Undetectable viral loads in blood is not a guarantee that HIV is also undetectable in semen, according to a new study involving 101 HIV-positive men who have sex with men (MSM) conducted in Boston and published online ahead of print by the journal AIDS. Of the 83 men with undetectable virus in blood samples, roughly a quarter of them—21 MSM in total—had semen with detectable HIV.
Though the study conducted by Joseph Politch, PhD, of Boston University School of Medicine and his colleagues didn’t look at whether those with low-but-detectable levels of HIV in their semen were necessarily more likely to transmit the virus than those with undetectable seminal viral loads, the authors nevertheless caution that a risk of ongoing HIV transmission potentially remains in the absence of barrier protection during sexual activity. “Until more information on transmission risk in MSM is available,” they write, “it would be prudent to advise sexually active HIV-infected MSM to use condoms and other risk-reduction strategies throughout all stages of HIV disease regardless of HIV treatment status.” READ MORE
Sex
Yo.... just let me suck on it for a little while.
W. Brandon Lacy Campos: Speaking Out for Reproductive Freedom, 2012 (by CLPPrj)
January 24th - Word of the Day - Sex
sex
[seks]
noun
1. either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions.
1. either the male or female division of a species, especially as differentiated with reference to the reproductive functions.
2. the sum of the structural and functional differences by which the male and female are distinguished, or the phenomena or behavior dependent on these differences.
3. the instinct or attraction drawing one sex toward another, or its manifestation in life and conduct.
4. coitus.
5. genitalia.
verb (used with object)
6. to ascertain the sex of, especially of newly-hatchedchicks.
Verb phrase
7. sex up, Informal .
a. to arouse sexually: The only intent of that show was to sex up the audience.
b. to increase the appeal of; to make more interesting, attractive, or exciting: We’ve decided to sex up the movie with some battle scenes.
Idiom
8. to have sex, to engage in sexual intercourse.
6. to ascertain the sex of, especially of newly-hatchedchicks.
Verb phrase
7. sex up, Informal .
a. to arouse sexually: The only intent of that show was to sex up the audience.
b. to increase the appeal of; to make more interesting, attractive, or exciting: We’ve decided to sex up the movie with some battle scenes.
Idiom
8. to have sex, to engage in sexual intercourse.
That’s it… right there!
Happy National Sex Day. I'll just be over here on my computer.
I had no idea 6/9