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New Anti-HIV Condom Available
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Starpharma: VivaGel® Condom Receives TGA Device Certification – Launch Preparations to Follow Don’t Get Too Excited About The ‘HIV-Killing’ Condom Yet An Australian company, Starpharma, has just received its government’s approval to produce and sell a promising new condom incorporating VivaGel®, a lubricant purported to block viral infections, including HIV, HPV, and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), up…
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Male Genital Mutilation: Bad Science (Part 2)
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In Part 1, I spoke of faults in pro-circumcision rhetoric and attitudes that condone genital cutting. Now we will examine some evidence in favor of circumcision. The trials in Africa, conducted from 2005-2007 and often referenced, have been shown to use poor methodology. Brian D. Earp, who has written rigorously on this topic, familiarizes us…
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HPV Alert! Stop! Breathe.
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Recently people have been alerted to new facts about the Human Papilloma Virus, known as HPV, a sexually transmitted virus known to cause cervical cancer in women and other cancers, predominately in women but also in men. HPV really represents a cluster of over 100 viruses, most of which are not cancer causing. But now we know…