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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
Prevention of mother-to-child transmission
In HIV Prevention, Protect the Mothers: A Message to the World Health Assembly 2012

Women with HIV — more than anyone — want to ensure their babies are born free of HIV. However, we are concerned that talking about "saving babies" without putting equal emphasis on upholding women's rights to safety and good health care is a short-term, unsustainable approach to the issue.

Published
23 May 2012
From
RH Reality Check
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
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
Women
Half of women at east London HIV clinic have experienced intimate partner violence

Half the female patients at the HIV clinic in Homerton Hospital, east London, have suffered intimate partner violence, Dr Rageshri Dhairyawan told the British HIV Association (BHIVA)

Published
19 April 2012
By
Roger Pebody
Contraception
No significant link between injectable contraceptives and HIV risk, but questions still remain

Two studies presented at the International Microbicides Conference this week failed to completely dispel the association between injectable contraceptives and an increased risk of acquiring HIV. The field of HIV

Published
18 April 2012
By
Gus Cairns
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
PrEP
Contraceptive requirement may have compromised FEM-PrEP study

A requirement that all participants take hormonal contraceptives may have been what led to the disappointing failure of a study of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) targeted at single women,

Published
16 April 2012
By
Gus Cairns
Cardiovascular disease
Does CMV underlie the increased risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with HIV?

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) antibody levels are associated with some important markers of vascular disease in HIV-positive women, US researchers show in a study published in the online edition

Published
16 April 2012
By
Michael Carter
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