Posted on 03/13/2008 10:24:16 AM PDT by reaganaut1
Many cases of sexually transmitted diseases are escaping detection because gay men are not being tested each year as advised, federal health officials said Wednesday. And if the men do show up, the officials added, many doctors and clinics are not following screening recommendations.
But more cases could be detected if the government approved new ways to use a type of DNA test that is already on the market, the officials and researchers said in a news conference at a scientific meeting in Chicago.
They said the test, used in new ways, could detect twice as many cases of gonorrhea and chlamydia as standard tests.
Those diseases, along with syphilis, whose incidence continues to increase, are a major threat to gay and bisexual mens health, said Dr. Kevin Fenton, a top official of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Dr. Fenton noted that such diseases increased the risk of contracting and spreading H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS.
Screening for sexually transmitted infections is a critical part of medical care for sexually active men. The C.D.C. recommends annual blood tests for H.I.V. and syphilis, and other tests for gonorrhea and chlamydia.
Gonorrhea tests should include specimens from all potential sites of exposure throat, genitals and rectum because identifying and treating all such infections is essential for preventing spread of the disease.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
“The diseases are self-correcting when the patient dies.”
L - O - freakin - L
I love the spin on this. It makes it sound like it's not their fault the testing isn't occurring. How about: Gay men are not GETTING tested. Personal responsibility is a good thing.
This is HATE SPEECH!
It is FORBIDDEN to criticize the gay lifestyle.
The author of this article must be brought up on charges before the Human Rights Commission immediately!
“They know EXACTLY what they ARE DOING but can’t control themselves”
They know exactly what they are doing but WON’T control themselves. Fixed it.
Maybe most won’t. I can’t say that ALL are unreachable. There are a few that will, their desire to live (healthy) outweighs everything else.
Forgot your /sarc tag.. ;)
Ya know, Dr. Fenton, if these 'men' would simply give up their perversion, screening wouldn't be an issue.
Figured it was self-evident..:-)
However, in the UK, this article WOULD qualify as hate speech. You cannot criticize the gay lifestyle there, no matter how factual and devoid of emotion your criticism is.
Cancer cells are often aneuploid but that doesn’t meant that the scientists have detected exogenous human DNA in them.
If this theory were true, straight men would have low cancer rates compared to their wives. And spinsters, nuns and celibate eunuchs would be safe.
Well I imagine there’s not a huge queue of people wanting to have a look in the first place.....
L.O.L.....they don’t have enough nuclear reactor meldown suits!
If you are in a mutually monogamous relationship, a monogamous man/woman relationship anyway, you don’t have to worry about sexually transmitted diseases.
Probably the same is true in homosexual relationships. If the people are mutually monogamous, the STD rates would certainly drop.
Yeah, amen. On the one hand, they deny that homosexual behavior is way more dangerous than normal behavior. And then, wink, wink, they tell them to be careful to get tested. Sheesh! For the good old days, when most people could tell the difference between normalcy and perversion!
Yeah, I would think it would be ‘hate speech’ in the rest of Europe and Canada too.
What kind of tests ?
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