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November 24, 2010

Study: Anti-AIDS Drug Reduces Risk of HIV Transmission
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A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found
that gay men could greatly reduce their chances of becoming infected
with HIV if they took a daily dose of anti-retroviral drugs. The study
found the drugs reduced the HIV infection rate by nearly 44 percent in
high-risk gay and bisexual men. Researchers have described the finding
as a major advance in the fight against AIDS because it is the first
study to show that taking drugs before infection can reduce the risk of
HIV transmission.



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