a substantial and sustained prevention ...
... compared to uncircumcised men with unknown HIV exposure (2.5 percent vs 3. ... previously suggested that circumcision may be associated with reduced HIV risk, but the findings were limited by small sample ...
