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High Rates of Injection Drug Use in Urban Aboriginal Youth Signal Need for Prevention Programs
June 13, 2011 A new study indicates high rates of injection drug use in urban Canadian Aboriginal youth, particularly in women, and points to the need for culturally specific prevention programs, according to a ... > full story -
Mortality from All Causes Higher Among Hepatitis C-Infected, Analysis Finds
June 10, 2011 Although liver-related mortality among those infected with hepatitis C is well documented, little is known about deaths in these patients that are not related to liver problems. A new study sought to ... > full story -
Many of Those Living With HIV Face a New Life-Threatening Challenge: Cancer
June 6, 2011 As the world marks the 30-year anniversary of the first reporting of HIV/AIDS, now comes the realization of a new challenge for people with the incurable disease. For reasons not yet clear, people ... > full story -
Scientists Reactivate Immune Cells Exhausted by Chronic HIV
June 3, 2011 Scientists have demonstrated why certain immune cells chronically exposed to HIV shut down, and how they can be ... > full story -
PrEP Can Significantly Lower Risk of Getting HIV, but Is the Public Buying?
June 3, 2011 Researchers from the U.S. and Lima, Peru, who used consumer marketing techniques to gauge acceptance of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among high-risk groups in Lima, found that study participants ... > full story -
Safer Sex: Study Examines Sexual Communication in Transgender Community
June 2, 2011 A new study shows that talking about safer sex is a complicated process for individuals in the transgender community. The finding may help efforts to promote safer sex practices in a community facing ... > full story -
Host Mta1 Gene Is Required for Optimal Survival of Schistosome Parasites, a Leading Global Cause of Cancer
June 1, 2011 By using mice lacking a crucial gene that controls the process of chromatin remodeling of cytokines including those responsible for inflammation and comparing them to normal wild type mice with the ... > full story -
Viewers Look to TV Characters to Advise How to Talk About Sexual Health
June 1, 2011 "What would Samantha and Miranda do?" That's what viewers of the past HBO series "Sex and the City" may ask themselves when faced with the prospect of uncomfortable discussions about sexual health ... > full story -
Unprotected Sex More Likely in Serious Gay Relationships, Research Suggests
June 1, 2011 Gay young men in serious relationships are six times more likely to have unprotected sex than those who hook up with casual partners, according to new research. The findings provide a new direction ... > full story -
One in Four New HIV Infections in Ontario Are Among Women
June 1, 2011 Despite significant clinical advances in HIV care, an estimated 25 percent of new HIV infections in Ontario from 2006 to 2008 were among women, according to a new health ... > full story
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