http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. (Medical Xpress) -- The 3rd South African National HIV Communication Survey (NCS) results released today at the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., revealed new data that show substantial increases in behaviors that reduce the risk of HIV: condom use, HIV counseling and testing, and voluntary medical male circumcision. The data also confirm that exposure to HIV communication programs have a direct impact on people practicing these behaviors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-south-africa-survey-great-million.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:23:58 EST news262365831 (HealthDay) -- Black teenagers in the United States have become much less sexually active over the past two decades, and those who do have sex appear to be more likely to use condoms, a new survey has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-survey-big-sexual-black-teens.html Health Tue, 24 Jul 2012 10:20:01 EST news262342421 Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in partnership with Indian researchers and HIV positive networks groups, have found that in India, non-disclosure of HIV serostatus to sex partners among both HIV-infected female sex workers (FSWs) and HIV-infected clients of FSWs is exceedingly common. These findings currently appear online in the journal AIDS and Behavior. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-non-disclosure-hiv-serostatus-common-india.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 23 Jul 2012 12:43:25 EST news262266143 (Medical Xpress) -- In a study published in the latest edition of The Lancet, researchers from Emory University propose that biomedical interventions, including pre-exposure prophylaxis, combined with behavioural and structural prevention strategies could prevent as many as 25 percent of new HIV infections among men having sex with men (MSM) globally over the next decade. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-hiv-cases-combined-efforts.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 23 Jul 2012 08:10:01 EST news262248558 Black gay couples tend to practice safe sex but don't talk about it, while white gay couples discuss safety but are less likely to use condoms, according to new findings presented at the 19th International AIDS Conference. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-gay-couples-condom-decision-making-varies.html HIV & AIDS Sun, 22 Jul 2012 15:31:39 EST news262189738 The UN agency tasked with fighting AIDS on Tuesday welcomed the decision by the United States to allow the use of an HIV prevention pill for the first time. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-unaids-drug-hiv.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 17 Jul 2012 06:38:40 EST news261725914 Los Angeles County voters are to decide if condom use should be obligatory for pornographic actors, after AIDS campaigners said Thursday they had collected enough signatures for a November ballot. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-la-county-voters-condoms-porn.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 06 Jul 2012 04:24:08 EST news260767441 Ever wonder what it would be like to sleep with a mean film director, a socialite or the guy who does voice-over in movie trailers, or perhaps with one of your Facebook friends? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-app-swedes-sex-friends-fantasy.html Health Tue, 19 Jun 2012 12:36:39 EST news259328191 People who were sexually unfaithful without their partner's knowledge were less likely to practice safe sex than those who had other sexual relationships with their partner's consent. They were also more likely to be under the influence of drugs and alcohol at the time of the encounter. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-secret-pose-greater-infection-sexual.html Health Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:07:33 EST news258894437 (AP) -- A pill to prevent HIV infection is already being given to some healthy people, but without government approval, it remains out of reach and too costly for many who need it. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-advocates-hiv-pill.html HIV & AIDS Fri, 11 May 2012 11:59:29 EST news255956363 Voluntary testing and counseling (VT/C) for HIV or sexually transmitted infections (STI) among cocaine and heroin users who were treated in the emergency department (ED), accompanied by referral to drug treatment, was associated with reduction in unprotected sex acts and fewer sex acts while high according to researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-cocaine-heroin-users-unprotected-sex.html Addiction Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:51:23 EST news253878677 (HealthDay) -- There's been little progress in recent years in boosting the number of American secondary schools that teach students how to prevent pregnancy and protect themselves against HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-sex-efforts-lagging-schools-cdc.html Health Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:28:10 EST news252862074 A new economic analysis, conducted by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and featured in the current issue of Springer's journal AIDS and Behavior, showed that the DC Female Condom program, a public-private partnership to provide and promote female condoms, prevented enough HIV infections in the first year alone to save over $8 million in future medical care costs (over and above the cost of the program). This means that for every dollar spent on the program, there was a cost savings of nearly $20. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-dc-female-condom-highly-effective.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:00:03 EST news251980668 Women gradually use condoms less frequently during their first year of college, according to a new study by researchers from The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine. This was particularly true for women who binge drink, have lower grade point averages or come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-women-decrease-condom-freshman-year.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:49:57 EST news249648590 (Medical Xpress) -- A new study by researchers at Indiana University and George Mason University provides a large-scale assessment of condom use during the most recent anal intercourse among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States. Findings from this study highlight diversity in condom use behaviors and demonstrate varying degrees of potential risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, regardless of sexual orientation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-highlights-condom-gay-bisexual-men.html Health Tue, 28 Feb 2012 06:02:16 EST news249631289 Problems with the correct use of the male condom, such as not wearing a condom throughout sex or putting it on upside down, are common in the U.S. and have become a major concern of public health officials. New research shows that countries around the world are facing similar challenges. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-prevalence-improper-condom-health-issue.html HIV & AIDS Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:53:22 EST news249108788 (AP) -- Actors in adult movies filmed in Los Angeles will be required to use condoms under an ordinance signed into law by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, and porn industry leaders say the regulation could lead them to abandon the nation's porn capital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-la-mayor-law-requiring-condoms.html Health Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:20:37 EST news246687609 One in 13 teenage girls, aged 14 to 20, reported having a group-sex experience, with those young women more likely to have been exposed to pornography and childhood sexual abuse than their peers, according to a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-group-sex-adolescents-health.html Health Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:46:29 EST news243251179 Behavioral interventions aimed at reducing sexual risk behaviors, such as unprotected sex, are effective at both promoting condom use and reducing sexually transmitted infections (STIs) long after the initial intervention, according to a new report in the December 15 issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-behavioral-interventions-condom-sexually-transmitted.html Health Thu, 15 Dec 2011 12:51:26 EST news243175859 (AP) -- Worried about birth control in light of headlines about side effects from Yaz and the patch? Women have a lot of options that are safe and effective, including some that are even more reliable. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-birth-choices-abound.html Health Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:50:02 EST news242930430 In a major setback for AIDS prevention research, a clinical trial of a new vaginal gel supposed to reduce HIV infections has been suspended after studies showed it to be ineffective. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-hiv-trial-scrapped-gel-ineffective.html HIV & AIDS Sun, 27 Nov 2011 12:50:01 EST news241619690 A significant expansion in access to treatment helped slash the number of AIDS-related deaths in 2010, bringing the number of people living with HIV to a record 34 million, the United Nations said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-mn-hiv-treatment-deaths.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 21 Nov 2011 05:14:58 EST news241074885 In sub-Saharan Africa, couples in long-term relationships where one partner is HIV-positive and the other is HIV-negative (HIV serodiscordant couples) could benefit from anti-AIDS drugs (antiretroviral therapy) given either as treatment or as a prevention measure (prophylaxis) to reduce the risk of HIV transmission. These findings, from a modelling study led by Timothy Hallett from Imperial College London and published in this week's PLoS Medicine, also show that this strategy could be cost-effective. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-options-couples-partner-hiv-positive.html HIV & AIDS Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:00:02 EST news240602393 A surprising 80 percent of teenage boys say they are using condoms the first time they have sex, a government survey found in a powerful sign that decades of efforts to change young people's sexual behavior are taking hold. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-percent-boys-condoms.html Health Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:31:51 EST news237652269 Gonorrhea is evolving into a scourge resistant to most antibiotics, and urgent action is needed to combat this public health threat, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-antibiotic-resistant-gonorrhea-urgent-action.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:10:37 EST news235660215 Many women over 50 years old date and are sexually active and thereby face many possible health risks. Yet, most educational campaigns designed to prevent sexually transmitted diseases target younger generations. Older women also need and want more information about sexual health and wellness. A study in the new special issue of the Journal of Consumer Affairs on older consumers found a critical need for improving communication between older women and their physicians about sexual health and for providing these women with tools on how to negotiate with partners about safe sex practices. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-older-women-lack-important-sexual.html Health Wed, 14 Sep 2011 03:52:56 EST news235191155 Partner abuse leads to HIV infection, and black women are most at risk. A new study at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing has found that 46 percent of African-American adolescent girls report that their partner did not use a condom the last time they had sex -- often because of partner abuse. The girls described physical and sexual abuse and threats as preventing them from having their partner use condoms. The relationship between HIV and partner abuse is significant: In the U.S., at least 12 percent of HIV infections among women are a result of partner abuse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-adolescent-girls-unwanted-unprotected-sex.html Health Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:42:44 EST news234546116 Using HIV treatment drugs to reduce the risk of spreading the AIDS virus may be even more effective than thought, according to new analysis from a landmark trial presented here on Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-hiv-drugs-effective-thought.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 18 Jul 2011 11:23:38 EST news230207007 Every eight hours, a Canadian contracts HIV. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-hiv-health-canada.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 06 Jun 2011 07:15:38 EST news226563281 (Medical Xpress) -- The biggest complaint from men and women when it comes to condom use is the decrease in sensitivity and erectile performance during intercourse. It is this reason that condoms are not used as often as they should be. It is because of this that Futura Medical in the UK has developed a new condom, the CSD500, which will address those issues and hopefully increase the use of condoms and prevention of STDs. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-viagra-condom-std.html Health Thu, 12 May 2011 15:30:07 EST news224431028