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Reducing the risk of sexual HIV transmission:... [Sex Transm Dis. 2002. Reducing the risk of sexual HIV transmission:... [Sex Transm Dis. 2002. Transmission Risk - HIV and the Law - Policies and Programs - HIV/AIDS. The risk of getting HIV varies widely depending on the type of exposure.

Transmission Risk - HIV and the Law - Policies and Programs - HIV/AIDS

Antiretroviral Postexposure Prophylaxis After Sexual, Injection-Drug Use, or Other Nonoccupational Exposure to HIV in the United States </P><P>Recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Recommendations from the U.S.

Antiretroviral Postexposure Prophylaxis After Sexual, Injection-Drug Use, or Other Nonoccupational Exposure to HIV in the United States </P><P>Recommendations from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Department of Health and Human Services Prepared by Dawn K. Microbiome of the upper troposphere: Species composition and prevalence, effects of tropical storms, and atmospheric implications. Author Affiliations Edited by W.

Microbiome of the upper troposphere: Species composition and prevalence, effects of tropical storms, and atmospheric implications

Ford Doolittle, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, and approved December 19, 2012 (received for review July 15, 2012) Abstract The composition and prevalence of microorganisms in the middle-to-upper troposphere (8–15 km altitude) and their role in aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions represent important, unresolved questions for biological and atmospheric science. In particular, airborne microorganisms above the oceans remain essentially uncharacterized, as most work to date is restricted to samples taken near the Earth’s surface. Masculine Overcompensation - Science Updates. It’s often said that men act especially macho when they feel their manhood is threatened.

Masculine Overcompensation - Science Updates

But is it really true? Transcript. I am a heterosexual male in a loving relationship with a homosexual male, AMA : gaybros. Having Older Brothers Increases a Man's Odds of Being Gay. Coca Cola-Powered Cellphone: First Nokia Green Phone. What will you do when your cellphone battery runs out?

Coca Cola-Powered Cellphone: First Nokia Green Phone

Maybe, you’ll find a nearest electricity to charge it. But now you can charge your cellphone battery with a Coca Cola, and not only Coke. Usually cellphones use a lithium batteries as their energy source but not only this concept mobile phone. This one was powered by Coca-Cola, so that’s why we could call this phone as the Coca Cola-powered cellphone. This is the first cellphone who use the bio energy to replace the battery role. Chinese designer Daizhi Zheng has created a mobile phone that uses sweet drinks like Coca Cola instead of lithium batteries.

Homophobic? Maybe You’re Gay. In recent years, Ted Haggard, an evangelical leader who preached that homosexuality was a sin, resigned after a scandal involving a former male prostitute; Larry Craig, a United States senator who opposed including sexual orientation in hate-crime legislation, was arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct in a men’s bathroom; and Glenn Murphy Jr., a leader of the Young Republican National Convention and an opponent of same-sex marriage, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge after being accused of sexually assaulting another man.

Homophobic? Maybe You’re Gay

One theory is that homosexual urges, when repressed out of shame or fear, can be expressed as homophobia. Freud famously called this process a “reaction formation” — the angry battle against the outward symbol of feelings that are inwardly being stifled. Estimating the proportion of HIV transmissions from mai... [AIDS. 2009. The Older Brother Effect. I agree with you, Julto.

The Older Brother Effect

I see that compromise is a beautiful thing...it has the power to skirt war and conflict, build friendships, and general relations between any two or more human parties. I wish that both Japan and the U.S. would have compromised before the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. Controversial Gay-Parenting Study Is Severely Flawed, Journal's Audit Finds - Percolator. Mark Regnerus The peer-review process failed to identify significant, disqualifying problems with a controversial and widely publicized study that seemed to raise doubts about the parenting abilities of gay couples, according to an internal audit scheduled to appear in the November issue of the journal, Social Science Research, that published the study.

Controversial Gay-Parenting Study Is Severely Flawed, Journal's Audit Finds - Percolator

The highly critical audit, a draft of which was provided to The Chronicle by the journal’s editor, also cites conflicts of interest among the reviewers, and states that “scholars who should have known better failed to recuse themselves from the review process.” Since it was published last month, the study, titled “How Different Are the Adult Children of Parents Who Have Same-Sex Relationships? ,” has been the subject of numerous news articles and blog posts. Fa'afafine. Fa'afafine are a third-gendered people of Samoa and the Samoan dispora.

Fa'afafine

A recognized identity/role since at least the early 20th century in Samoan society, and some theorize an integral part of traditional Samoan culture, fa'afafine are (generally) born biologically male, and explicitly embody both masculine and feminine gender traits, fashioned in a way unique to this part of the world. Their behavior typically ranges from extravagantly feminine to mundanely masculine.[1] Fa'afafine role in Samoan society[edit] How gay uncles pass down their genes - Health - Behavior. Maybe everyone could use a gay uncle.

How gay uncles pass down their genes - Health - Behavior

A new study found that homosexual men may be predisposed to nurture their nieces and nephews as a way of helping to ensure their own genes get passed down to the next generation. Research has confirmed that male homosexuality is at least partly hereditary – it tends to cluster in families, and identical twin brothers of gay men are more likely to be gay than fraternal twin brothers, who do not share identical DNA. But scientists have been puzzled about how these genes are perpetuated, since homosexual males are less likely to reproduce than straight males. Basically, why haven't gay people gone extinct? One idea is called the "kin selection hypothesis. " "Maybe what's happening is they're helping their kin reproduce more by just being altruistic towards kin," said evolutionary psychologist Paul Vasey of the University of Lethbridge in Canada.

The researchers published their findings in a February issue of the journal Psychological Science. The Science of ‘Gaydar’ New study finds gay and bisexual men have varied sexual repertoires. Public release date: 18-Oct-2011 [ Print | E-mail Share ] [ Close Window ] Contact: Tracy Jamestraljame@iu.edu 812-855-0084Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- A new study by researchers at Indiana University and George Mason University found the sexual repertoire of gay men surprisingly diverse, suggesting that a broader, less disease-focused perspective might be warranted by public health and medical practitioners in addressing the sexual health of gay and bisexual men. The study, published online ahead of print in the Journal of Sexual Medicine, tapped the largest sample of its kind in the United States to examine the sexual behaviors of gay and bisexual men.

In collaboration with the OLB Research Institute at Online Buddies, Inc., researchers were able to include feedback from nearly 25,000 men. "Due to the disproportionate impact of HIV among MSM, the majority of research on gay and bisexual men's sexual behavior is situated within the context of disease.