Can Men Get Hiv From Women

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are men getting hiv from women in america?

hi dr. frascinoare men really getting infected with hiv from having sex with women in this country? i have still never met a poz guy who wasn't either a druggie or had an obvious femininity suggesting homosexual history. and i work with poz...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,"An obvious femininity suggesting homosexual history???" and you say you're a nurse? Oh my, my, my . . . . Let me guess. You must come from one of those square states in the Middle Western part of the USA, right? And you work... Read more »

Are women more easily infected by HIV than men

Is it easier for a women to get infected sleeping with an infected male than what it is if a male... Read more »

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men/women ratio

why are their more women with HIV/AIDS if there are more men that are giving it to women... Read more »

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U.S. Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

Sexual Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Positive Black Men Who Have Sex With Women, With Men, or With Men and Women: Implications for Intervention Development

The study authors compared demographics and sexual and drug risk behaviors among HIV-positive black men who have sex with women only, with men only, or with men and women as a way to assess differences among and between these groups. ... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Men Who Have Sex With Men and Women: A Unique Risk Group for HIV Transmission on North Carolina College Campuses

"To better understand the role that men who have sex with men and women (MSM/W) play in the spread of HIV in young adults in North Carolina, we determined the prevalence of MSM/W among newly diagnosed HIV-infected men, compared social and behavioral... Read more »

Patterns and Correlates of Deliberate Abstinence Among Men and Women With HIV/AIDS

The authors analyzed the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study data set to assess patterns and correlates of deliberate sexual abstinence among HIV-positive gay/bisexual men, heterosexual men, and women. HCUS examined a representative sample of... Read more »

Selections From Being Positive: The Lives of Men and Women With HIV

From Chapter Thirteen: "HIV and Beyond" Recently a friend who lives in the country by the ocean pointed out a house -- a cream-colored gingerbread Victorian with white wooden doilylike trim -- across the street from her. Its small front porch... Read more »

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Are HIV- women or men more likely to be accepting of you being HIV+

Posted by PozInOrlando, 1 Reply

I am recently HIV+ and it seems based on what I read about and have heard that men who are HIV- tend to be more accepting of a woman who's HIV+ than the other way around when it comes to serodiscordant relationships

Do yo think when it comes to... Read more »

May 1 Event for Heterosexual Men & Women with HIV

Posted by keithmk1

Spring Party for Straight Men & Women Living with HIV
Saturday, May 1, 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Vudu Lounge, 1487 1st Ave., Manhattan (77th & 78th Sts.)
Dance floor, DJ, cash bar, light meal
We'll have the place to ourselves. Cost: $10 at door
RSVP: kei... Read more »

Seeking HIV+ Men and Women for Pharmaceutical Ads

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

The Morgan Agency's Proof Positive division is accepting new talent for representation. If you are between 18-45 and HIV+, in good health and attractive but real looking please send a jpeg or tif photo along with your contact information to be... Read more »

HIV + Men And Women 35 and older $50 paid study- Baltimore

Posted by HENNEHIVSTUDY

We are conducting a
RESEARCH STUDY
to understand motivations around
participating in clinical research trials.

Participants must be:
Women or Men who have sex with men 35 or older; and
HIV positive.

The study will take place in Baltimore on

Thursday... Read more »

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