Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of Public Health-Hormone Progesterone-Birth Control Pills

Female condoms prevent new HIV infections

A female condom program was highly effective in preventing HIV infections according to a new economic analysis by researchers in the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. read more..

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FDA details blood clot risk on birth control pills

Federal health regulators said Tuesday they are adding labeling to Yaz and other newer Birth Control pills emphasizing that the drugs may be more likely to cause blood clots than older contraceptive pills. read more..

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Certain Birth Control Pills May Carry Higher Blood Clot Risk: FDA

TUESDAY, April 10 (Healthday News) -- U.S. health officials announced Tuesday that birth controls pills containing drospirenone -- a man-made version of the hormone progesterone -- may be associated with a higher Risk of blood clots and will require new labels. read more..

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Risky Behaviors-HIV Infections-Hiv Testing

HIV rate among U.S. injection drug users falls: CDC

CHICAGO (Reuters) - HIV infections among injection drug users in the United States have fallen by half in the past decade, but HIV testing is also down and risky behaviors such as needle-sharing persist, raising worries that progress may be short-lived, U.S. health experts said on Thursday. A study by researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention based on a 2009 survey of 10,000 people from 20 urban areas found that 9 percent of IV drug users were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. ... read more..

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Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Centers For Disease Control-Risky Behaviors-HIV Infections

HIV rate among US intravenous drug users falls: CDC

CHICAGO (Reuters) - HIV infections among intravenous drug users in the United States have fallen by half in the past decade, but HIV testing is also down and risky behaviors such as needle-sharing persist, U.S. health experts said on Thursday. A study by researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Prevention based on a 2009 survey of 10,000 people from 20 urban areas found that 9 percent of IV drug users were infected with the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. That compares with a rate of 18 percent in the 1990s. ... read more..

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President Dmitry Medvedev-HIV Infections-Hiv Crisis-Russia

Insight: Russia says no to West's way with HIV

MOSCOW (Reuters) - In 2010, President Dmitry Medvedev said heroin was a threat to Russia's national security. This year, Russia pledged to finance programs to reduce the harm done by drug use, including an HIV crisis that is one of the most severe in the world. But even though the number of new HIV infections in Russia jumped 10 percent over 2011, health workers and global HIV authorities say Moscow has not honored that promise. This is not due to a lack of cash - Russia is doubling its budget for HIV in 2012 from 2010 levels. At issue is how it will use the funds. ... read more..

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