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Is Safe sex ....Safe...Australian Legal Hookers?

HI Dr. I have written to you recently about safe sex with Aussie legal brothel workers. I am just wanting to check that using condoms with hookers is safe. They are regulated here and have to have full health checks every 6 weeks or they can't...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

G'day Aussie-Dude,HIV cannot permeate intact latex (or polyurethane). No way. No how. If you used your latex (or polyurethane) condoms properly and if they did not fail (break), your HIV risk with your Naughty-Sheilas would be essentially... Read more »

Getting HIV from someone's fingers?The Body: Rick Sowadsky M.S.P.H., C.D.S, Answers to Safe Sex Questions

I was recently involved in a situation where the female partnerI was with touched her vagina (with... Read more »

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Getting tested for subtype-O or unusual strain?The Body: Rick Sowadsky M.S.P.H., C.D.S, Answers to Safe Sex Questions

Mr Sowadsky, Five years ago I had intercourse with a New York City prostitute, during which the... Read more »

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H. »

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Getting Pierced or Tatooed Safely

The photo that runs with this column is almost three years old. I always thought that picture had a gee-whizzy, high school yearbook quality, which makes me look angelic or saintly. I'm neither. I'm actually kinda eclectic and kinky. Now I ask you,... Read more »

Global AIDS Coordinator Nominee Randall Tobias Says Drug Industry Ties Could Help "Get a Better Deal" on Antiretrovirals

Former Eli Lilly CEO Randall Tobias, President Bush's nominee to head the new State Department office created under the global AIDS initiative, said Tuesday during a Senate confirmation hearing that his connections to the pharmaceutical industry... Read more »

Isentress Gets Another Good Grade

Data were presented August 4 at the International AIDS Conference on a head-to-head study comparing the integrase inhibitor Isentress (raltegravir) to Sustiva (efavirenz) in people taking HIV drugs for the first time. The study found that Isentress... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

India: Games Village Gets Condom Refill

A ready supply of condoms helped make safe sex an important, if unofficial, event among the 7,000 athletes participating in the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, which were scheduled to end Thursday evening. India's National AIDS Control Organization... Read more »

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How Safe Is Safe?

Posted by dancin_man, 4 Replies

I am newly diagnosed gay male who is trying to navigate his way through dealing with this process. Obviously testing positive brings up a whole array of issues dealing with sex, and I wanted to use this forum to raise my issues/questions, and get... Read more »

How do I pay for medical and keep our home safe

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

We found out just over 2 yrs ago that my husband is pos. His medical coverage covered him till about a year ago. Then he just got too sick to work in his field. Money got short very fast.
so we sold our home and used the money to moved this year... Read more »

Is the practice safe?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Dear Friend
I met a handsome guy and had sex with me. I was on the top and I did not use a condom. I did not ejaculate into my partner's anus. We had unprotected sex three times. Yeah, I was fool and I admit it. We have a relationship although we... Read more »

stupid thinking with the little head.

Posted by dontknow, 3 Replies

Hello
this is a long post but I need someone to talk to. I am in NY. About 5 years ago I started have sex with males. I am bi and enjoy both female and male. At first I started out getting BJ's and about two years ago started giving BJ's ( it looked... Read more »

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