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Seeking to understand why adherence to pre-exposure
prophylaxis (PrEP) was extremely high in a study of serodiscordant couples,
qualitative researchers have found that trial participants saw PrEP as a way
they could preserve their relationship despite the pressures created ...
30 January 2012 | Roger Pebody
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African people in the UK who are involved in a serodiscordant relationship
(where one person has HIV and the other does not) have a wide range of
experiences, according to a new study from Sigma Research. Nonetheless, two
recurrent ...
25 November 2011 | Roger Pebody
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One
in five newly diagnosed ART eligible adults attending the Zazi Testing Center,
Perinatal HIV Research Unit (PHRU) in Soweto,
South Africa
refused to start free ART, provided onsite, within two months of diagnosis.
Ingrid T. Katz and colleagues reported ...
22 September 2011 | Carole Leach-Lemens
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A Canadian campaign which asked gay men “If
you were rejected every time you disclosed, would you?” appears to have raised men’s understanding
of the dilemmas which men with HIV face. The campaign also succeeded in
reducing the number ...
21 September 2011 | Roger Pebody
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The vast majority of gay men, HIV-positive and
negative, make some effort to moderate their risk of transmitting or acquiring
HIV, a large Australian study finds.
Dr Limin Mao of the University
of New South Wales in Australia,
speaking at the ...
18 September 2011 | Gus Cairns
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Although the average age of the HIV-positive population is increasing, in
both richer and poorer countries, and though sex between older people
has often been cited as a possible risk factor for HIV, there has
been surprisingly little investigation ...
16 September 2011 | Gus Cairns
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A Dutch
study presented at the Tenth AIDS Impact conference this week showed
that HIV-positive gay men are increasingly taking viral load into
account when it comes to deciding whether to use a condom during sex.
Another
study from the USA ...
15 September 2011 | Gus Cairns
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The lack of clarity over when a person with HIV has a legal
obligation to disclose their HIV-positive status to a sexual partner is
resulting in "anxiety, confusion and contradictory HIV counselling
advice," according to a new study on ...
23 August 2011 | Edwin J. Bernard
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Risky sex and drug use are common among HIV-positive people in Russia, investigators report in AIDS and Behavior. Discrimination was a common experience, and
there was a high prevalence of depression and anxiety.
“Policies and public health programs ...
12 May 2011 | Michael Carter
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Two-thirds of US gay
men believe that it should be illegal for an HIV-positive man to have
unprotected anal sex without disclosure, investigators report in the October
edition of AIDS Care.
“Believing that it
should be illegal was associated with ...
21 September 2010 | Michael Carter
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