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Sexually transmitted infections
2012: half a million sexually transmitted infections in England

There were just under half a million new diagnoses of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in 2012, according to data released by Public Health England today. As in previous

Published
05 June 2013
By
Roger Pebody
Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Terrence Higgins Trust calls for male HPV vaccine after Michael Douglas’s cancer oral sex claims

The Terrence Higgins Trust is reiterating calls for the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination programme to include gay and bisexual men following Hollywood actor Michael Douglas’s comments about oral cancer.

Published
04 June 2013
From
Pink News
Lipodystrophy
Liquid Injectable Silicone Effective, Safe for Treating HIV Patients with Facial Lipoatrophy

Research in British Columbia, Canada, indicates that liquid injectable silicone administered properly has potential as a safe, effective, natural feeling treatment for patients with HIV-associated facial lipoatrophy (FLA). The researchers tested liquid injectable silicone because temporary filler treatments were not permanent and could result in high costs.

Published
04 June 2013
From
Healio
Sexually transmitted infections
Michael Douglas says cunnilingus gives you cancer – but is he right?

Michael Douglas, who was diagnosed with throat cancer in 2010, says oral sex was the cause. But what's the risk?

Published
03 June 2013
From
The Guardian
Ageing and HIV
Spared Death, Aging People With H.I.V. Struggle to Live

Not long ago, it would have seemed unthinkable: H.I.V. is becoming a disease of the middle-aged. Nearly half of New Yorkers with H.I.V. are now 50 or older, ages many never dreamed of reaching. They are the people who were told that they would be dead by 30, who watched their friends or lovers die, who lived to see sufferers on their death beds return to health almost overnight.

Published
03 June 2013
From
New York Times
Access to medicines and treatment
Rwandan health minister hits back at critics of drug company deal

Adam Green's piece voiced concerns about Merck's HPV programme serving as "market priming to create the conditions for adoption". From Rwanda's view, the jury is in: with more women dying of cervical cancer than in childbirth worldwide, the market is quite primed and demand readily apparent. Supply of the HPV vaccine and many other tools of modern medicine, on the other hand, remains in doubt for those who need them most.

Published
23 May 2013
From
The Guardian
Mental and emotional health
This Week in PLOS Medicine: Integrating Mental Health & HIV Care

Continuing with the series providing a global perspective on integrating mental health, Sylvia Kaaya and colleagues discuss the importance of integrating mental health interventions into HIV prevention and treatment platforms.

Published
22 May 2013
From
PLoS Blogs (blog)
Hepatitis and HIV
HIV No Barrier to Getting Liver Transplant

Liver transplants to treat a common type of liver cancer are a viable option for people infected with HIV, according to new research. The Italian study, published in The Oncologist, found that HIV doesn't affect survival rates and cancer recurrence after transplants among HIV patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Published
21 May 2013
From
Web MD
Sexually transmitted infections
For Gay Men, a Fear That Feels Familiar: Bacterial Meningitis

A new, casually transmittable infection — a unique strain of bacterial meningitis — has cast a pall over the gay night life and dating scene, with men wondering whether this is AIDS, circa 1981, all over again. Seven men have died in New York City, about a third of diagnosed cases, since 2010. And in the last few months, the contagion seemed to be accelerating. It has targeted gay and bisexual men, and nobody knows exactly why.

Published
20 May 2013
From
New York Times
New and experimental HIV treatments
Nanoparticles May Transport HIV Meds to the Brain

Researchers have had early success in a method that might one day thwart the powerful blood-brain barrier and effectively deliver antiretrovirals to the brain.

Published
16 May 2013
From
AIDSMeds
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