Background India continues to have unsafe abortions despite progressive legislation since the past five decades facilitating ease of access abortion services. This study describes care-seeking patterns (social/therapeutic/humanitarian/sex-selective/safe/unsafe), preferences (public/private/at home), and their determinants among Indian women. Methods Data were taken from National Family Health S...

I have had an unsafe sexual encounter, receiving oral sex without wearing a condom. Three days after this, I noticed a slight itching on the tip of my penis, and three weeks later I started to feel a slight aching in my lower joints, in the thigh and leg muscles. This aching varied in location. I took an HIV antibody test, which was negative, nine weeks after having sex. Some weeks later on, I ...

Since 1989, blue-collar foreign workers have been permitted to work in Taiwanese industries. Most blue-collar foreign workers apply for jobs in Taiwan through blue-collar foreign workers' agencies. Because blue-collar foreign workers are not familiar with the language and culture in Taiwan, in occupational accident education and hazard prevention, the agencies play an important role in the coor...

serum samples from 201 hiv positive patients were collected to determine the seroprevalence of cmv infection in iranian hiv infected patients during march 2004 until march 2005 using conventional elisa kits. an antibody level of >1.1 iu/ml was considered positive. the seroprevalence of cmv infection was 94%.the maximum prevalence of cmv antibody was seen in patients with unsafe sex and idus. pr...