Cathy Heitman
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Posted On Herpes Testing
Two Companies Making Big Strides for HSV
The new year is already bringing some welcomes news for HSV and it is just getting started. On January 3rd two companies, Becton, Dickinson and…
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Posted On Herpes Testing
FDA Approves Roche HSV Test
In September Roche Diagnostics announced the FDA green-lighted the company’s blood antibody tests for HSV-1 and HSV-2, respectively. The tests join other “type specific” HSV…
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Posted On Healthcare Issues
HSV and the Pursuit of Healthcare
Does the symptoms one experiences with their first episode of the herpes simplex virus influence their sexual behaviors and the pursuit of health care? For…
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Posted On Healthcare Issues
What Does Your Doctor Know?
Genital Herpes Testing for Patients with HIV When it comes to HIV and HSV co-infection and testing practices, what does your doctor know? For those…
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Posted On Healthcare IssuesBecoming an Empowered Patient
Have you seen the commercial? A woman asks questions of everyone she meets, everywhere she goes–her server at the restaurant, a clerk at the store.…
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Posted On Healthcare Issues
The Heart of the Science: Terri Warren and the Westover Heights Clinic
Nearly 30 years after opening a specialty clinic designed specifically to make patients as comfortable as possible with concerns around sexually transmitted infections (STIs), Portland’s…
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Posted On Healthcare Issues
Herpes FAQ Fact Sheet
erpes FAQs: Many, if not most, patients newly diagnosed with genital herpes need immediate education and counseling on the infection. They also need to referrals and resources…
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Posted On Oral Herpes
A Link Between HSV-1 and Alzheimers Disease
While herpes simplex virus type 1 is implicated almost exclusively as the cause of oral herpes, and not infrequently as the cause of genital herpes,…
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Posted On Oral Herpes
Curry for a Cold Sore?
Research on the antiviral effects of curcumin When you feel an outbreak of oral herpes coming on, you’re more likely to head to the medicine…
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Posted On Oral Herpes
Bringing Herpes Out of Hiding
Uncovering the key to latency may bring an end to oral herpes, researchers hope One distinguishing characteristic of the herpevirus family of viruses is latency.…
Liyana Parker
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