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Dating and Herpes Part II
In the event that you have genital herpes and your partner doesn’t, you still have some excellent options when it comes to protection. A condom should always be your first line of defense, though its shortcomings are a little more noticeable when it comes to herpes. Genital herpes tends to have outbreaks around the entire […]
Dating and Herpes, Part I
Finding out you have genital herpes can be a bummer. But it doesn’t have to spell the end of your social life! Dating and herpes don’t have to be mutually exclusive. Many people are out there actively dating with genital or oral herpes. Here are some ways for you to deal. Make sure to tell […]
A few words about Herpes and HIV
Oral or genital herpes can be a nuisance to live with, but you may not be aware that it can also put your life at risk. People with genital herpes need to be doubly careful about contracting HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDS, because of their body’s increased risk of exposure. If you […]
Herpes and Erectile Dysfunction
If you suffer from genital herpes, then it’s possible you’re also suffering from erectile dysfunction. Though there are no clinical studies that prove a link, there are certainly documented cases of herpes causing impotence in psychological ways. Your body might psychosomatically cause erectile dysfunction if you’re anxious, or worried about transmitting herpes. The mental anguish […]
Gilead, Johnson & Johnson to Develop Once-Daily HIV Pill
A new once-daily pill to treat HIV will be developed under a deal announced Thursday by Gilead Sciences and Johnson & Johnson. The new antiretroviral would contain J&J’s experimental non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor, TMC278, and Gilead’s Truvada (emtricitabine and tenofovir). In the agreement, Gilead said it will pay development costs of up to $100 million […]
County Sued over Porn Industry STDs
One month after an adult-film actress tested HIV-positive the AIDS Healthcare Foundation pushed for more enforcement on the use of condoms during filming of adult movies. Since 2004, 18 HIV cases and more than 3,700 chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis cases have been reported by the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation (AIM). AIM is a clinic […]
Sex Infections Found in Quarter of Teenage Girls
The first national study of four common sexually transmitted diseases among girls and young women has found that one in four are infected with at least one of the diseases, federal health officials reported Tuesday. Nearly half the African-Americans in the study of teenagers ages 14 to 19 were infected with at least one of […]
To reduce the risk of genital herpes, use a condom every time
We’ve assumed that condoms can reduce the spread of genital herpes – but without complete, or at least well-quantified, confidence in the assumption. This fact sheet from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sums up the reason for such hesitation: “Genital ulcer diseases can occur in both male and female genital areas that […]
Minister Urges Firms to Pool HIV Patents
By 2030, an estimated 50 million people with HIV/AIDS will need newer treatments to keep them alive, according an all-party parliamentary report due out this week. To prevent millions of AIDS deaths in poor countries, pharmaceutical firms holding patents on HIV/AIDS drugs should release these drugs’ patent rights, Mike Foster, Britain’s international development minister, is […]
Other sexually transmitted diseases don’t get the attention HIV does, which causes Dr. John Toney some distress
An estimated 19 million new infections occur each year, most of them not HIV. Almost half are in people 15- to 24 years old. Chlamydia diagnoses are skyrocketing. Syphilis, at an all-time low nine years ago, is increasing steadily with a big boost in men. Although its numbers are fairly stable nationwide, gonorrhea still occurs […]
