How To Tell Your Partner You Have An STD
When Sarit Luban, a 27-year-old writer from Boston starts dating someone new, there’s a conversation she has to have first.
Luban, who has genital herpes, says she has a couple of different approaches to disclosing her sexually transmitted infection. Sometimes she introduces herpes casually, as one of many facts about herself. Other times, she opens up the conversation by talking about STIs generally, and asking about the last time her partner was tested.
“I don’t apologize, and I don’t go into how I got it,” she says. “It can be as simple as, ‘Hey, I want to have sex with you...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - April 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Short Film Explores What It’s Like To Find Out You Have An STI
A new short film from BuzzFeed Yellow shows just how terrifying it can be to find out you have a sexually transmitted infection.
The video titled “Getting Tested” features a young woman going to the doctor to find out if she has an STI. The film is an important reminder of how easily people can contract STIs; it doesn’t matter how many people you’ve slept with or if you’ve mostly had safe sex ― a lot of it comes down to bad luck.
As the young woman is laying on the doctor’s table getting the exam, she says, “This is really not like me... I’ve only had ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 20, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Do Women Really Need A Yearly Pelvic Exam?
Experts are still debating whether women need a pelvic exam at their yearly visit to a gynecologist, according to a new report.
The report comes from a government-appointed expert panel that reviewed hundreds of studies on pelvic exams and concluded that there isn’t enough evidence to make a recommendation either for or against pelvic exams for women who don’t have symptoms of gynecologic conditions and aren’t pregnant.
The panel, known as the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), said that more studies are needed to better assess the potential benefits and harms of routine pelvic exams.
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Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 10, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Link between herpes in pregnancy and autism is unconfirmed
Conclusion
This was a Norwegian case-control study that looked at whether maternal infections during pregnancy are associated with the risk of neurological developmental disorders such as autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) in their children.
The study initially found no association between any of the pathogens during pregnancy or after delivery, and the development of ASD in boys or girls.
Further investigations suggested that high levels of HSV-2 virus antibodies during mid-pregnancy were associated with increased risk of the development of ASD in boys.
The researchers suggest that the suspected risk of ASD associated wit...
Source: NHS News Feed - February 24, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pregnancy/child Neurology Mental health Source Type: news
Autism risk linked to herpes infection during pregnancy
Women actively infected with genital herpes during early pregnancy had twice the odds of giving birth to a child later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a study. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 22, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Medical News Today: Genital herpes in pregnancy may raise autism risk for offspring
Researchers suggest that mothers with a greater immune response to herpes simplex virus 2 in pregnancy may be more likely to have children with autism. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - February 22, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Autism Source Type: news
Autism risk linked to herpes infection during pregnancy
(Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health) Women actively infected with genital herpes during early pregnancy had twice the odds of giving birth to a child later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a study by scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. Results appear in mSphere, a journal of the American Society for Microbiology. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - February 22, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
New genital herpes vaccine candidate provides powerful protection in preclinical tests
Approximately 500 million people around the world are infected with the genital herpes virus known as herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV2). A vaccine that could bring an end to this global pandemic is needed desperately, yet no candidate vaccine has ever performed well in clinical trials. Now scientists in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that a new type of vaccine provides powerful protection in standard guinea pig and monkey models of HSV2 infection. (Source: World Pharma News)
Source: World Pharma News - January 24, 2017 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Featured Research Research and Development Source Type: news
Genital herpes vaccine shows promise in animal trials
The vaccine could be nearing human clinical trials, researchers say (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - January 21, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Could this jab STOP genital herpes?
Around 500 million people have genital herpes. But no experimental jab has ever achieved strong or consistent results in a clinical trial. Now, a jab at the University of Pennsylvania, has. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - January 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New genital herpes vaccine candidate provides powerful protection in preclinical tests
Approximately 500 million people around the world are infected with the genital herpes virus known as herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV2). A vaccine that could bring an end to this global pandemic is needed desperately, yet no candidate vaccine has ever performed well in clinical trials. Now scientists have shown that a new type of vaccine provides powerful protection in standard guinea pig and monkey models of HSV2 infection. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - January 19, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news
Genital herpes vaccine shows promise in animal trials
Dennis Thompson, HealthDay News A new vaccine for genital herpes could be nearing human clinical trials, researchers say. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - January 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Genital Herpes Vaccine Promising in Animal Trials
Two-pronged approach tested on lab monkeys, guinea pigs (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - January 19, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Genital Herpes Vaccine Shows Promise in Animal Trials
Two - pronged approach tested on lab monkeys, guinea pigs (Source: Fertility News - Doctors Lounge)
Source: Fertility News - Doctors Lounge - January 19, 2017 Category: Reproduction Medicine Tags: Infections, Reproductive Medicine, Research, News, Source Type: news
