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Epidemiology and behaviour
Complex needs and overlapping vulnerabilities frequently reported by 'high-risk' gay men in Scotland

A quarter of Scottish gay men who are newly diagnosed with HIV or a rectal sexually transmitted infection (STI) report two or more vulnerabilities such as problematic

Published
07 July 2014
By
Roger Pebody
Alcohol
Even moderate drinking increases risk of advanced liver fibrosis for people with HIV and HCV co-infection

Even moderate alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of advanced liver fibrosis for people living with HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV) co-infection, investigators from the

Published
12 May 2014
By
Michael Carter
Alcohol
Study explores why gay, lesbian teens binge drink

Higher rates of binge drinking by lesbian and gay adolescents compared to their heterosexual peers may be due to chronic stress caused by difficult social situations, according to a study to be presented Saturday, May 3, at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Published
06 May 2014
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
Retention and linkage to care
Social problems and drug and alcohol problems common among people who develop AIDS despite long-term HIV care

Psychiatric, drug, alcohol and social care problems are highly prevalent among people who develop serious AIDS-defining illnesses well after their diagnosis with HIV, UK research published in Sexually Transmitted

Published
25 October 2013
By
Michael Carter
PrEP
Kenyan sex workers and men who have sex with men find PrEP acceptable but worry about others' assumptions

Qualitative interviews from an already published placebo-controlled study of 66 men who have sex with men (MSM) and five female sex workers (FSWs) in Kenya who took tenofovir/emtricitabine

Published
23 August 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Alcohol
Drinking alcohol doesn't increase the risk of HIV treatment failure

Alcohol consumption has little impact on key markers used to monitor the health of individuals with HIV, Swiss research published in the online edition of the Journal

Published
30 July 2013
By
Michael Carter
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Turning surveillance into support for men who have sex with men in Africa

We need to stop simply doing research into the health and behaviours of gay men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in resource-poorer countries, and

Published
02 July 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Epidemiology and behaviour
More drugs, more alcohol often means more risky sex for HIV-negative gay men

There is a highly significant relationship between frequency and intensity of drug and alcohol use and risky sex among American HIV-negative gay men, a study published in

Published
14 May 2013
By
Michael Carter
Hepatitis and HIV
Even moderate alcohol consumption increases risk of death for people with chronic hepatitis C

Moderate alcohol consumption - as little as one or two drinks per day -  is associated with an increased risk of mortality for people with chronic

Published
18 March 2013
By
Michael Carter
Mental and emotional health and wellbeing
HIV and the Power of Escape

For the men of the AIDS Generation when death was an inevitability, sex and substances provided an escape, not only from the realities of AIDS, but also from the stigma and discrimination experienced by so many of us growing up as gay men.

Published
10 March 2013
From
Huffington Post
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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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