Genital herpes infections and their related complications lead to billions of dollars in health care expenditures and productivity losses globally, according to the first ever global estimates of the economic costs of these ...
Jul 1, 2024
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Syphilis cases are on the rise around the globe, but many Americans don't know the symptoms.
Jun 12, 2024
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Human herpesviruses comprise the alpha, beta, and gamma subfamilies and are a widely prevalent group of DNA-enveloped viruses capable of establishing lifelong latent infections in humans and causing various diseases. Among ...
Feb 26, 2024
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Is herpes always contagious or only during outbreaks? Does the pill cause long-term infertility issues? And was female "hysteria" really treated with orgasms by doctors in the past? Every year, there is an entire week dedicated ...
Feb 8, 2024
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Researchers from LSTM, in collaboration with researchers in Kenya and the U.S., have been investigating options for girls and young women in low-and-middle-income countries to manage menstruation with comfort and dignity ...
Oct 17, 2023
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If you grew up in the '90s and '00s, you may feel that sex education didn't teach you much of practical value. Most sex education during this time followed a "prevention" approach, focusing on avoiding pregnancy and STIs, ...
Mar 29, 2023
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Three quarters of Australians are living with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), an infection which causes cold sores. These tiny fluid-filled lesions and blisters sit along the mouth and nose area.
Feb 21, 2023
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against routine screening for genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) among asymptomatic adults and adolescents. This recommendation forms the basis of a final recommendation ...
Feb 14, 2023
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Genital herpes, caused by the herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), is a known risk factor for HIV acquisition: people infected with HSV are three times more likely to acquire HIV. But do HIV predictors and other risk factors in ...
Nov 7, 2022
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People with a genital infection of the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which usually causes cold sores, frequently shed the virus in the first months after infection, raising the risk that they might spread the virus ...
Oct 24, 2022
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