Promising HIV Prevention Method Has 100% Success Rate

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Mark Melin
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The best way to prevent aids among teenage women in Africa is an ounce of prevention rather than a pound of cure, a new study is finding. The method to prevent the spreading of the AIDS epidemic in Africa by having people take an “chemical condom” pill every day is reported to have achieved nearly a 100% success rate. The “chemical condom” is highly successful in early testing A method of providing generally poor African females a pill to fight the HIV virus before they contract the disease is proving successful. The technique known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, is having dramatic…

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Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.