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Why is breast cancer chemoprevention such a hard sell?

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For many conservationists, butterflies are some of the key species that can indicate the quality of an environment not only for themselves but for many other, often less visible, species. Some of their specific needs are often well known, but movements around their habitat and important factors within it are less understood. To help address this issue, a new study reports for the first time the...

Spreadsheet good practice: is there any such thing?

Various techniques for developing spreadsheet models greatly improve the chance that the end result will not contain basic mechanical errors. However, for every discipline in which a given technique is useful, there is likely to be another in which the same technique works badly. As a result, the author urges that EuSpRIG does not succumb to internal or external pressures to champion a particul...

Heterosexual behaviours among men who sell sex to men in coastal Kenya.

OBJECTIVE African men who have sex with men often sell sex to men, and MSM who sell sex (MSM-SW) often also have female partners. We compared sexual risk behaviour of MSM-SW who were sexually active with female partners (bisexual MSW) to MSM-SW with only male partners (exclusive MSW). DESIGN Descriptive behavioural study METHODS : A novel, validated daily event and partner diary self-comple...

Stigma, access to healthcare, and HIV risks among men who sell sex to men in Nigeria

INTRODUCTION Among men who have sex with men (MSM), men who sell sex (MSS) may be subject to increased sexual behaviour-related stigma that affects uptake of healthcare and risk of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). The objectives of this study were to characterize stigma, access to care, and prevalence of HIV among MSS in Nigeria. METHODS Respondent-driven sampling was used to recruit M...