from: http://www.smh.com.au/news/0007/27/national/national17.html Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.smh.com.au/news/0007/27/national/national17.html">Via cyberspace, sex may be a riskier affair …</A> ----- Via cyberspace, sex may be a riskier affair People who use the Internet to find sexual partners may be at greater risk of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV, according to a new study. The study, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, surveyed 856 clients of an HIV counselling and testing centre in Denver, Colorado, between last September and April this year to examine whether use of the Internet to solicit sexual partners was a risk factor for STDs. The clients completed a detailed HIV risk test and an Internet questionnaire. In the latter, clients were asked whether they had logged on to the Internet with the intention of seeking a sex partner. Clients who answered no were referred to as offline clients. Clients who answered affirmatively, dubbed online seekers, were then asked questions including whether they had successfully solicited a sex partner via the Internet, and whether a condom was used. The Internet responses were then linked to the HIV risk test responses. The researchers concluded that online seekers were more likely to have had a previous STD than offline clients, thus increasing their risk of acquiring future STDs. They said the study showed the Internet played a clear role in the solicitation of risky sexual partners. [ Copyright © 2000. The Sydney Morning Herald All rights reserved. ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
