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Researchers studying condom use among men enlisted in the U.S. Navy found that strategies promoting condom use in foreign parts appear to be working effectively, although more intervention efforts are needed in home ports. Condom use with steady partners varied from 7% to 13%; condom use with casual partners at home varied from 39% to 46%; and condom use with casual partners in a foreign port varied from 52% to 69%.
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The ending to a highly charged political year that brought a few ups and many downs to AIDS funding and policy still leaves a major question unresolved: How can AIDS groups convince the public and legislators the domestic epidemic remains potent?
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Part I of this two-part series on stroke covered the differential diagnosis, risk factors, and prevention of stroke. This second and final part in the series will focus on the physical examination, laboratory investigations, imaging, and treatment of stroke.
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The NIH has halted the estrogen-alone wing of the Womens Health Initiative a year before its scheduled end.
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A case of fatal respiratory diphtheria in an unvaccinated Pennsylvania resident who had visited Haiti brings to light the need for all international travelers to be current with all recommended vaccinations, including a primary series of diphtheria toxoid.
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Blastocystis hominis, a protozoan parasite, is frequently identified in stools of returned travelers. There is, however, no conclusive evidence that this parasite causes symptoms in humans or that it requires specific treatment.
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