A clinical trial involving 5,045 women in South Africa and Zimbabwe found no statistical difference in the rate of new HIV infections in the two study arms: those who received a diaphragm plus ...

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An electronic system that stimulates the nerve of the diaphragm muscles has received approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in patients with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), ...

Advocates for "female-controlled" AIDS prevention were dealt another setback Thursday after a three-year, multimillion-dollar study in Africa found that women who used a latex diaphragm for possible ...

Context: Interest in the diaphragm has been growing, in part because it is a female-controlled method that might protect against HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). A better ...

July 30, 2003 — Zimbabwean women with "risky" sex partners report clandestine diaphragm use, according to a presentation on July 29 at the 15th Biennial Congress of the International Society for ...

Your diaphragm is a thin muscle that separates your chest and abdomen. When you inhale, your diaphragm tightens and expands your chest cavity. A paralyzed diaphragm doesn’t tighten as it should when ...