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posted 07/07/2008, comment (1)

Is a Cure for Herpes on the Horizon

Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have now figured out how the HSV1 - the cause of cold sores - manages to hide out. Apparently they lie dormant in the trigeminal nerve of the face until they are triggered by excessive sunlight, a fever or other stresses. Well now that scientists are beginning to understand how the virus... Read more Chevron

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Connie

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posted 07/03/2008, comments (5)

Life is hard enough

so yes yesterday 7-2-2008, i was informed i have both types of herpes. I honestly cant stop crying. I have always been cautious and get my self check many times through the year. It sucks to know that someone did this to me and i may very well have done the same thing to someone else. to me the biggest thin that is hard to... Read more Chevron

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Penelope James

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posted 07/03/2008, comments (0)

Breaking the News

Have you just met someone who you’d like to be (or have already been) intimate with and want to tell him/her you have herpes? Once you’ve educated yourself about herpes and picked the ideal location/situation to discuss your disease, then it’s time to let the cat out of the bag. Although everyone reacts... Read more Chevron

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posted 07/01/2008, comments (0)

Sex Ed for the Group We Call Wise

Here's the script: Man gets divorced after 22 years of marriage and is "ripe for the social scene." He can't wait to have his first post-marital sexual experience and when it happens he wants to recapture the adventurous spirit of his youth - so he skips using a condom. After all, "it's just one time, right??" Second script:... Read more Chevron

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posted 06/30/2008, comments (2)

so hard after all the pain

After living with genital herpes for the past two years of my high school life, many bad things had come out of it. From ex-best friends telling the entire school you have the disease,and having to constantly knowingly lie to each and every person who walked up to me and asked me alot of these people i've known since... Read more Chevron

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