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Treatment for women
Studies in Post-Menopausal Women Reveal Potentially Higher Biological HIV Risk, as Well as Possible Tenofovir Concerns

A little light from CROI 2011 has shone into the dark corners of research into aging women with HIV/AIDS. Two oral presentations compared HIV risk in pre-menopausal versus post-menopausal women.

Published
01 March 2011
From
The BodyPro
Five Things About HIV They're Not Telling You

Gay men are still forced to piece together the latest facts about HIV, largely due to the reticence of public health messages -- or just plain homophobia.

Published
12 January 2011
From
The Body
Epidemiology and behaviour
Study examines risk of heterosexual HIV transmission in China

A new study examines the burden of HIV and sexually transmitted disease among male clients of the commercial sex industry in China's Sichuan province. Since 2007, heterosexual transmission has replaced injecting drug use as the primary transmission mode of all HIV infections in China.

Published
08 November 2010
From
Science Daily
Microbicides
Promising HIV prevention microbicide tenofovir gel being tested for safety of rectal use

Tenofovir gel, a vaginal microbicide that has shown promise for preventing HIV through vaginal sex, is being tested in a new trial looking at its safety and acceptability when used rectally.

Published
13 October 2010
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
Sexual transmission
Experimentation, orgasms, and the rise of anal sex

A new American sex survey is out. It reveals who's doing what, with whom, and how. It clarifies the prevalence of gay sex, teenage intercourse, and oral gratification. But the big story is the increase in anal sex reported by women.

Published
06 October 2010
From
Slate
UGANDA: HIV superinfection spreading in fishing communities

A study of HIV-positive people in fishing communities on the shores of Lake Victoria in central Uganda has found that more than a quarter have "superinfections" that threaten both treatment and prevention efforts.

Published
31 August 2010
From
IRIN Plus News
Sexual transmission
AIDS virus changes in semen make it different than in blood

The virus that causes AIDS may undergo changes in the genital tract that make HIV-1 in semen different than what it is in the blood, according to a new study.

Published
20 August 2010
From
Science Daily
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Community Consensus Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and its Use for Prevention

Together, we can make it happen

We can end HIV soon if people have equal access to HIV drugs as treatment and as PrEP, and have free choice over whether to take them.

Launched today, the Community Consensus Statement is a basic set of principles aimed at making sure that happens.

The Community Consensus Statement is a joint initiative of AVAC, EATG, MSMGF, GNP+, HIV i-Base, the International HIV/AIDS Alliance, ITPC and NAM/aidsmap
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