Article: Predictors of sexual risk-taking among new drug users.

Article: NARCOTICS-RUSSIA: NEW DRUG-PRODUCTION METHOD RAISES ...
Inter Press Service English News Wire;  August 31, 1998 ;     700+ words ...Andrei Ivanov Inter Press Service English News Wire 08-31-1998 MOSCOW, Aug. 30 (IPS) -- Health experts are warning of the threats posed by a new method of heroin production which involves contaminating the drug with blood, increasing the risks of HIV infection among users. Dr. Bernhard

Article: Young Black Males Face High HIV Risk
Atlanta Inquirer;  January 29, 2000 ;     697 words ... ... Atlanta Inquirer 01-29-2000 Young Black Males Face High HIV Risk Gay men of color may be more likely to contract HIV at a young ... reduce new infections and improve survival. Since powerful new drug treatments became available in 1996, AIDS cases (AIDS incidence ...

Article: Interventions to prevent HIV risk behaviors.
Consultant;  June 1, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... it; they also increase the likelihood of users entering a treatment program. * Needle exchange programs do not encourage new drug users. * Needle exchange programs do not result in increased numbers of used needles discarded in public places. WHERE TO ...

Article: CHEAP DRUG FOUND TO CUT HIV RISK FOR BABIES ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  July 15, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... mother during labor and once to the infant shortly after birth - while AZT is part of a long course of prenatal therapy. The new drug could become a standard of care for HIV-infected women giving birth in developing countries, preventing spread of the infection ...

Article: POST-EXPOSURE PILL MAY REDUCE HIV RISK.(LIFE & ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  March 8, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... HIV through needle sticks and scalpel slips were given post-exposure prevention (PEP) treatment in the form of AZT. But new drug combinations -- the ``magic cocktails'' -- are even more effective at prevention, and demand is rising among the general ...

Article: Ingredient in human semen may enhance HIV risk ...
The Hindustan Times;  December 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... the HIV virus infect cells. They say that their finding could shed more light on the sexual transmission of HIV and provide new drug targets and strategies for combating the global AIDS epidemic. The team screened a library of peptides and discovered that ...

Article: BELIEF IN A CURE FOR HIV INFECTION ASSOCIATED WITH GREATER ...
The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality;  December 22, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... regimens may contribute to elevated levels of HIV risk behaviours among HIV seropositive individuals ... agreement with this belief, their levels of HIV-risk behaviours (including unprotected insertive ... levels of behavioural intentions to perform HIV risk behaviours in the future. As ...