Information and support for people living with the herpes virus
Genital herpes and magazines and newspapers – what a combination. How have magazines and newspapers covered genital herpes stories over the years? “Must try harder” is the phrase that springs to mind. Late 1960s and early 1970s – a scientific affair The late 1960s and early 1970s were a time when scientific understanding of the [...]
What do an NCIS actor and the hit series Lost have in common with each other? Genital Herpes and Film/TV/Literature answers this question… and more! Genital Herpes and Film/TV/Literature: Films where herpes is a central theme May as well lead with trumps… There are, believe it or not, films out there that have genital herpes [...]
If we look at the question of genital herpes and the media, what do we see? What are TV, magazines, music and the other media saying about this condition? Genital Herpes and the Media examines the question, and you may not like the answer. Read about how herpes is painted in the following media: Film, [...]
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have carried a bad reputation for many years. Despite efforts to prevent the spread of such infections many people simply live silently with their condition due to the stigma associated with STIs. One STI in particular has been given the backseat by the government, who has been focusing only on Chlamydia and HIV over the past few years, this STI is herpes.
International Herpes Week will run from Sunday 29th July until Saturday 4th August 2007. The campaign theme is “Treatment and testing – better than ever”. The aim is to empower all those living with genital herpes to seek the most appropriate treatment for them and to encourage people who think they might be at risk [...]
madison magazine are leading the way again with a fabulous article on STIs: SEX in our cities madison recently did a survey on sex and STIs and this follow up article explores some of the results. The most surprising (and scary!) fact is that 32% of respondents thought that the contraceptive pill offered protection against [...]
My interview as published in the Australian Doctor magazine: Jeannie May, 46, lives on the Gold Coast and is a divorced mother of two teenagers. She contracted genital herpes five years ago. I was quite ill with the flu and had severe fever symptoms, but it was when the blisters appeared that I had an [...]
I was interviewed for this article in the Sydney Morning Herald: Australians don pink ribbons for breast cancer and red noses for sudden infant death. But you won’t see ribbons or red noses marking tomorrow’s National Herpes Day. Herpes viruses are responsible for a range of common conditions including chickenpox, shingles, glandular fever, cold sores [...]
Well, it’s been quite a week for me in the lead up to National Herpes Day – lots of media opportunities to promote awareness, and the wonderful support groups we have in Australia. The AHMF have been instrumental in having a number of articles published online, in the newspapers and magazines. I have been involved [...]
The Australian Herpes Management Forum (AHMF) is an independent non profit organisation established to improve the awareness, understanding, diagnosis, management and control of herpes virus infections within Australia. They are currently running an awareness campaign with the key message: ‘Reveal or Conceal’. It’s all about ‘open communication’. You can be on the lookout for some [...]
Check out the extract from the dating chapter of the Living Sphere Guide to Herpes here
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