Topic: United States

Young people having more unprotected sex: study

The number of young people having unprotected sex in the West has risen sharply over the past two years, a survey said Monday, with health professionals concerned the safe sex message is falling on deaf ears.The study by the Parenthood Foundation showed ...

More youngsters having unsafe sex: global study

LONDON (Reuters) - Young people across the globe are having more unprotected sex and know less about effective contraception options, a multinational survey revealed on Monday.The "Clueless or Clued Up: Your Right to be informed about contraception" study prepared for World Contraception ...

Amphetamine-type drugs more common than cannabis: U.N.

VIENNA (Reuters) - Criminal gangs are selling more cheap and easy-to-make amphetamine-type drugs, such as ecstasy and crystal meth, in new markets, and cannabis is now the only more widely used illegal drug, a United Nations report released on Tuesday said.The number ...
The editors of 'Positively Aware' are turning to their readers to produce a snapshot of what it's like be HIV-positive in AmericaThe editors of the HIV/AIDS glossy Positively Aware are turning to their readers to produce a snapshot of what it's like ...

Pre-chewed food may pose HIV threat to infants

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A new study from South Africa found that more than two-thirds of mothers and other caregivers pre-chew food for their infants -- possibly putting those babies at risk of HIV if the caregiver is HIV-positive.Though the researchers ...

U.S. researchers broke rules in Guatemala syphilis study

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. government researchers must have known they were violating ethical standards by deliberately infecting Guatemalan prison inmates and mental patients with syphilis for an experiment in the 1940s, according to a presidential commission.The U.S.-funded research in Guatemala did not ...

Unethical US research 'killed 83' in Guatemala

At least 83 people died as human guinea pigs in macabre US research on sexually transmitted diseases in Guatemala in the 1940s, a commission ordered by President Barack Obama concluded.Nearly 5,500 people were subjected to diagnostic testing and more than 1,300 were ...
At least 83 people died as human guinea pigs in macabre US research on sexually transmitted diseases in Guatemala in the 1940s, a commission ordered by President Barack Obama concluded Monday.Nearly 5,500 people were subjected to diagnostic testing and more than 1,300 ...

U.S. to shed light on Guatemala syphilis experiment

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. presidential commission will release on Monday its findings on a government research project that deliberately infected Guatemalan prison inmates and mental patients with syphilis in the 1940s.The conclusions have consequences for U.S. diplomacy and will impact the ...

Iran releases jailed HIV doctor: family source

Iranian HIV doctor Arash Alaei has been released from jail in Tehran after spending more than three years behind bars for allegedly conspiring against the regime, his US-based brother said Monday."He got released today," Kamiar Alaei told AFP in an email. "He ...