Pope-commissioned condom study passes first hurdle
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A study commissioned by Pope Benedict on the use of condoms to fight AIDS has passed its first hurdle and is now being reviewed by top theologians for possible use in a Papal document, a cardinal said on Tuesday.
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The Roman Catholic Church in Spain acknowledges that condoms could play a role in the global fight against Aids.
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Scientists believe they are a step closer to understanding how to block the transmission of HIV. A US and Swiss team used an experimental drug to protect monkeys from their equivalent of the virus.
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Technicians of the Health Ministry have started this month to collect blood samples from pregnant women, for a study on the prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis &quot;B&quot; and Syphilis, throughout the country, reads a press note released by the World Health
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This is New York Cityâs first municipally sanctioned and labeled condom.
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NEW YORK  - Many young men could use a bit more instruction on proper condom use, according to lead author of a new study that found nearly one in three experienced recent condom breakage.
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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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U.S. Catholic bishops on Wednesday  launched an ambitious plan to promote marriage, an institution  they see as being under extreme pressure, not specifically from  those who favor homosexual unions but from the general  difficulty of getting and staying married.
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A new Sanofi-Aventis  meningitis vaccine aimed at protecting adolescents throughout their college years is safe and effective but should undergo longer-term studies if approved, a panel of U.S. experts concluded on Wednesday.
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Education, chastity and sexual fidelity are the responsible methods to combat AIDS, Pope John Paul II said Saturday, reiterating Vatican policy days after Spanish bishops supported condom use to fight the disease but then quickly reversed their position.
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The Catholic Church is to discuss the use of condoms to fight the spread of HIV, perhaps signalling a shift in policy.
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TRENTON, N.J. -- New Jersey would become the first state to require both pregnant women and newborns to be tested for HIV under a proposal introduced by the Senate president.
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Pope John Paul on Saturday  stressed that the Roman Catholic Church believed abstinence and  fidelity within marriage, and not condoms, were the best way to  stop the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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The first test of a daily pill to prevent HIV infection gave a tantalizing hint of success, but a real answer must await a larger study due out next year.
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The Bush administration has broken new ground in its &quot;faith-based&quot; initiative, this time by offering federal employees a Catholic health plan that specifically excludes payment for contraceptives
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The consumers group best known for  rating cars and washing machines has turned its testing prowess  to condoms to find out which ones measure up best and how other  birth control methods compare.
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In a substantial shift from traditional policy, the spokesman for the Catholic Church in Spain has said it supports the use of condoms to prevent the spread of AIDS.