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Sexual health experts Tuesday lashed out at a decision to jail a U.K. man for giving his partner genital herpes .David Golding was given a 14-month prison sentence last week for not informing his girlfriend that he had the sexually transmitted infection, the Northampton Chronicle and Echo reported.The 28-year-old, from Braunston, central England, had earlier pleaded guilty at Northampton Crown Court to inflicting grievous bodily harm.The court heard Golding had denied having the infection when his then girlfriend, 24-year-old Cara Scott, was diagnosed with it soon after their relationship began in 2009. He only admitted it to her shortly before they broke up in 2010. Scott then went to the police.According to the Daily Mail, Judge Michael Fowler said at sentencing, "'Because it was in a relationship, it was particularly mean and an offense which amounted to a betrayal -- a betrayal in a relationship in which you [Golding] professed love."The injury you caused her by this infection is a...
It’s safe to say that sexually transmitted diseases (STD) are neither enjoyable nor welcome. Discussions on the topic are uncomfortable, images of infections may be ...
The practice of "oral-genital suction" performed during some Orthodox Jewish circumcision ceremonies could leave the infant with a potentially fatal herpes virus inf...
A two-week-old infant died at a Brooklyn hospital in September after contracting herpes through a controversial religious circumcision ritual, the New York Daily New...
Just in time for Valentine's Day, a Canadian-based dating service is matching people who have herpes , the Toronto Sun reported.Camelot Introductions, which is locat...
The nose apparently can be a portal for a cousin of the herpes virus that is linked to brain disorders, scientists have discovered.These findings reveal a new way th...
A genetically engineered version of the virus that causes herpes shows promise as a treatment for a particularly aggressive type of breast cancer, according to a new...
A outbreak of equine herpes in at least six Western U.S. states has forced the cancellation of scores of horse events, just as the prime season for riding shows, sal...
Men’s skin care has come a long way from the days when your father would wash his face with a withered bar of soap and cover up shaving nicks with bits of toilet pap...
With all the hype about fighting aging through Botox and cosmetic fillers, we sometimes forget that the heart of dermatology is based in addressing common skin conce...
While Americans spend a lot of time (and money) protecting their overall skin, they often overlook one crucial part of the face - their lips. The skin on the lips is...
According to some theories on how self-awareness arises in the brain, Patient R, a man who suffered a severe brain injury about 30 years ago, should not possess this...
State governments looking to save a little money should not reduce funding for circumcisions, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Currently, 18 sta...
Herpes is one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, but many people who have it do not know they are infected with the virus. According to the Centers fo...
As the herpes virus spreads and produces cold sores on the skin, it goes through a "bottleneck" of sorts — which could mean the virus is vulnerable to treatments at ...
Genital herpes can, in spite of what most people think, be transmitted between outbreaks, according to research published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medi...
Antiviral drugs used to combat herpes virus infections could slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease, a new study suggests.The herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV1)...
Oral Sex Raises Women's Genital Herpes RiskTuesday, March 01, 2005By Miranda HittiE-Mail Print Share:Vaginal intercourse and receiving oral sex can raise a woman’s r...
About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes , making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases , U.S. ...
Hi Yvonne, I was just diagnosed with HSV2. How serious is this? How do I date with it? Is my sex life over? I've read that it's actually pretty common, but that a lo...