HIV is more efficiently acquired during receptive anal intercourse (AI) compared to vaginal intercourse (VI) and may contribute substantially to female sex workers’ (FSW) high HIV burden. We aim to determine how common and frequent AI is among FSW globally. We searched PubMed, Embase and Psyc...
Seminogram, spermiogram, or basic spermogram is a test used to evaluate semen quality. For this purpose, a macroscopic and microscopic study of the semen sample is performed and the values obtained are compared with the reference values established by th
Nguyen VK, et al: Remedicalizing an epidemic: from HIV treatment as prevention to HIV treatment is prevention. AIDS. 2011, 25: 291-293. 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283402c3e. Article PubMed Google Scholar Persson A: Non/infectious corporealities: tensions in the biomedical era of ‘HIV normalisatio...
or the risk of it. Many such responses explicitly stated a desire to avoid HIV or other STIs, such as:“When you can have sex without the worry of STDs”; “Regular unprotected sex with other HIV negative men”; “Where there
When it comes to what is internal medicine vs family medicine, it can be tough to know where the line is. Careers in internal medicine (IM) and family medicine (FM) have a lot in common, but as we’ll see, there are some important differences between the two specialties. If you...
Dr. Richard Edelson, chair of the department of dermatology at Yale School of Medicine in Connecticut, says that the enormous breadth of dermatology is part of what attracts many med students to the specialty, since these students often feel "a se...
Cardiovascular disease and cancer: is there increasing overlap? Curr Oncol Rep. 2019;21:47. PubMed Google Scholar Doughty KN, Del Pilar NX, Audette A, Katz DL. Lifestyle medicine and the management of cardiovascular disease. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2017;19:116. PubMed Google Scholar Konstantin...
When fami- lies cannot meet these expectations, the medical foster care system is the primary resource that enables children with med- ical complexity to reside outside of a hospital or institution. MEDICAL FOSTER CARE SYSTEM The federal foster care program, authorized by title IV-E of the ...
Hope and love are popular themes of literature and art in many human societies. The human physiology of love and hope is less well understood. This review presents evidence that the lack of love and/or hope delays growth disturbs development and maturati
there is a major focus on improving stewardship of terrestrial ecosystems thereby strengthening the role these systems can play in achieving climate change mitigation outcomes. Those activities that fall within the agricultural, forestry, and other land use (AFOLU) sector are estimated to contribute abo...