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Thursday, July 24

Disclosure...

“According to a new study, 40% of gay men in New York City, who have had sex with other men, hide their sexual orientation from their doctors… The study found that men who stated that they had sex with other men were twice as likely to be tested for HIV. 63% of men who admitted [...]

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 07-24-2008
Friday, June 20

Duh.

” Doctors have long suspected that people with herpes are more likely to catch HIV. So they thought that by treating herpes, they could also cut a person’s HIV risk. But a new study that tested this strategy found the assumption may have been wrong.” [365 Gay]

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 06-20-2008
Monday, June 16

Bad Medicine.

South African Matthias Rath has been ordered to stop selling his “AIDS curing” multivitamins VitaCell. One activist celebrated the ruling thus: “This judgment is a victory for the rule of law and the scientific governance of medicine. Over the last decade in this country that rule of...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 06-16-2008
Tuesday, June 10

Scary.

“Despite a stepped up global battle against AIDS, the numbers of people newly infected with HIV are far and away outpacing the numbers beginning antiretroviral drug treatments, U.N. officials said Monday.” [365 Gay]

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 06-10-2008
Monday, June 09

Blinders.

“A quarter of a century after the outbreak of AIDS, the World Health Organization (WHO) has accepted that the threat of a global heterosexual pandemic has disappeared. In the first official admission that the universal prevention strategy promoted by the major Aids organizations may have been misdirected...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 06-09-2008
Wednesday, June 04

Au Naturale?

“Australian researchers said Wednesday they have developed a means of producing a “natural condom” which could prevent the spread of AIDS. The Melbourne researchers said they believe men could reduce their risk of contracting the HIV virus, which causes the deadly disease AIDS, by applying...

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 06-04-2008
Tuesday, June 03

Family Fun!

What would Mickey say?! In honor of Gay Days at Disney, health officials are out in full force distributing condoms and administering HIV tests. [WDBO]

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 06-03-2008
Friday, May 02

Slow Going.

Gays are slowly but surely coming into their own over in Vietnam. They may want to hurry up, however, because HIV/AIDS awareness has been ignoring them and it’s costing a heavy price: lots of lives. [Thanhnien News]

Posted to Qticker World | Aggregator (Weblog) by external blog Queerty on 05-02-2008

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