Archive for March, 2009

All About Genital Herpes: FAQ

Monday, March 30th, 2009

FAQ - About Your Diagnosis You may ask these common questions when you've just found out you have genital herpes. Find some answers below. If I continue to have sex, will I infect my partner? It's certainly possible. You can reduce the risk to your partner by having sex only when you have ...

Should I Join a Genital Herpes Clinical Trial?

Wednesday, March 11th, 2009

Clinical Trials: Key to Ongoing Research Although these new treatments are just on the horizon, it may be years before any are available to consumers. The process of introducing a new treatment to the public can be a long one. Before the FDA approves a drug, it must go through rigorous clinical ...

New Treatments in the Pipeline

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Researchers are hard at work on new treatments to fight genital herpes. Everyone wants a vaccine but only one still in experimental stages has shown promise. In 2000, researchers reported this vaccine protected women who had never been infected with a herpes virus from getting HSV-2. But the vaccine didn't ...