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MSM 03/10/2008
How safe is HIV serosorting for men who have sex with men?
Serosorting offers partial protection from HIV; it is better than having non-concordant unprotected anal intercourse, but not as good as universal condom use.
MSM 01/10/2008
Indian Health Minister calls on country to legalize homosexuality to improve fight against HIV/AIDS
The country should recognize the increasing acceptance of homosexuality worldwide because such tolerance would ensure "an effective fight against AIDS."
MSM 30/09/2008
Cluster of multi-drug resistant HIV transmissions in Seattle
Investigators in Seattle have reported a cluster of nine HIV infections involving resistance to multiple drugs from all the three main classes of antiretrovirals.
MSM 25/09/2008
Fear and stigma creating hepatitis C transmission risk for HIV-positive gay men
The fear and stigma surrounding hepatitis C means that gay men are engaging in sexual activities with a high risk of hepatitis C transmission and are reluctant to disclose or discuss hepatitis C infection.
MSM 18/09/2008
Snip protects some gays from HIV
Circumcision can help protect gay men from contracting HIV depending on their sex habits, landmark Australian research has found.
MSM 12/09/2008
HIV status unknown for most “negative” men online
Seventeen percent of HIV-positive men who have sex with men and nearly three quarters of MSM who’ve never been tested for HIV say they are HIV negative in their online profiles.
MSM 10/09/2008
The invisible worldwide HIV epidemic: MSM
Men who have sex with men are at the heart of the HIV epidemic throughout the world, yet they remain invisible. It is because of denial, stigma, and violence that permeate societies and their governments on every continent.
MSM 28/08/2008
Blood viral load predicts HIV transmission better than semen viral load in small study among MSM
A small US study among men who have sex with men has added new information to the debate around the links between HIV transmission and viral load levels in semen.
MSM 21/08/2008
Short-term therapy may help HIV-related depression
Depression and anxiety are more common in people living with HIV than the general public, and gay men who are HIV-positive may doubly experience discrimination and stigma—both contributors to depression and anxiety.
MSM 20/08/2008
Rapid progression of liver fibrosis in HIV-positive gay men recently infected with hepatitis C
Most of the men became infected with hepatitis C through unprotected sex and the infection was only diagnosed because the patients had abnormal liver function tests.
MSM 06/08/2008
MSM remain at high risk for HIV; official data lacking, report finds
Government and global health agencies have failed to adequately address the HIV/AIDS epidemic among men who have sex with men.
MSM 04/08/2008
Invisible men: action urged for gay men in the global South
This epidemic never ceases to surprise us. In every major city in Asia we have looked at, there are now epidemics of HIV among men who have sex with men –epidemics that remind me of what we saw in the USA and Europe in the 1980s.
MSM 31/07/2008
MSM and the global HIV epidemic
No single factor impacting the epidemic in Latin America is more in need of focus than men who have sex with men.
MSM 21/07/2008
Gay Men’s Sex Survey: new data on knowledge of the law, use of poppers, oral sex and testing for hepatitis C
The annual Gay Men’s Sex Survey uses a self-completion questionnaire that is available in a booklet form and in an online version.
MSM 21/07/2008
Gay men’s HIV prevention in UK must focus on men under 30 and those with large numbers of sexual partners, says Sigma Research
HIV prevention activities in England and Wales need to prioritise men under the age of 30 so that interventions reach men before they are infected.
MSM 10/07/2008
Dutch study finds increased sexual risk-taking amongst gay men counteracts 'ART as prevention'
The ability of antiretroviral therapy to reduce sexual infectiousness has not been enough to compensate for increases in risky sex among gay men in the Netherlands.
MSM 02/07/2008
Reduced hygiene, illicit drug use linked to CA-MRSA in men who have sex with men
The study findings suggest that CA-MRSA is more common among MSM and men infected with HIV/AIDS than among other New Yorkers.
MSM 26/06/2008
HIV/AIDS diagnoses rising from male-male sex
The number of HIV/AIDS diagnoses among men who have sex with men grew 8.6% from 2001 through 2006, the CDC said today.
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