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Table of Contents

Absolutely Andy

Work With Me!

Bushed To The Limit

Don't Cry for Me, Preventionista

Legal Eye

Milestones

The Rubber Report

Tiny Toons

Saving Lives-or Face?

On The March

Booked & Noted

Vax Is Back

One a Day: You've Come A Long Way

Diabetes and HIV

Lentil Health Day

April Showers

Office Visit

Not A Gym Bunny?

Generics Hit Home

Why...

Founder's Letter

Mailbox

Cabin Fever

Woman To Woman

Holy Makeover!

Doin' the Hustle

Case No. 1: The Job Huneter



What You're Talking About
House of Numbers, An AIDS Documentary (blog) (63)

Sex Crime (29)

Help Develop a National AIDS Strategy (27)

HIV-Positive Sailor Sentenced for Consensual, Unprotected Sex (15)

Obama Lifts HIV Travel Ban (11)
Most Popular Lessons

The HIV Life Cycle

Shingles

Herpes Simplex Virus

Syphilis & Neurosyphilis

Treatments for Opportunistic Infections (OIs)

What is AIDS & HIV?

Hepatitis & HIV


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April 2005


The Rubber Report

by Lucile Scott

With the feds funding false information about condoms, running reliable rubber info is increasingly a political act. So kudos to Consumer Reports. In February, the mag graded penile protectors for strength (the amount of air they could hold before popping) and reliability (the consistency of strength from condom to condom). The best didn’t burst unless inflated with more than 25 liters of air, and the worst exploded prematurely—at least 18 out of 120 times. Here’s the skinny:

The Best: Durex (both Extra Sensitive Lubricated Latex and Performax Lubricated), Lifestyle Classic Collection Ultra Sensitive Lubricated, TheyFit Lubricated, Trojan (Extended Pleasure Climax Control Lubricant, Non-Lubricated and Ultra Pleasure Spermicidal Lubricant)

The Worst: Planned Parenthood’s Assorted Colors and Honeydew condoms

The Chafe: Spermicides decrease shelf life and can cause female urinary tract infections; nonoxynol-9 may irritate vaginal and anal skin, increasing HIV risk.

The Slipup: Many XXL condoms exceed industry width recommendations—so they’re more likely to slide off at the moment of truth.



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