Intervention can help reduce risky sexual behavior, according to results published in Science
...ssigned to attend a small-group, seven-session HIV risk reduction program; theother half attended a one-hour AIDS education session. One year after the intervention, the people who attended the long programreported significantly fewer unprotected sexual acts, had higher levels ofcondom use, and were more ...Landmark Study Shows Behavioral Interventions Reduce HIV-Related Sexual Risk Behavior
...d hardest to reach,such interventions can cut high risk sexual behaviors in half and more thandouble regul...tedsignificant reductions across a range of sexual risk indicators over a one-yearperiod. The seven-session intervention reduced the incidence of gonorrh...One-Time Needles Don't Reduce HIV Among Addicts, Study Shows
...reuse. Therefore, the authors conclude, theoverall risk of exposure to an infectious needle would actually...e same number of regular syringes would reduce the risk frominfectious needles by an even greater amount. To prove useful, say the authors, the number of D...Drug Combination Including New "Super Aspirin" Drug Cuts Risk Of Death Or Second Heart Attack
...g into ways to reduce heart attack survivors' high risk for death or asecond heart attack in the first year following the attack, with the mostcritical period being in the first few weeks. His study is unique in that it suggests a long-term benefit rather thanan immediate effect alone.Even with st...Antidepressants Can Lead To Mouth Infections
... taking antidepressant medication are at increased risk ofdeveloping dental cavities and oral infections, researchers warn. This is because antidepressants cause "dry mouth" by reducing theability to secrete saliva, according to F. P. M. L. Peeters, MD, and M.W.DeVries, MD, of Maastricht Universit...... DEERFIELD, Ill., June 24, 1998 -- Following all risk modification guidelines inthree of the most costly... reportindicates that aggressive implementation of risk modification guidelines notonly reduces the cost of claims but also enhances patient safety. The new...... fibrinogen and CRP (C-reactive protein), twoother risk factors for coronary occlusion. Thus, in addition to their well known lipid-lowering activity, fibrates alsohave an anti-inflammatory action. This suggests that fibrates may have abeneficial vascular action during the treatment of atherosclerosis an...Voluntary HIV Counseling And Testing Reduce Risk Behavior In Developing Countries
...positive.2 "We saw up to a 50 percent reduction in risk behavior in six months, and therewas a clear difference in individual behaviors after counseling," he said. "Forthe couples, the behavior changes depended on whether the partners were the sameserostatus or not." Six months after the counseling interv...Extreme Prematurity Brings Two-Fold Increase In Risk Of Repeating A Grade, Needing Special Education
... was that we were shifting these children from the risk of death to the risk of sickness and a low quality of life," said Germaine Buck, Ph.D., UB associate professor of social ...Promising Results For Woman-Controlled Anti-HIV Product
...cording to a related study involving women at high risk of HIVinfection through their own or their partners' drug use. BufferGel and othermicrobicides work by reducing the vaginal pH level, increasing the naturalacidity that provides a harsh environment fatal to many microorganisms,including HIV. Semen, f...Timing Of Breast Cancer Surgery Doesn't Appear To Influence Survival Anymore
...during the onset of menstruationalmost doubled the risk of dying compared to surgery around the time ofovulation, according to the results of a new study led by a New York UniversitySchool of Medicine researcher. The study, led by Susan Harlap, M.D., Research Professor of Epidemiologyin the Depar...Powerful AIDS Drugs May Promote Heart Disease
...irus,but they also may contribute to a longer-term risk of heart disease. BrownUniversity researchers have...ng people to live longer, we need toconsider their risk of common diseases, and it certainly must be clarifiedwhether specific therapies are putting patient...UCSF Researchers Seeing Increased Rates Of Unprotected Sex Among San Francisco Gay Men
...gy and biostatistics, reported that this increased risk behavior hasnot yet led to increased rates of infection. The rates are high enough,however, to lead to substantial numbers of infected gay men as they get older.Both presentations are based on an ongoing research project called the SanFrancisco Youn...Anti-Migraine Drugs Might Cause More Pain Than Relief For Those With Heart Disease
DALLAS, Texas, July 7 -- As if lowering risk factors for heart attack isn't headacheenough, researchers report that migraine sufferers with established heartdisease shouldn't take certain anti-migraine medications. Dutch researchers report in today's Circulation: Journal of the American HeartAs......t it was free; that the method was safe,with a low risk of complications and side effects; and that it seemed easier,simpler, or faster. Some participants voiced a political commitment to abortionrights and availability of mifepristone in the United States, while others hadhad a previous bad experience w...Immunosuppressive Treatment Is Important For Sufferers Of Rheumatoid Arthritis
(Disease and risk of lymphoma in patients with rheumatoid arthritis:...oid arthritis have been shown to have an increased risk of developing cancers, but the reasons for this are unclear. In a paper in this week's BMJ Dr Eva B...... drugtreatment could significantly help reduce the risk of blood clots in peopleafter a heart attack. "Our data do not demonstrate a causal relationship between the changes of vonWillebrand levels and the clinical efficacy of enoxaparin in patients withunstable heart disease," says Montalescot. "At the ...Studies Indicate An Effective Treatment For Steroid-Induced Osteoporosis
...y (BMD) -- the mostimportant predictor of fracture risk -- at the spine and hip in men and womentaking ste... steroid treatments are among those at the highest risk forsteroid-induced osteoporosis, due to the combined detrimental effects ofestrogen deficiency and s......ensin converting enzyme) inhibitors may reduce the risk of first-timeheart attack and stroke. But they dramatically reduce the risk of heart attackand congestive heart failure in patients who have already had a heart attack,and redu......rostate disease, might offer men a way to cuttheir risk of developing prostate cancer. Yet, "it appears t...d PSA levels,they were considered to have a higher risk of developing prostate cancer thanmen with normal PSA levels. Half of the men were treated with fi...