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Condoms: Still a Girl’s (and Guy’s) Best Friend

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When I was in graduate school, I was working on my thesis on how condoms prevent the spread of HPV, which lead to one of my nicknames.

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Treating and Preventing Herpes

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The word Herpes and people stop in their tracks. It’s one of those infections that carries with it a lot of sexual baggage.

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Why Women Are More Likely to Get Herpes

We know that women are 6 to 7 times more likely than men to become infected with herpes.
A report from the World Health Organization estimates that 28% of women will be infected with Herpes by age 50.

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Herpes Medications Reduce Risks

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We know that between 20-40% of adults around the world are infected with Genital Herpes (HSV – 2 )

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Testing for Herpes

You don’t have to have cold sores, lesions, blisters or any signs or symptoms or herpes on the mouth or the genitals to be tested for Herpes.

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