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Aids Can Also Be a Good Method for Intimidation
Have you also got the feeling that AIDS is (too) often being used for spreading these and other phobias?
AIDS can be used as a metaphor for a number of marginalised groups. In Japan, for example, AIDS is connected with foreigners, particularly Asian prostitutes who supposedly spread it to Japan. In that way, of course, xenophobia is incited. In the USA, conservative Christian moralists used AIDS to promote their views on morals and sexuality. Aids is a constant topic of political discussions According to the history of medicine about AIDS and political discussions about...Aids Can Also Be a Good Method for Intimidation
How Can You Contract HIV?
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may be difficult to contract, but consider how difficult it is to treat the disease (AIDS)!
How can you contract HIV? HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is very difficult to contract. The infection is so widespread only because transmission of the virus is connected with sexual intercourse. Even today the lack of knowledge about the nature of the disease contributes to people taking HIV too lightly. Most people don’t even believe that the virus is deadly. They may know people who are infected and who, more or less, lead a normal life for years. And when the...How Can You Contract HIV?
New Vaginal Gel Reduces HIV Risk
Vaginal gel is the first aid which actively encourages women to take action and protect them from HIV virus.
South African scientists have tested a vaginal gel that reduces the transmission of HIV virus by almost 50 percent. Even though the most effective protection against AIDS is definitely a condom, many men throughout world still refuse to use it. Vaginal gel reduces the possibility of HIV transmission Vaginal gel contains a microbicide medicine or tenofovir which diminishes the risk of infection. Microbicide substances reduce the effect of microbes - viruses and...New Vaginal Gel Reduces HIV Risk
Protection Against HIV for Non-Circumcised Men
The scientists discovered how to improve HIV protection for non-circumcised men.
Did you know that it is harder for circumcised men to contract HIV than non-circumcised men? A simple solution that naturally strengthens the immune system against HIV infection has been found for men who are not circumcised. Non-circumcised men are less protected from HIV Circumcision reduces the risk of HIV infection to 60%, particularly due to removal of Langerhan’s cells that are located in the foreskin and represent the main point of entry to the body for the...Protection Against HIV for Non-Circumcised Men
Homosexual HIV Positive Men Have Unprotected Sex
Read about homosexual HIV Positive men who not only gave up on their own lives but also endanger other people.
Homosexual HIV positive people in numbers The research, which included 500 homosexual men, showed that most homosexuals infected with the HIV virus practice unprotected sex with partners who are also infected with the virus. The most frightening piece of information is the fact that as much as one quarter of the homosexual HIV positive men involved in the research has sex with partners they knew were HIV negative. A more extensive research by the Center for...Homosexual HIV Positive Men Have Unprotected Sex
People Infected With HIV Discriminated Against at Work
Many people infected with HIV lose their jobs when they speak out about their disease.
Infected with HIV? Better keep it to yourself! A British medical journal recently posted the information that people infected with HIV are often victims of discrimination at the workplace. Even more than that, they lose job after job because of the virus, despite being qualified to perform the tasks at hand. You can imagine that people infected with HIV have to struggle for survival every day because they cannot get a job. The researchers came to their findings...People Infected With HIV Discriminated Against at Work
How Safe Is Oral Sex?
Believe it or not, sexually transmitted infections spread through oral sex as well. Take a look at a list of possible infections.
If you think that oral sex is a safer form of intercourse compared to other sexual practices, you are greatly mistaken. In some cases, sexually transmitted diseases can spread from the genitals to the mouth and vice versa. HIV You are more likely to contract HIV in unprotected vaginal and anal sex than in oral sex. Nevertheless, it's good to use protection in oral intercourse, especially if the person is a stranger or somebody who has a very active sex life. It is...How Safe Is Oral Sex?
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