The benefits of medical male circumcision have been proven to also extend to women. It has been shown that female partners of men who are circumcised have a less risk of contracting the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
Read More » Male circumcision benefits women too
New research suggests that certain antiretroviral treatment (ART) may increase a person'€™s risk for heart disease, yet scientists believe that its benefits still far outweigh the harm caused by any of its side effects.
Read More » ARVs may affect the heart
WASHINGTON '€” Speaking at a satellite session today at the XIX International AIDS Conference, Ambassador Eric Goosby, the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator, and Michel Sidibé, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), commended countries and their international partners for recent progress in preventing new HIV infections among children and saving mothers'€™ lives.
Read More » UNAIDS and PEPFAR spotlight global progress in eliminating new HIV infections among children
Washington '€“ A first-of-its-kind study released today by Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) maps progress across 23 countries on HIV treatment strategies, tools and policies needed to increase treatment scale-up. The results show that governments have made improvements to get better antiretroviral treatment (ART) to more people, but implementation of innovative community-based strategies is lagging in some countries.
Read More » First-ever study of HIV treatment policies in 23 countries
An international team of researchers examined the current understanding of why some people are more physically active than others.
Read More » Why some are more physically active than others
Researchers have identified various successful and promising interventions from around the world that could be used to improve opportunities for regular physical activity and encourage more people to be physically active.
Read More » Effective ways to get people exercising
WASHINGTON DC, 23 July 2012 (PLUSNEWS) - Fewer babies are being born HIV-positive, but treatment for the more than three million children living with HIV remains under-researched and underfunded. As part of efforts to boost access to paediatric HIV treatment, researchers are getting creative, moving to better pills, kid-friendly treatment "sprinkles", micro-tabs and even medicine-dispensing pacifiers.
Read More » HIV/AIDS: Better paediatric HIV formulations
Most medical problems can be controlled through early detection and treatment. Looking after your health means going for regular screening tests, even when you feel fine.
Read More » Some of the screening tests men should have
Scientists have pinpointed an invaluable indicator of men'€™s health: the penis.
Read More » Erection may be heart attack warning
The evidence that voluntary medical male circumcision reduces the risk of a heterosexual man contracting HIV in high prevalence areas is beyond reasonable doubt.
Read More » Getting circumcision science right in the media
Healthy eating coupled with regular physical exercise can go a long way in prolonging your life. The World Health Organisation'€™s (WHO'€™s) recent recommendation is for people to take, at least, 30 minutes exercising five days a week.
Read More » Exercise is good for the body
Dr. Mmatsie Manentsa, a doctor at Zuzimpilo Clinic, in Johannesburg, is passionate about providing quality service to men who have sex with men, otherwise known as MSM. She spoke to Siphosethu Stuurman about HIV and other health risks that pose a great challenge to this group.
Read More » MSM health risks
Most men believe that birth control is a woman'€™s responsibility and, to a certain extent, they are supported by women in that view. For instance, the majority of men will never have a vasectomy - the only birth control procedure for men. But why is that?
Read More » Birth control for men
Six new additional centres offering medical male circumcision services will open in the provinces of KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga and Gauteng as from next January until the end of 2012.
Read More » Expanding medical male circumcision Living with AIDS # 494
An expensive gift has cast new shadows over the Kwazulu-Natal (KZN) Department of Health's controversial decision to purchase and use an unsafe circumcision device called the Tara Klamp.
Read More » The king, the car and the clamp
