News tagged with female condom
Too much information? Birth control choices abound
(AP) -- Worried about birth control in light of headlines about side effects from Yaz and the patch? Women have a lot of options that are safe and effective, including some that are even more reliable.
Dec 12, 2011 |
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DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic
(AP) -- Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jul 28, 2010 |
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New model of female condom could bring wider use
(AP) -- Advocates of the female condom are promoting a less costly, more user-friendly version that they hope will vastly expand its role in the global fight against AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
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Apr 16, 2009 |
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Yes, a female condom
Sometime during the next six months, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration will consider approving the FC2, a second-generation female condom. That appears likely, since an FDA advisory panel unanimously recommended the product ...
Jan 28, 2009 |
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Ultrasound male contraceptive, overlooked for decades, confirmed to work
Imagine a contraceptive that could, with one or two painless 15-minute non-surgical treatments, provide months of protection from pregnancy. And imagine that the equipment needed were already in physical therapists' ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Viral load a major factor affecting risk of sexually transmitting HIV
The level of HIV-1 in the blood of an HIV-infected partner is the single most important factor influencing risk of sexual transmission to an uninfected partner, according to a multinational study of heterosexual couples in ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Group sex among adolescents a public health concern, new study says
One in 13 teenage girls, aged 14 to 20, reported having a group-sex experience, with those young women more likely to have been exposed to pornography and childhood sexual abuse than their peers, according to a new study ...
Dec 16, 2011 |
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Block of OTC morning-after pill sparks debate
It's the morning after and the controversy over how to sell emergency contraception still looms.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 08, 2011 |
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Obama to announce new steps to combat AIDS
(AP) -- President Barack Obama is renewing the U.S. commitment to ending AIDS Thursday, setting new goals for getting more people access to life-saving drugs and boosting spending on treatment in the U.S. by $50 million ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Dec 01, 2011 |
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NIH discontinues tenofovir vaginal gel in 'VOICE' HIV prevention study
A large-scale clinical trial evaluating whether daily use of an antiretroviral-containing oral tablet or vaginal gel can prevent HIV infection in women is being modified because an interim review found that the gel, an investigational ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 28, 2011 |
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HIV trial scrapped after gel found to be ineffective
In a major setback for AIDS prevention research, a clinical trial of a new vaginal gel supposed to reduce HIV infections has been suspended after studies showed it to be ineffective.
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 27, 2011 |
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Survey finds that AIDS remains an unspeakable subject for African immigrants
As World AIDS Day approaches on Dec. 1, University of Cincinnati research is shedding light on a culture affected by the world's highest rates of AIDS and HIV infections. An Ohio survey conducted by Matthew Asare, a native ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 08, 2011 |
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80 percent of US boys use condoms the first time
A surprising 80 percent of teenage boys say they are using condoms the first time they have sex, a government survey found in a powerful sign that decades of efforts to change young people's sexual behavior ...
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Could engineered fatty particles help prevent AIDS?
Could engineered fatty particles help prevent AIDS? Liposomes block HIV infection in early tests; could be a cost-effective preventive for developing countries
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Sep 19, 2011 |
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