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Mental and emotional health
‘Gay cure’ therapist loses appeal against the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy

Lesley Pilkington, a psychotherapist who was found guilty of ‘professional malpractice’ for using the techniques of ‘conversion therapy’ (a bogus form of treatment which is supposed to make gay people become straight) has lost her appeal against the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Mrs Pilkington was found guilty of malpractice last year after trying to convert a gay client to heterosexuality, with the BACP describing her practice as ‘negligent’, ‘dogmatic’ and ‘unprofessional’.

Published
24 May 2012
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British Humanist Association
Adherence
HIV treatment breaks lead to drug resistance in the female genital tract

Antiretroviral treatment interruptions of 48 hours or more are associated with the emergence of resistant strains of HIV in the female genital tract, investigators report in the

Published
24 May 2012
By
Michael Carter
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Antiretroviral therapy may be stabilising HIV epidemic in Danish gay men

The use of antiretroviral treatment appears to have stabilised the HIV epidemic in Danish gay men, even though rates of risky sex have increased, research published in

Published
22 May 2012
By
Michael Carter
Adherence
Canadian cohort shows viral suppression most likely with atazanavir/ritonavir-based HIV treatment after 6 months

Antiretroviral therapy based on the ritonavir-boosted protease inhibitor atazanavir (Reyataz) was more likely to achieve virological suppression after six months than treatment containing the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor

Published
11 May 2012
By
Michael Carter
Cancer
HIV treatment reduces incidence of pre-cancerous cervical lesions and promotes their regression

Antiretroviral therapy is associated with a reduced incidence of pre-cancerous cervical lesions in HIV-positive women, South African investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. Their study also

Published
10 May 2012
By
Michael Carter
Sexually transmitted infections
HPV vaccine completion rate among girls is poor, getting worse

(University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston) The proportion of insured girls and young women completing the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among those who initiated the series has dropped significantly -- as much as 63 percent -- since the vaccine was approved in 2006, according to new research from the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) in Galveston.

Published
05 May 2012
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
PrEP
Poor knowledge of HIV PrEP among MSM in Beijing, but high interest

Few gay and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in Beijing have heard of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), investigators report in PLoS One. Despite this, over two-thirds

Published
03 May 2012
By
Michael Carter
Outcomes and prognosis
Chronic hepatitis B infection associated with twice the risk of liver-related death compared to hepatitis C

The risk of death due to liver disease is twice as high for patients with chronic hepatitis B infection compared to individuals with chronic hepatitis C, US

Published
27 April 2012
By
Michael Carter
Condoms and lubricant
Douching does not seem to increase STI risk

Neither rectal douching nor vaginal washing appears to be as significantly associated with sexually transmitted infections or other microbial conditions that increase the risk of HIV, as

Published
18 April 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Gay partners' HIV transmission study due to start, despite practical barriers

A large study looking at HIV infections in gay men who are within long-term relationships with HIV-positive partners is about to start in Australia, the International Microbicides Conference

Published
17 April 2012
By
Gus Cairns
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