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Y! Health Sexual Health & STDs News
Y! Health Sexual Health & STDs News, updated continuously.

• Risky HPV detected in human breast milk (Reuters)

  Posted on 4 Jul 2008 at 11:20 am
  Reuters - Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16), which has been linked to cervical cancer, can be detected in human breast milk collected during the early period after a woman delivers her baby, doctors from Finland report.
  

• Lots of Sex May Prevent Erectile Dysfunction (HealthDay)

  Posted on 3 Jul 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - THURSDAY, July 3 (HealthDay News) -- Frequent sexual intercourse may cut down on a man's chances of developing erectile dysfunction, Finnish researchers report.
  

• New Hope Against the Cold Sore Virus (HealthDay)

  Posted on 2 Jul 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Millions of Americans are afflicted by breakouts of unsightly cold sores, caused by the herpes simplex 1 virus, but new research is finally offering them the possibility of a cure.
  

• New approach offers chance to finally kill herpes (Reuters)

  Posted on 2 Jul 2008 at 5:39 pm
  Reuters - U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday they may have found a way to flush out herpes viruses from hiding -- offering a potential way to cure pesky and painful conditions from cold sores to shingles.
  

• Lab breakthrough opens way to cure for cold sores (AFP)

  Posted on 2 Jul 2008 at 2:26 pm
  AFP - Cold sores, the painful blemishes of the mouth caused by the herpes simplex virus, may become a thing of the past, US researchers reported on Wednesday in the British weekly journal Nature.
  

• Gates-backed aid group to invest in HPV vaccines (Reuters)

  Posted on 25 Jun 2008 at 9:09 am
  Reuters - An international partnership that funds vaccines for children in poor countries agreed on Wednesday to expand its scope and start investing in vaccinations aimed at adult women.
  

• Study: Treating herpes doesn't prevent HIV (AP)

  Posted on 20 Jun 2008 at 7:07 am
  AP - Doctors have long suspected that people with herpes are more likely to catch HIV. So they thought that by treating herpes, they could also cut a person's HIV risk. But a new study that tested this strategy found the assumption may have been wrong.
  

• Herpes Suppression May Not Prevent HIV Infection (HealthDay)

  Posted on 19 Jun 2008 at 11:46 pm
  HealthDay - THURSDAY, June 19 (HealthDay News) -- The herpes drug aciclovir (Zovirax) doesn't reduce the risk of HIV-1 infection in people who have sex with men infected with genital herpes, a U.S. study finds.
  

• Study Ties Herpes Virus to Emerging Form of Diabetes (HealthDay)

  Posted on 17 Jun 2008 at 11:47 pm
  HealthDay - TUESDAY, June 17 (HealthDay News) -- A link appears to exist between a herpes virus and an atypical form of type 2 diabetes in persons from sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new study.
  

• Herpes may trigger unusual form of diabetes: study (Reuters)

  Posted on 17 Jun 2008 at 5:13 pm
  Reuters - A common herpes virus might trigger an unusual form of type 2 diabetes found in sub-Saharan Africa that is characterised by rapid onset of disease, French researchers said on Tuesday.