In response to research indicating that nonoxynol-9 may increase women's risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases by damaging the lining of the vagina and cervix, the manufacturer of Durex condoms has stopped making condoms containing the spermicide.In response to research indicating that nonoxynol-9 may increase women's risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases Sexually transmitted diseases Infections that are acquired and transmitted by sexual contact. Although virtually any infection may be transmitted during intimate contact, the term sexually transmitted disease is restricted to conditions that are largely by damaging the lining of the vagina and cervix, the manufacturer of Durex condoms has stopped making condoms containing the spermicide spermicide /sper·mi·cide/ (sper´mi-sid) an agent destructive to spermatozoa.spermici´dal sper·mi·cide n. An agent that kills spermatozoa, especially as a contraceptive. . Health care organizations and advocates have praised the company for "putting public health above profits in this matter." [Kaiser Family Foundation The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF), or just Kaiser Family Foundation, is a U.S.-based non-profit, private operating foundation headquartered in Menlo Park, California. , Durex stops making condoms with nonoxynol-9 due to possible increased risk of HIV transmission, Daily HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Report, Jan. 21, 2004, <http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=21776>, accessed Jan. 23, 2004.] |
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