October Newsdesk

IHA seeking people for media campaign
- would you be willing to help others and talk about your experience of genital herpes?
One of the key aims of the IHA is to overcome the stigma associated with genital herpes by promoting information and encouraging responsible reporting of the subject by the media.
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'Eat your greens' may be good advice for people with herpes
A naturally occurring substance found in green vegetables such as cabbage and broccoli could be used in the future, if the laboratory results are confirmed as the basis of a new treatment for herpes, according to new research conducted in Ohio.
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US adults failing to use condoms despite public health warnings
Condom use among sexually active adults in the United States remains low, even in individuals with a known STD. Additional strategies are needed to promote greater condom use and to reduce transmission of STDs including genital herpes. These conclusions, from a national panel mail survey, were presented at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) in Chicago in September.
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Telephone Hotlines take the heat out of discussing STDs
Telephone hotlines are an effective medium for delivering information and allaying fears about STDs and are especially useful for HIV and herpes. Women particularly appreciate the opportunity to talk about genital herpes in confidence and may believe that there is still a stigma attached to these diseases. These are the conclusions of an analysis of calls to a national STD hotline set up in Italy in 1997.
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