http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Studies have found that conditional cash transfer programs, in which governments pay citizens if they consistently practice societally beneficial behaviors, have improved pediatric health care and education in Mexico, increased HIV testing in Malawi, and reduced sexually transmitted infections in Tanzania. Public health researchers therefore investigated whether the idea could be applied to HIV risk behaviors among gay men and male sex workers in Mexico City. A new study reports not only that some members of those populations would change behavior for conditional cash payments, but the exact prices they would accept. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-incentive-price-hiv-mexico.html HIV & AIDS Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:31:28 EST news279199881 High-risk sexual behaviors and drug habits that can increase a person's likelihood of getting HIV/AIDS are on the decline in the United States, according to a government survey released Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-risky-sex-drug-decline-survey.html Health Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:40:01 EST news246201340