If it were not for government intervention, insurance companies would refuse to underwrite individuals participating in homosexual activity.
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Tip of the Iceberg: Young Men Who Have Sex With Men, the Internet, and HIV Risk (2007)
Robert Garofalo, MD, MPH, Amy Herrick, MA, Brian S. Mustanski, PhD and Geri Rachel Donenberg, PhD
Using the Internet to meet sexual partners was common; 48% of our sample had sexual relations with a partner they met online. Of these, only 53% used condoms consistently, and 47% reported having sexual partners older (>4 years) than themselves. Young men who have sex with men and who seek partners online also engage in other behaviors that place them at risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. [more]
Methamphetamine and Young Men Who Have Sex With Men
Robert Garofalo, MD, MPH; Brian S. Mustanski, PhD; David J. McKirnan, PhD; Amy Herrick, MA; Geri R. Donenberg, PhD
A substantial percentage of YMSM in this sample used methamphetamine. Methamphetamine use is a public health problem with significant implications for the health and well-being of YMSM. Methamphetamine use was associated with human immunodeficiency virus–related risk, and patterns of use were predicted by demographic data, sexualized social contexts, and psychological variables. [more]
Medicare beneficiaries with HIV increased 79.91% from 1997 to 2003 (2007)
David E. Gilden, BS, Joanna M. Kubisiak, MPH and Daniel M. Gilden, MS
From research titled, "Managing Medicare’s HIV Caseload in the Era of Suppressive Therapy:"
The number of Medicare beneficiaries with HIV increased from 42520 in 1997 to 76500 in 2003, whereas mortality among this group fell by 35%. HIV-associated infections declined by as much as 43% (mycoses). Heart and liver disease and diabetes increased by more than 50%. [more]
HIV infection affects employment rates by as much as 25% in France (2007)
Research by Rosemary Dray-Spira, MD, PhD, Alice Gueguen, PhD, Jean-François Ravaud, MD, PhD and France Lert, PhD
Compared with that of the general population, the overall employment rate was 25% lower among HIV-infected patients diagnosed before 1994 and 9% lower among HIV-infected patients diagnosed from 1994 onward. Highly educated HIV-infected patients diagnosed from 1994 onward did not differ from that of the general population. [more]
Marriage presents the single greatest risk for HIV infection among women in rural Mexico due to men’s extramarital sexual behavior (2007)
Jennifer S. Hirsch, PhD, Sergio Meneses, MD, MA, Brenda Thompson, MPH, Mirka Negroni, MA, Blanca Pelcastre, PhD and Carlos del Rio, MD
Culturally constructed notions of reputation in this community lead to sexual behavior designed to minimize men’s social risk (threats to one’s social status or relationships), rather than viral risk and that men’s desire for companionate intimacy may actually increase women’s risk for HIV infection. [more]
Greater Risk for HIV Infection of Black Men Who Have Sex With Men (2006)
Gregorio A. Millett, MPH, John L. Peterson, PhD, Richard J. Wolitski, PhD and Ron Stall, PhD, MPH
High rates of HIV infection for Black MSM were partly attributable to a high prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases that facilitate HIV transmission and to undetected or late diagnosis of HIV infection. [more]
Lack Of HIV Services For Gays Highlighted At International AIDS Conference
by The Associated Press
Studies have found that infection rates are growing among men who have sex with men in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and less than five percent of those men have access to HIV-related health care, according to a statistics released by the American Foundation for AIDS Research, or amfAR. [more]
Indonesia may require people with HIV/AIDS to have microchip implants
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
Papua, Indonesia reportedly may become the first area in the world to mandate people with HIV/AIDS have microchips implanted in their bodies so that their behavior can be monitored in a bid to keep them from passing on the virus to others. [more]
Anal sex with nonsteady partners without using a condom remains a high-risk behavior (1991)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[R]elapse from safer sex to riskier practices has been documented among homosexual/bisexual men (5). Because the serostatus or HIV risk behaviors of any sex partner can be difficult to ascertain, especially for anonymous partners, anal sex with nonsteady partners without using a condom remains a high-risk behavior. [more]
Shigella sonnei Outbreak among Homosexual Men, London (2006)
Oliver Morgan, Paul Crook, Tom Cheasty, Brian Jiggle, Isabelle Giraudon, Harriett Hughes, Stephen-Morris Jones, and Helen Maguire • Health Protection Agency, Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre, LondonUK
To the Editor: In the summer of 2004, genitourinary medicine clinics in London reported cases of Shigella sonnei with a novel phage type pattern (later designated PTQ). Outbreak case finding involved local laboratories and genitourinary medicine physicians in London, as well as the national reference laboratory. [source]
Hepatitis A Prevention for Men who have Sex with Men
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Are men who have sex with men at increased risk? Yes. Hepatitis A disproportionately affects men who have sex with men (MSM). About 10% of all new HAV infections in the United States are among MSM. Although the overall incidence of hepatitis A has declined in the United States over the past decade, frequent outbreaks continue to be reported among MSM. [source]
Hepatitis B Prevention for Men who have Sex with Men
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Are MSM at increased risk for hepatitis B?Yes. Hepatitis B disproportionately affects MSM. About 15%-20% of all new HBV infections in the United States are among MSM. Hepatitis B vaccine can prevent these infections. Although hepatitis B vaccine has been available since 1982, hepatitis B vaccination rates are very low among young MSM. [source]
CDC's Four Division 'Dear Colleague' letter highlighting the 2002 STD Treatment Guidelines recommendations for MSM - March 8, 2004
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at increased risk for multiple sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis B and hepatitis A. Numerous reports document high rates of STDs among MSM that appear to be associated with... [more]
NASTAD and NCSD Applaud CDC’s Call for Comprehensive STD Prevention Services for Gay Men: “Dear Colleague” Letter Targets Public Health Officials, Private Physicians and Gay Leadership
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at increased risk for multiple STDs including HIV, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis A and hepatitis B. Numerous reports document high rates of STDs among MSM and suggest a resurgence in unsafe sexual practices among these men. In 2001 and 2002, syphilis cases among men increased dramatically in the United States; CDC estimates that over 40 percent of all cases in 2002 were among MSM. CDC has also documented syphilis outbreaks among gay men in... [source]
Increase in national syphilis rates (2002)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Action Memo
Listed are several action steps recommended physicians undertake "immediately." [source]
MMWR: Chronicling HIV and AIDS from the Beginning (2006)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[June 2005] CDC analyzed data from 5 of 17 cities participating in the National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) system. This report summarized preliminary findings from the HIV-testing component of NHBS, which indicated that of MSM surveyed, 25% were infected with HIV and 48% of those persons were unaware of their infection. [source]
Shigellosis Linked to Sex Venues, Australia
Belinda O'Sullivan, Valerie Delpech, Giulietta Pontivivo, Thomas Karagiannis, Debbie Marriott, John Harkness, and Jeremy M. McAnulty
[A] major inner-city hospital laboratory in Sydney, New South Wales (NSW), reported to local health authorities an unexpected increase in the incidence of shigellosis in homosexual men. In the United States, reports in the 1970s linked shigellosis transmission to orogenital and oral-anal sexual contact between men in bathhouses and more recently with underlying HIV infection. Recent clusters of Shigella sonnei infection have been identified in Canada and San Francisco in men who have sex with men. [source]
Homosexuals treated for biopsy-confirmed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (1996)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
5 young men, all active homosexuals, were treated for biopsy-confirmed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia at 3 different hospitals in Los Angeles, California. Two of the patients died. [All were under 40 years old.] [source]
The HPV Landscape
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The incidence of anal cancer in homosexual men was estimated at 12.5-36.5/100,000 before the start of the AIDS epidemic and is thought to be even higher now in homosexual and bisexual men infected with HIV. [source]
Drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae in Michigan
Kathryn E. Macomber, Martha S. Boehme, James T. Rudrik, Dara Ganoczy, Erin Crandell-Alden, William A. Schneider, and Patricia A. Somsel
The increasing prevalence of quinolone-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae (QRNG) in the United States is a cause for concern...The Michigan Department of Community Health developed a sentinel surveillance program to detect antimicrobial drug resistance in N. gonorrhoeae. Sentinel surveillance from 11 laboratories submitted 1,122 isolates for antimicrobial drug susceptibility testing and detected 2 clusters of QRNG from January 2003 to September 2004...In response, the Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) established a sentinel surveillance system to monitor the prevalence of drug-resistant gonorrhea, characterize patients with drug-resistant infections, and provide local treatment recommendations in Michigan. Before 2003, only sporadic cases of QRNG were detected in Michigan; all of these patients acquired their infections during foreign travel. However, resistant strains might have gone undetected... [source]
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