A study of patients attending sexual health clinics in Gothenburg, including a sample of over 1000 patients both male and female showed that more than 20% of women and 10% of men were infected with HSV-2 genital herpes. Only 40% of infected patients were aware that they had herpes [...]
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A recent study into HSV shedding carried out by the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center confirms earlier findings that the HSV-2 virus can and does shed among asymptomatic carriers. In scientific tests it was found that the shedding period for asymptomatic carriers was a little over half that of [...] Herpes – Strangest gift I was ever given – Robbie Williams [...] Research into an antiviral gel to be used by women before sex to prevent HIV transmission has also proved to be effective in preventing the spread of the HSV-2 herpes virus. [...] Herpes sufferers often have to endure not just the pain and discomfort of herpes outbreaks; not just a feeling of guilt or shame that it happened to them. Often they are stereotyped as being sexually promiscuous. You and I and so many of my readers know that it takes only one sexual encounter to [...] Free of the risk of pregnancy and perhaps without a permanent partner, it’s easy just to get into the habit of unprotected sex. But age does not make anyone immune from the risk of herpes and other sexually transmitted diseases. Urology departments are reporting a huge increase in STIs among newly-liberated over 50s [...] Emory Institute of Drug Discovery has teamed up with biotechnology company Zirus Inc. in an effort to produce up-to-the-minute anti viral drugs to combat such diseases as HIV, Herpes and even the common cold virus. [...] Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, England is the scene for ground breaking patient trials of a vaccine designed to prevent the spread of genital herpes by infected individuals to their sexual partners. [...] A scientist believes that infection with a disease like herpes can depend to a large extent on the genetic vulnerability of the patient, which goes against received microbiology, which insists infectious diseases are strictly environmental. [...] Starpharma Holdings leading pharmaceutical development product is Vivagel®, a vaginal microbicide designed to inhibit the transmission of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV and genital herpes. Australian giant showed cash reserves of AUS$ 24.3million (about $21 million US) at the end of December 2009. [...] |
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