AIDS Alert Archives – December 1, 2004
December 1, 2004
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Trying political times require new tactics to lobby for HIV/AIDS
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? -
Navy condom strategies work — in foreign ports
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%. -
Condom use inconsistent for high-risk heterosexuals
Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have concluded that safe sex messages continue to be ignored by many high-risk individuals. -
Opportunistic infections remain a key problem
Although the most common reasons for hospitalization among HIV patients in six hospitals nationwide are for comorbidities, there remains a significant rate of hospitalization for opportunistic illnesses, a new study says. -
What you can learn from Internet sex study
AIDS Alert asked Sevgi O. Aral, PhD, associate director for science in the Division of STD Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to discuss a recent study presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Her study, poster 841, investigated predictors of sexual risk taking on the Internet. Aral discusses the findings and the public health implications in this Q&A interview. -
HIV affects STD rates, Kenya research shows
Research often has looked at the way sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) increase the risk of people acquiring HIV, but few have examined the reverse: whether HIV infection increases the risk of acquiring STD. -
HIV prevalence declined among high-risk group
Investigators analyzing data obtained from at-risk populations in the Western United States found a decline in HIV infection between 1989 and 1999, a new study shows.