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A sore throat or something else?

Positive Living article • Dr Louise Owen • 30 May 2013

Doctor Louise answers readers questions. This time she talks about sore throats and possible STIs[Sexually Transmissible (or Transmitted) Infection] Infections spread by the transfer of organisms from person to person during sexual contact. Also called venereal disease (VD) (an older public health term) or sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). read more »

You want that wrapped?

Positive Living article • admin • 7 March 2013

The sort of sex that positive men do together is not something that gets talked about too often.

But Positive Life NSW wants to change all that. read more »

Wrapped or raw: discussing pos-pos sex

Story • Graham Stocks • 14 February 2013

Positive Life NSW have re-launched their campaign Wrapped or Raw which explores choices made by HIV-positive gay men – specifically about using condoms in pos-pos sex – while offering options to minimise risk, maximise pleasure, manage disclosure and have great sex. read more »

Anal cancer too high among PLHIV

Positive Living article • David Menadue • 6 December 2012
symptoms, illnesses and opportunistic infections

‘Unacceptably high’ is how a world expert on anal cancer describes the current rates of anal cancer amongst HIV positive people.

‘In the US we are seeing rates of around 100 cases per 100,000’, Professor Joel Palefsky from the University of California told a session at the recent Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference in Melbourne. read more »

What's Your Problem?

Positive Living article • Dr Louise Owen • 2 September 2011

Doctor Louise answers readers' questions. In this issue she discusses treatment of syphilis. read more »

What's Your Problem?

Positive Living article • Dr Louise Owen • 25 February 2011

Doctor Louise answers readers' questions. In this issue she discusses Hepatitis C infection and unprotected sex. read more »

HPV vaccine also works for men

Positive Living article • Adrian Ogier • 3 September 2010
symptoms, illnesses and opportunistic infections

The quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine (Gardasil) prevents infection and disease in men, according to data presented by Dr Heiko Jessen from Berlin.

In fact, the efficacy(Of a drug or treatment). The maximum ability of a drug or treatment to produce a result regardless of dosage. A drug passes efficacy trials if it is effective at the dose tested and against the illness for which it is prescribed. In the standard procedure, Phase IIA smaller clinical trial designed to establish whether a drug is effective. Phase II studies are conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug for a particular indication or indications in patients with the disease or condition under study and to determine the common short-term side effects and risks. If there is evidence that the drug is effective, a Phase III study is undertaken, with a larger number of participaants, to confirm this. clinical trials gauge efficacy, and Phase IIIA large clinical trial designed to establish whether a drug is effective and safe enough for widespread use. Phase III studies include expanded controlled and uncontrolled trials after preliminary evidence suggesting effectiveness of the drug has been obtained, and are intended to gather additional information to evaluate the overall benefit-risk relationship of the drug and provide and adequate basis for physician labeling. trials confirm it. data was so good that the US Food and Drug AdministrationThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agency responsible for ensuring the safety and effectiveness(Of a drug or treatment). The maximum ability of a drug or treatment to produce a result regardless of dosage. A drug passes efficacy trials if it is effective at the dose tested and against the illness for which it is prescribed. In the standard procedure, Phase II clinical trials gauge efficacy, and Phase III trials confirm it. of all drugs, biologics, vaccines, and medical devices, including those used in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of HIV infection, AIDS, and AIDS-related opportunistic infections. The FDAThe U.S. Department of Health and Human Services agency responsible for ensuring the safety and effectiveness of all drugs, biologics, vaccines, and medical devices, including those used in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of HIV infection, AIDS, and AIDS-related opportunistic infections. The FDA also works with the blood banking industry to safeguard the nation's blood supply. The Australian equivalent is the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). also works with the blood banking industry to safeguard the nation's blood supply. The Australian equivalent is the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA[Therapeutic Goods Administration] The federal government body that approves drugs and treatments before they can be prescribed.). stopped the trial early so that men in the placeboA dummy medical treatment, designed to have no pharmacological effect, administered to the control groupA group of patients in a clinical trial who do not receive the drug or treatment being investigated, for the purpose of comparison with those who do. Participants in the control group of a clinical trial are either given standard treatment (excluding the drug being studied) or a placebo. of a clinicalPertaining to or founded on observation and treatment of participants, as distinguished from theoretical or basic science. trial. group could get the vaccine. read more »

What's Your Problem?

Positive Living article • Dr Louise Owen • 2 September 2010

Doctor Louise answers readers' questions. In this issue she discusses genital warts and sleep problems. read more »

Double Whammy

Positive Living article • Alan Bartlett • 26 February 2010

The complications associated with HIV and syphilis can be extreme. Unfortunately, Alan Bartlett found this out the hard way. read more »

HIV Seroconversion Study 2007 - 9

Scott Lockhart • 19 October 2009

The Seroconversion Study collects both quantitative and qualitative data from mainly homosexual men who have recently been diagnosed with HIV. Men are referred to the online questionaire through clinics and HIV organisations providing services to men who are newly diagnosed. Men completing the online questionaire volunteer for the more extended depth interview. read more »

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