Just as you were starting to feel virtuous for having switched from sugary sodas to low- or no-calorie substitutes, a new study comes along suggesting that diet sodas might be bad for your head and your heart. (more…)
Oral HPV Infection: Higher in Men, Transmitted by Sex
A major study of oral infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) — now known to cause of a subset of oropharyngeal cancer — has found a much higher incidence in men than in women and has established sexual transmission as the main way it spreads. It also raises questions about whether existing HPV vaccines offer protection. (more…)
Rapid Oral HIV Test Has Disadvantages
The oral HIV test has a 2% lower sensitivity but similar specificity compared with blood-based tests, according to pooled data from a new review and meta-analysis performed by Nitika Pant Pai, MD, from the Department of Medicine, McGill University, and the Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, McGill University Health Center, Montreal, Canada, and colleagues, published online January 24 in Lancet Infectious Diseases. (more…)
