Worldwide, a number of countries are making "spreading HIV" a crime. The problem? Some officials feel that this move - though well intended - could undermine efforts to fight the pandemic of AIDS. Right now the estimated number of people globally who have HIV is estimated to be 33 million. Every year - 3 million more people... Read more
Who's fueling the herpes epidemic?? It may be young women who don't even know that they have the virus that causes genital herpes. They may have no symptoms, they may not have been tested and they may be actively shedding the virus in their genital tracts. They are basically infectious - and they don't know it. The statistics are... Read more
If you have herpes then you are probably familiar with the drug acyclovir. It's an anti-viral agent that is often recommended to patients with HSV2 so that recurrences of active herpes are diminished. The drug is credited with decreasing the number of times you will have painful breakouts, lowering viral load and helping to minimize... Read more
We are mostly alive because our immune cells function to protect us against the every second exposure to microbes, that given the opportunity, could overwelm us and kill us. Well as immune cells age, they lose the ability to divide, and their disease-fighting abilities are compromised. This is especially important in chronic... Read more
Gardasil is a vaccine given in 3 doses and it costs about $375. To date, about 1 in 4 girls have taken the vaccine, whose recommendations have been "to prevent deadly cervical cancers (and more recently vulvar/vaginal cancers) in women." Seventy percent of these cancers tend to be cause by 2 strains of HPV, both of which the... Read more
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