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HPV, Oral Cancer and Young People: What You Should Know

Between the 1980s and the year 2000 researchers were looking at some startling statistical revelations.  It took until the year 2000 for the research based on these observations to become embraced by the science community AND made public.  That announcement is now responsible for some worrisome new statistics.   HPV, which we know... Read moreChevron

It's called "scrumpox" And It Is Spreading Through Contact Sports

A recent report highlighted  a herpes virus strain that is making its way through rugby players and sumo wrestlers in Japan.  They're calling it scrumpox (a combo of scrimmage and the pox-like appearance of the skin rash- also called herpes gladiatorum) and it is spread through skin-to-skin contact so that is why it is assumed... Read moreChevron

Does Circumcision Reduce HIV Risk in Homosexual Men?

Circumcision is a common practice among jewish male newborns.  It has also been associated with a number of possible health benefits, some of which have panned out with further studies and some which have not.  It was assumed that men who were circumcised and then engaged in male to male sexual relations had a lower risk of HIV when... Read moreChevron

Nobel Awards This Year Goes to AIDS and HPV Research

It was 2 French researchers who discovered the AIDs virus and thanks to them we had a name for a disease that now has more than 33 million people world-wide as carriers (of HIV) and treatments.    A German scientist was honored for showing that the human papilloma virus (HPV) caused cervical cancer.  HPV causes genital warts which... Read moreChevron

When Herpes Tests Honesty and Trust

Many of you who read my blog, may also be posting questions to be answered.  As I navigate the questions, an ongoing "difficult issue" I am confronted with, is when someone believes that their spouse has been honest and devoted, they themselves have not had an outside the relationship sexual encounter, and yet suddenly they have... Read moreChevron

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There are two types of HSV, HSV type 1 and 2, and both can cause genital herpes.

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