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Friday October 18, 2002
SCIENTIFIC REPORT FINDS CONDOMS INADEQUATE FOR STD RISK REDUCTION
Even 100 percent condom use does not eliminate the risk of any STD including HIV
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WASHINGTON, October 18, 2002 (LSN.ca) - A new scientific report released Wednesday reveals that condoms, even when used 100 percent of the time, fail to reduce the risk of some of the most common and potentially dangerous sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) to an acceptable level. Sex, Condoms, and STDs: What We Now Know, released today by The Medical Institute for Sexual Health, reviews findings of all significant research and professional presentations about the ability of condoms to reduce the risk of STDs. The report is authored by some of the nation's leading experts on sexually transmitted diseases and condom research.
Key findings of Sex, Condoms, and STDs include:
Condoms must be used 100 percent of the time and used correctly during all the years an unmarried individual is engaged in sexual activity to provide any reasonable hope of avoiding STD infection and potential disease from infected partners (except for herpes and HIV where less than 100 percent condom use can provide some risk reduction). Even 100 percent condom use does not eliminate the risk of any STD including HIV.
One hundred percent use of condoms for many years is so uncommon that it is almost a purely theoretical concept except for very few, very meticulous individuals. Even among adults who knew that their partner had HIV, only 56 percent used condoms every time (and the median follow up was only 24 months). Further, there is no evidence of any risk reduction for sexual transmission of human papillomavirus infection (HPV) even with 100 percent condom use.
Syphilis transmission is reduced to 29 percent from 50 percent with 100 percent condom use, leaving 50 to 71 percent relative risk of infection. ("Relative risk" does not mean the actual percentage risk of infection but rather refers to the calculated difference of risk between using a condom and not using a condom.)
HIV sexual transmission is reduced by approximately 85 percent with 100 percent condom use leaving an approximate 15 percent relative risk of infection with this usually fatal disease.
For more information or to order a copy of the report visit:
http://www.medinstitute.org
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