Male circumcision reduces risk of HIV transmission from women to men
...examine the probability ofHIV infection per act of heterosexual sex among a population withmultiple sexual partner...the probability offemale-to-male infection through heterosexual sex, the cohortsconsisted only of monogamous couples in which the female partners wereHIV-positive. ...International trial of two microbicides begins
...of new cases of HIV infection in women result from heterosexual intercourse, but women may not always be able to insist that their male partners use measures to prevent HIV transmission," notes NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "If effective, microbicides would be a valuable woman-controlled means of slowing ...MetaChip provides quick, efficient toxicity screening of potential drugs
...of new cases of HIV infection in women result from heterosexual intercourse, but women may not always be able to insist that their male partners use measures to prevent HIV transmission," notes NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "If effective, microbicides would be a valuable woman-controlled means of slowing ...HIV vaccine trial breaks ground for future research
...en who have sex with men or women at high risk for heterosexual transmission. The vaccine and placebo were given by injection seven times over 30 months and the participants were assessed for risk. At each visit the participants were tested for HIV infection, and for those who were positive, HIV-1 plasma RNA load...AIDS expert says global strategy needed to combat feminization of HIV/AIDS
... female HIV infections in the United States due to heterosexual transmission (81 percent) and intravenous drug use (16 percent). In the developing world, heterosexual transmission is responsible for nearly all of the infections among women, and mother-to-child transm...Sperm washing helps couples – Breakthrough in focu
...erm washing to be a safe risk-reduction option for heterosexual couples wishing to bear a child Through this breakthrough procedure it is possible for couples to have a child without going through the traumatic possibility of contracting the dread...HIV infections have reached a new high
... this is the third year running that the number of heterosexual diagnoses has exceeded the number of homosexual diagnoses. Many of the new heterosexual infections are acquired abroad in countries of high HIV prevalence and brought to the UK by people w......mpared to those exhibiting homosexual/bisexual and heterosexual risk factors, injecting drug users had lesser cogn...heir findings suggest that homosexual/bisexual and heterosexual persons who survive longer are expected to be the group at highest risk for cognitive impairment. Ho......fic criteria were that the study had to single out heterosexual men in some way, had to include heterosexual men over age 15, and it had to be methodologically sound. After analyzing the 30 studies, a number ......l herpes virus.Researchers studied more than 1,400 heterosexual couples. In each case, one partner was diagnosed with //type 2 herpes and the other was susceptible to the virus. Type 2 herpes causes a chronic genital viral infection and is often contagious. Participants with herpes were given either 500 millig...