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Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
Treat the mother - save the baby

A new report suggests that paying more attention to their mothers’ health, and focusing on certain damaging but treatable diseases, could be one key to tackling neonatal mortality.

Published
21 May 2012
From
IRIN
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Plasma, cervical HIV load often discordant in 481-woman US group

Plasma and cervical viral load were discordant (one detectable, the other not) in almost half of 959 clinic visits made by HIV-positive US women. Because it reduces plasma HIV load, combination antiretroviral therapy (ART) proved the most reliable predictor of cervicovaginal shedding.

Published
09 May 2012
From
International AIDS Society
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
HIV and sex
For how long will anal health and hygiene be neglected?

“It is high time that anal health [and hygiene] comes out of the closet” said Dr Ross Cranston, Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, USA. Dr Cranston was referring to the multitude of anal health complications people practicing receptive anal intercourse are likely to be dealing with in their lives and very little quality care and products that exist to relieve them.

Published
17 April 2012
From
Citizen News Service
Cancer
Young girls more likely to report side effects after HPV vaccine

Younger girls are more likely than adult women to report side effects after receiving Gardasil, the human papillomavirus vaccine. The side effects are non-serious and similar to those associated with other vaccines, according to a new study.

Published
04 April 2012
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
Sexually transmitted infections
Risk in UK Shigella Infections Prompts advice for men who have sex with men

An increase in cases of dysentery caused by shigella infection has been identified among men who have sex with men (MSM) across the UK, according to preliminary findings from a Health Protection Agency (HPA) investigation published today (Friday) in Eurosurveillance.

Published
02 April 2012
From
Health Protection Agency press release
Cancer
Electrocauterization Has Fewer Side Effects, Better Efficacy, Than Topical Treatments for Anal Lesions

When it comes to treating precancerous anal lesions, electrocauterization is both more effective and, somewhat surprisingly, better tolerated than repeated topical applications of either Aldara (imiquimod) or Efudex (fluorouracil), according to data presented Thursday, March 8, at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Seattle. 

Published
23 March 2012
From
AIDSMeds
Sexually transmitted infections
Genital warts a marker for increased risk of anogenital cancers, cancers of the head and neck as well as some other malignancies

Infection with genital warts is associated with an increased risk of ano-genital cancers, malignancies of the head and neck and cancers in some other sites, according to

Published
22 March 2012
By
Michael Carter
Cancer
HPV pushes oral cancer cases past 6,000 a year

The number of oral cancer cases diagnosed each year in the UK has risen above 6,000 for the first time, new figures from Cancer Research UK show today. Experts believe that infections with high-risk strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) may be a key reason for the jump in cases of oral cancer.

Published
16 March 2012
From
Cancer Research UK
Sexually transmitted infections
Changes to first-line therapy for gonorrhea in Canada

The PHAC's research has revealed that in the past decade strains of gonorrhea in Canada have evolved and are losing their susceptibility to cefixime and ceftriaxone. In other words, the concentration of these antibiotics needed to kill gonorrhea-causing bacteria has significantly increased, according to lab experiments.

Published
14 March 2012
From
CATIE
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