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Health Buzz: HIV Prevention Studies Show Promise and Other Health News

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This report is misleading. The gel was only 30% effective - significant but not as effective as the article implies. Why not state the numbers which are easily available from multiple sources? The statement re condoms is also misleading lumping all women together. The women using the gel used condoms less frequently than the other women in the study. This invites suspicion of the rest of USA reporting.

Art of CA 4:00AM February 11, 2009

The AIDS protection gel (AIDSprotectiongel.com) may or may not prove to be the magic bullet for avoiding the deadly disease, but no drug is a substitute for broad public sex education. No matter how good a drug or gel is, the vast majority of the at-risk population isn't going to have access to it, or use it even if they do have access. The Bush administration wasted 8 years on promoting abstinence while sexually transmitted diseases spread further. Thank goodness the new Obama administration is actually enlightened.

edwards of AZ 10:50PM February 10, 2009