Lower degrees of 'social capital' predict higher rates of sexually transmitted diseases
... behavioral scientists, is a predictor of sexually transmitted infectious diseases and risky sexual behaviors, ac...iated with higher rates of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, as well as with higher rates of risky adolescent sexual behaviors. The research will be r...Zimbabwean women very willing to use diaphragms-potential HIV prevention method
...that is very susceptible to HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). This rapid upward movement of fluid is thought to enhance fertility but also transports HIV and STD causing pathogens," said the study's principal investigator, Nancy Padian, PhD, UCSF professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reprodu...Tipsheet on XIV International AIDS Conference
...IV acquisition among Indian patients with sexually transmitted diseases (STD). The data suggests that ulcers formed during acute HSV-2 infection may help facilitate HIV infection, and that primary prevention of HSV-2 might reduce the risk of contracting HIV among STD patients. Anti-HIV antibodies influence H...World-first study shows solo mothers choose donor insemination because they lack a partner
...o avoid the health risks of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. More than two-thirds of the women were experiencing no financial difficulties, and they had good social support networks in place, with a third having daily contact with a member of their family (compared to 14% of the married DI mothers) ...With cues from nature, scientists develop new method to purify drugs
...ticle in the journal Science, the "smart membrane" transmitted the drug molecule far faster than other molecules in a mixture. "What's new here is that we chemists have borrowed a couple of pages from the natural world to demonstrate the potential for a new approach for purifying drugs," said Charles Martin, a U...Sexually transmitted diseases, malaria, and tuberculosis and the HIV-1/AIDS epidemic in Africa
... three major infectious diseases-malaria, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis-have had in the HIV-1 epidemic. The high prevalence of untreated STD infections has been a major factor facilitating the spread of HIV-1 in Africa; with the synergistic interaction between HIV-1 transmission and geni...Scientists become filmmakers to decipher immunity
...d illnesses, including HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, illness from potential agents of bioterrorism, tuberculosis, malaria, autoimmune disorders, asthma and allergies. NIGMS supports basic biomedical research that increases understanding of life processes and lays the foundation for advances ...Rates of genital herpes infections rise
...ently perceived as safe in the context of sexually transmitted infections, they conclude....Study finds half of rape survivors do not receive recommended medical treatment
...medical treatment to prevent pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases, according to a study by researchers at t...pregnancy and 58 percent are screened for sexually transmitted diseases or given prophylactic medication. The study appears in the June 2002 edition of the Annals ...Europe becoming complacent over HIV prevention
... of people are living with HIV, levels of sexually transmitted infections that facilitate HIV transmission are ri...ed across Europe to monitor trends in key sexually transmitted infections, resistance of gonorrhoea, and likely incidence of HIV transmission....Homeless sexual minorities at greater risk for physical and sexual violence, mental illness
...g sex with partners who have HIV or other sexually transmitted diseases. Many street youth are frequent drug users, but sexual minorities reported using 11 of 12 substances more frequently during the previous six months. Marijuana was the only substance that heterosexuals used more frequently, but it was the mo...Hazing underrecognized as cause of serious injury, says MGH physician
...hat can put victims at risk for injuries, sexually transmitted diseases, and pregnancy" are sometimes regarded as "horseplay" rather than as rape. Finkel also cites alcohol abuse as a significant factor in most hazing incidents. Not only does hazing often feature forced consumption of large amounts of alcohol...UCSF health economists urge global AIDS fund to finance prevention first
...of HIV, voluntary counseling and testing, sexually transmitted disease (STD) control for commercial sex workers, female condoms for commercial sex workers and STD control for the general population. (Co-infection with a STD makes an HIV-uninfected person more susceptible to HIV infection and also greatly facilit...HIV vaccine research is 'best hope' for controlling AIDS pandemic
...d illnesses, including HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, illness from potential agents of bioterrorism, tuberculosis, malaria, autoimmune disorders, asthma and allergies....Researchers gain insight into function of memory enhancing drugs
...ransmitters, and so on. In this way, messages are transmitted throughout the brain's various mental circuits. The researchers studied one of the glutamate receptors, found throughout the brain and involved in numerous learning and memory processes. Whether in the brain or in laboratory cultures, many receptors...Pregnancy, birth rates fall among young women exposed to elementary school intervention program
...duced levels of risky sexual behavior and sexually transmitted diseases among blacks who received the interventio...he UW researchers found that the rate for sexually transmitted diseases by age 21 among blacks who had the intervention was only 7 percent vs. 34 percent for those...Cost-effectiveness assessments important for HIV response in Africa
...ted condom distribution with treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. Single-dose nevirapine and short-course zidovudine for prevention of mother-to-child transmission, voluntary counselling and testing, and tuberculosis treatment cost under $75 per DALY gained. Other interventions (eg. formula feeding for in...'Practical gynecology' book published by ACP-ASIM
...ation and screening, menstrual disorders, sexually transmitted diseases, contraception, breast problems, domestic violence, and menopause....Chicago researchers testing HIV vaccine for healthy people
...e effective, we know that there are other sexually transmitted diseases that we have worked on much longer without reaching this point," Sha said. She indicated that patients likely to enroll in this trial are those who have a loved one or close friend who has HIV or AIDS and wants to assist in the search for a...Human papilloma virus test increases cancer detection rate, study finds
...ervical cancer mortality by 59%. HPV is a sexually transmitted virus and one of the leading causes of cervical cancer. Current clinical guidelines recommend that women receive the Pap test alone every one to three years. Guidelines recently published by the American Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology ...