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Pittsburgh Post Gazette
HIV Risk Behaviors Among US High School Students Decline, Study Finds
Kaiser network.org, DC -
The percentage of US high school students engaging in sexual behaviors that can spread HIV and other sexually transmitted infections declined between 1991 ...
Trends in HIV-related risk behaviors among high school students Food Consumer
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Times Online
Agony and Ecstasy: do I need to use protection when having oral sex?
Times Online, UK - Aug 1, 2008
Conversely, if you orally pleasure a different lover every night, you run a relatively high risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted infection. ...
The Pill Raises Cervical Cancer Risk
Newsinferno.com, NY -
The sexually transmitted human papillomavirus?HPV?is one of the major and most preventable risk factors for cervical cancer. Having multiple childbirths is ...
Polydex Announces Final Report From Phase III Study
MarketWatch -
The Phase III clinical trials were conducted to test Ushercell's efficacy in prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. ...POLXF
Sexually Transmitted Infection Among Adolescents Receiving Special ...
RedOrbit, TX - Aug 3, 2008
ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: To estimate the relative risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among children identified as having learning disabilities ...
HIV testing moves to emergency rooms
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,  United States - Aug 3, 2008
Routine testing lessens the stigma of the sexually transmitted disease and identifies people who don't know they're infected, said Dr. Rob Poirier, ...
Booze binges spark rise in sex disease
Norfolk Eastern Daily Press, UK -
Hospitals across the region report a rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs) - and the east of England has had the country's biggest increase in ...
The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription), IL - Aug 3, 2008
According to the general consensus, risk-reduction measures, especially condom promotion, treating the curable sexually transmitted diseases, and voluntary ...
The Case Against Criminalization of HIV Transmission Journal of American Medical Association (subscription)
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Don?t come back from holiday with an unwanted souvenir
ChronicleLive, UK -
Another potential issue for many travellers can be the increased risk of acquiring a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Excess use of alcohol may ...
Does the Pill Increase the Risk of Cervical Cancer?
InjuryBoard.com, FL -
HPV-a sexually transmitted virus-is one of the major causes of cervical cancer. Because the HPV virus can remain in the body for life, a prior HPV infection ...
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… of Risk-Reduction Counseling to Prevent Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Sexually Transmitted … -
ML Kamb, M Fishbein, JM Douglas, Jr, F Rhodes, J … - JAMA, 1998 - Am Med Assoc
... behaviors and preventing new sexually transmitted infections. ... success and, thus,
evaluated risk reduction counseling models that used an interactive ...

The Internet as a Newly Emerging Risk Environment for Sexually Transmitted Diseases -
M McFarlane, SS Bull, CA Rietmeijer - JAMA, 2000 - Am Med Assoc
... have shown that transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs ... based on Internet
observations, the risk of STD ... goal was to determine whether the use of the ...

… , Microbial Flora, and Risk of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 and Sexually Transmitted Disease … -
HL Martin, BA Richardson, PM Nyange, L Lavreys, SL … - Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1999 - UChicago Press
... Hormonal contraception, sexually transmitted diseases, and risk of heterosexual
transmission ... Use of nonoxynol-9 and changes in vaginal lactobacilli. ...

… drug use and sexual behaviors and the occurrence of sexually transmitted diseases among high-risk … -
MA Shafer, JF Hilton, M Ekstrand, J Keogh, L Gee, … - Sex Transm Dis, 1993 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
1993 Nov-Dec;20(6):307-13. Relationship between drug use and sexual behaviors and
the occurrence of sexually transmitted diseases among high-risk male youth. ...

Hormonal Contraception, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Risk of Heterosexual Transmission of … -
HL Martin, Jr, PM Nyange, BA Richardson, L Lavreys … - The Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1998 - UChicago Press
... The identification of biologic risk factors for HIV ... For example, the epidemiologic
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Risk of sexually transmitted disease among black adolescent crack users in Oakland and San Francisco … -
RE Fullilove, MT Fullilove, BP Bowser, SA Gross - JAMA, 1990 - Am Med Assoc
... increases in the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs ... study of the
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Commentary: methods women can use that may prevent sexually transmitted disease, including HIV -
MJ Rosenberg - American Journal of Public Health, 1992 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov
... who are at highest risk for sexually transmitted diseases, because they require
significant changes in life-style or depend on male-controlled condom use. ...

… risk of HIV and sexually transmitted disease transmission among gay or bisexual men who use Viagra, … -
AA Kim, CK Kent, JD Klausner - AIDS, 2002 - aidsonline.com
... Increased risk of HIV and sexually transmitted disease transmission among gay or
bisexual men who use Viagra, San Francisco 2000-2001. [Research Letters]. ...

Cognitive and behavioral predictors of sexually transmitted disease risk behavior among sexually … -
R Sieving, MD Resnick, L Bearinger, G Remafedi, BA … - Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 1997 - Am Med Assoc
... MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: Sexually transmitted disease risk behavior--a composite measure
of condom use consistency with most recent sexual partner(s), number of ...

… and behavioral factors associated with risk of sexually transmitted diseases, including human … -
MA Shafer, CB Boyer - J Pediatr, 1991 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Psychosocial and behavioral factors associated with risk of sexually transmitted
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Recreational use of erectile dysfunction drugs linked to higher risks of sexually-transmitted diseases

 
 
Recreational use used to treat erectile dysfunction, of drugs -- Sildenafil ( Viagra ), Tadalafil ( Cialis ) and Vardenafil ( Levitra ) -- is associated with higher risks of sexually-transmitted diseases ( STD's ), including HIV.

Researchers from the San Francisco Department of Public Health evaluated 14 studies of Sildenafil use among men who have sex with men ( MSM ).

Sildenafil users engaged in unprotected sex with partners of unknown HIV status from twice as often to almost six times as often as non-users. HIV-positive MSM were almost twice as likely to be diagnosed with an STD if they were also Sildenafil users and the newly HIV infected were 2.5 times as likely to be users.

Further complicating the situation, 54% of users mixed Sildenafil with other drugs to enhance the sexual experience.
One study reported that 36% of all Sildenafil users combined its use with other drugs, including methamphetamines ( 23% ), ecstasy ( 18% ), poppers ( 15% ), ketamine ( 11% ), and GHB ( 8% ).

A study among MSM seeking sexually-transmitted diseases clinic services in San Francisco found Sildenafil to be used concurrently with ecstasy ( 43% ), methamphetamines ( 28% ), and amyl nitrate ( 15% ).

Jeffrey D. Klausner, suggests that " Focused action is needed to target this ongoing public health problem. Although the current evidence of association exists only for Sildenafil, likely due to the relatively recent approval of Tadalafil and Vardenafil, the needed action should focus on all three phosphodiesterase inhibitors ( PDIs ), as the observed associations with Sildenafil use most likely would occur with drugs of identical nature. The labeling for phosphodiesterase inhibitors should be modified to warn users of an increased risk for sexually-transmitted diseases, including HIV infection. Educational programs, particularly among physicians, MSM, and methamphetamine users, should be implemented to increase awareness as to the use of these medications and their association with STDs, including HIV infection."

In an accompanying editorial, Joseph S. Alpert, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, is concerned about the public health implications when Sildenafil and its relatives are abused or used recreationally with illegal drugs.

He points to an article published in The Lancet in which investigators from Rockefeller University reported on a patient who presented with a new strain of HIV virus that was considerably more virulent and progressed more rapidly to AIDS than any HIV virus previously found.

Alpert writes that " This patient had been abusing both Sildenafil and methamphetamine. The question that immediately leaped to mind was: What effect did the combined abuse of these drugs have on the patient ? Could this have resulted in the development of the highly virulent HIV mutant ? Does this combination drug abuse increase the likelihood of STD transmission and/or the propensity for unsafe sex ?"

Source: The American Journal of Medicine, 2005
 
 
 
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