It seems that school-based programs help teens, or at least this piece of information suggests so. A recent study claims that school-based, six-session program targeting sexual risk behaviors decrease rates of unprotected sex and sex with multiple partners among South African sixth-graders. With almost 5.5 million HIV or sexually transmitted disease (STD) patients in South [...]
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New HIV infections and diagnoses numbers are out this week from the CDC, and media outlets are fumbling with the numbers. Here’s the headline from Time, which was typical:
CDC: 20% of Gay Men Are HIV-Positive, but Nearly Half Don’t Know It
Really? How did the CDC even study “gay men,” since we’re a population that’s not [...]
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BOULDER — Barb Cardell wore “an ugly man’s watch” with eight alarm settings after she was diagnosed in 1993 with human immunodeficiency virus.
Now, though she swallows 60 pills a day to stay healthy, she needs no reminders. Cardell long ago memorized her medication schedule and all of its empty-stomach or full-stomach requirements.
But the stigma surrounding [...]
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