NIH condom review sends message that prevention efforts need fine-tuning.
The recent controversy over the National Institutes of Health review of 138 condom studies may indicate that it's time to educate patients about the possibility that condoms might not protect them from all sexually transmitted diseases. But at the same time, HIV providers and others have to remind patients that if they engage in sexual activity, condoms are the best protection available against transmission of HIV.
D002487:Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.; D017280:Condoms / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D005380:Financing, Government; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D015528:HIV Seroprevalence; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000191:economics; D008297:Male; D009316:National Institutes of Health (U.S.); D012725:Sexual Behavior; D012749:Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology