http://dir.salon.com/topics/safe_sex/?source=rss&aim=safe_sex en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT By Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/vital_signs/2008/03/24/sex_education/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/vital_signs/2008/03/24/sex_education/index.html?source=rss Sex education regressed into the Dark Ages under Bush. Which candidate will now stand up for young persons' health? By Andrew Leonard Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/12/the_condom_economy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/12/the_condom_economy/index.html?source=rss Economists must be pleased. A boom in safe sex is a clearly rational response to current market conditions. By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/18/abortion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2008/01/18/abortion/index.html?source=rss At the same time, RU-486 use is increasing and more clinics are closing. By Rebecca Traister Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/05/vaccine/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2005/05/05/vaccine/index.html?source=rss The Family Research Council wants to block a vaccine that may prevent human papillomavirus (HPV), the STD thought to cause around 70 percent of cervical cancer cases. By David Tuller Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/09/11/risk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/09/11/risk/index.html?source=rss An HIV-negative gay man shares why he sleeps with seropositive men and how he deals with the danger. By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/25/jenna_bush/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/09/25/jenna_bush/index.html?source=rss Does the first daughter's position on safe sex conflict with her dad's abstinence-only views? By Tracy Clark-Flory Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/18/trojan/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/06/18/trojan/index.html?source=rss A new commercial for Trojan condoms depicts a bar full of swine -- except for the "evolved" male carrying a condom. By David Tuller Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/log/2000/09/11/safer_sex/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/log/2000/09/11/safer_sex/index.html?source=rss Between abstinence and wild, unencumbered sex, how do you assess your risks? By Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/07/25/safe_sex/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/letters/daily/2000/07/25/safe_sex/index.html?source=rss By Arthur Allen By Arthur Allen Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/07/24/condom/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/07/24/condom/index.html?source=rss What's wrong with requiring condom wrappers to carry a warning about a cancer-causing virus? Second of two parts. By Arthur Allen Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/07/21/safe_sex/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/feature/2000/07/21/safe_sex/index.html?source=rss Condoms don't protect against all STDs. Social conservatives, goaded by George W. Bush, are taking advantage of that little-known fact. First of two parts. By Jack Boulware Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/2000/04/11/safe_sex/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/world/2000/04/11/safe_sex/index.html?source=rss Study shows some Canadian drunks have safer sex. By Dan Stern Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/it/1998/10/07/guest/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/it/1998/10/07/guest/index.html?source=rss Protecting yourself from a life-threatening STD may be as simple as safe sex, but avoiding microbial diseases requires subtler methods. By Courtney Weaver Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/1996/10/21/courtney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/1996/10/21/courtney/index.html?source=rss its emotionally evasive, vaguely ridiculous  and the orgasms aren't that great, either. By Courtney Weaver Mon, 24 Mar 2008 03:03:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/1996/08/05/courtney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/health/sex/urge/1996/08/05/courtney/index.html?source=rss Do you always practice safe sex? Or has the fear of AIDS --among other STDs -- diminished?