The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published new data on HIV infections among gay and bisexual men. (more…)
Tag: HIV
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41 Percent of Queer Men Don’t Use Protection
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When Will HIV Medications Stop Working?
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Scientists Pledge to Cure HIV by 2020
During the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, the American Foundation for Aids Research (amfAR) has been at the forefront for the fight against HIV.
Since the foundation’s inception, billions of dollars have been raised to fund research and find a cure for the once deadly disease. Now, the organization is donating nearly 2-million dollars in conjunction with with the Countdown to a Cure initiative, which aims to find “a broadly applicable cure for HIV by 2020.”
The grant will fund a team of scientists working over a 4-year period. The scientists will “bring their expertise to bear in the effort to eradicate the viral reservoir that is considered the principal barrier to curing HIV.”
According to amfAR, these grants were given to researchers who work “outside the field of HIV in areas that could directly inform efforts to cure HIV.”
The aggressive approach amfAR has taken to terminate HIV is evident in their cultivation of Countdown to a Cure, which “is designed to intensify amfAR’s cure-focused HIV research program with plans to strategically invest $100 million in cure research over the next six years.” What do you think: will we discover a cure for HIV by 2020?
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Cleaning Out Could Prevent HIV
According to researchers, there is a mystical “rectal microbicide” that can be used in conjunction with other prophylactics to help prevent HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases. First PrEP and now this? Your backside is about to be more protected that Fort Knox.
How do you use this magic microbicide? It comes in gel form and you use it while cleaning out — as if that weren’t fun enough already. Woohoo! Researchers recommend that you still use protection and don’t refer to the gel as fail safe. It’s simply a “new option for HIV prevention.”
According to University of California assistant medicine professor “little is known about rectal douching practices among men who have sex with men and trans women and the damage such practices may cause.”
While enemas are useful for feeling cleaner, there are risks. As they can cause trauma to the rectum, anal sex after douching could actually increase the risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Brown added that during the study they ‘found that men who douched … did it primarily for hygiene and pleasure.” He believes that because many men clean out, it’s a great vehicle to prevent HIV.
If you clean out regularly, remember there are some best practices to follow:
- Grease the runway.
- Insert carefully (don’t hurt your hole).
- Make sure to get all the water out.
We don’t know about you butt we can’t wait to try it!
H/T: Gay Star News
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