Senior health experts say that sex between men is the main cause HIV infections among Chinese college students rose by 25% last year.
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- 08 April 2013
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Gay Star News
The majority of American gay men in relationships say they
establish a ‘sexual agreement’ with their partner, both to minimise HIV risks
and to maintain the quality
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- 05 April 2013
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- Roger Pebody
In the early part of the millennium, meth was pervasive both in rural America and in urban gay communities. Its use peaked around 2005 when, following a federal law limiting access to its primary precursor, pseudoephedrine, usage seemed to drop. Now, because of the cycles of recreational drugs, a new generation, short memories, and the seductive power of this dopamine-releasing supermolecule, the drug appears to be making a comeback, at least in the gay community.
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- 03 April 2013
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TheBody.com
The inclusion of 3TC or tenofovir in
antiretroviral treatment regimens reduces the risk of infection with hepatitis
B virus (HBV) for gay men living with HIV who
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- 03 April 2013
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- Michael Carter
Approximately a third of HIV-positive gay
men in Thailand developed high-grade pre-cancerous anal lesions during just one
year of follow-up, investigators report in the online edition of
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- 02 April 2013
- By
- Michael Carter
The UK’s National Aids Trust (NAT) has called for urgent action from London Councils to tackle a recent rise in the use of drugs amongst the London gay community.
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- 28 March 2013
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Pink News
The National AIDS Trust (NAT) says the government’s sex education review “makes no mention of sex education which addresses the needs of LGBT young people.” Published on Thursday, the Department of Education’s review of Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PHSE) Education in England recommends it continues as a non-statutory subject.
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- 21 March 2013
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- Pink News
Cameroon prosecutes people for consensual same-sex conduct more aggressively than almost any country in the world, four human rights organizations said in a report released today. They found that at least 28 people have been prosecuted for same-sex conduct in Cameroon since 2010. Most cases are marked by grave human rights violations, including torture, forced confessions, denial of access to legal counsel, and discriminatory treatment by law enforcement and judicial officials.
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- 21 March 2013
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Human Rights Watch LGBT
A new website has been launched, in order to provide gay men with information about sexual transmission of hepatitis C and how to prevent it; testing for and treatment of hepatitis C; and information about HIV and hepatitis C co-infection.
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- 21 March 2013
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AFAO
Colonization of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the groin area of HIV-infected adults increases risk for subsequent clinical infection, according to results of a prospective study carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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- 14 March 2013
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Medscape (requires registration)
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