To provide some clarification, since so many of you write to me asking about herpes testing, here's a run down of the current available tests. They each have limitations, though I indicate which are the most specific. A doctor will quite often take your history/examine you and then "marry the history/exam findings to the... Read more
If there is one resolution I would like to see, it's the commitment to practicing safe sex in 2009. It is obvious from all the questions being posted on the site that lots of you take chances. There's the "I won't get it this time," "the odds are with me that one time with no condom can't possibly end with herpes," "I trust this... Read more
As an expert on the site I frequently answer questions about herpes. Quite often I will refer the person to a particular area on the site, so they can read up and get a full understanding of the many details that are involved in answering their posted question- in fact, that I often cannot do full justice in my... Read more
I know this site is primarily devoted to herpes but with HIV rates skyrocketing worldwide, its a topic we need to stay tuned in to. New research out of Northwestern University has discovered a critical way that explains how men can transmit HIV to their female partners. Until recently, scientists postulated that the female vaginal... Read more
I don't suppose you'd expect me to be talking about Alzheimer's disease on a herpes website. But the virus behind cold sores may also be the major cause of insoluble protein plaques that are typically found in the brains of Alzheimer's disease sufferers. University of Manchester researchers believe that the herpes simplex virus or HSV1... Read more
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