Gosh, go figure!
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/22/health/22condom.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/22/health/22condom.html
Quote:
| The consistent use of condoms protects against human papillomavirus, a cause of warts and cervical and other female cancers, researchers are reporting today. In the study, which independent experts said was the most conclusive to examine the role of condoms in preventing infection with the virus, women whose male partners used condoms every time they had sexual intercourse had less than half the rate of infection as did women whose partners used condoms less than 5 percent of the time. The study was conducted among students at the University of Washington in Seattle. Although the Food and Drug Administration recently licensed a human papillomavirus vaccine that is widely expected to prevent many warts and female cancers, the findings of the study are important because the vaccination protects against just four strains of human papillomavirus. So, the authors said, consistent condom use may protect women against other dangerous strains of the virus. |
