Chemical protects women from AIDS when man does not use condom
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A gel has been created which protects women from getting AIDS during sexual intercourse when the man does not wear a condom. The chemical blocks the route the AIDS virus takes when it invades the woman&#39;s body during sex.
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AIDS advocates and health workers on Wednesday marked World AIDS Day by focusing on gender inequalities that can lead to an increased risk of HIV infection among women and girls, the AP/Long Island Newsday reports (AP/Long Island Newsday, 12/1).
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A cheap antibiotic drug has almost halved the rate of AIDS-related deaths in African children, reveals a new study. The antibiotic - co-trimoxazole - does not combat HIV but it prevents secondary infections
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Giving women diaphragms to use in addition to condoms provides no extra protection against the AIDS virus, researchers reported on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON - A National Institutes of Health official said Tuesday that an AIDS drug at the center of a controversial federal report has prevented thousands of infants from getting HIV.
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An international team of researchers reported that female monkeys whose vaginal surfaces were coated with an experimental drug shortly before exposure to the simian version of HIV were protected from infection.
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A number of studies showing that circumcision among men reduces their risk of infection from the AIDS virus has raised the hope that the procedure would also benefit their female sexual partners.
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The world of male contraception has been limited to condoms and vasectomies. But researchers now point to a new method that shows promise &#151; a shot that prompts an immune reaction to a protein produced in the male reproductive system.
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A cheap, easy-to-use drug that prevents bleeding after childbirth could help to save the lives of thousands of women in poor countries, researchers said on Friday.
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JOHANNESBURG, 26 November (IRIN) - South African women with violent or controlling male partners run a higher risk of HIV infection, according to a study published in the Lancet medical journal.
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An experimental gel designed to prevent  men and women from being infected with the virus that causes  AIDS has been dropped by the British biotechnology firm  developing it.
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A controversial policy promoting   abstinence education to fight AIDS may be the best way to get   men to treat women better, which experts agree is key to   battling the AIDS epidemic, U.S. government AIDS officials said   on Wednesday.
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Using hormonal contraception does not appear to increase women's overall risk of contracting the AIDS virus, according to a U.S. National Institutes of Health study published on Thursday.
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Lab experiments show that cells that line the mouth become more susceptible to infection with HIV when they&#39;&#39;re exposed to alcohol.
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Doctors and AIDS activists in Africa are worried governments may halt use of an AIDS drug that has protected thousands of babies from HIV infection in reaction to concerns about the drug's testing and effect on pregnant women.
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Many World AIDS Day observances around the world today have focused on the need to protect women and girls from HIV who are contracting the virus at an alarming rate.
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Swiss AIDS experts said Thursday that some people with HIV who meet strict conditions and are under treatment can safely have unprotected sex with non-infected partners