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...lesions. Yet the sores of the two strains cannot easily be distinguished from each other, nor do they stick to their own turfs. The astounding and belated news is that ordinary cold sores can be transferred to the genitals by finger or mouth and become a venereal disease. Indeed, oral sex may be a potent force in spreading both strains. One survey shows that one-third of young women under 24 who have herpes on their genitals are actually suffering from...
...every new case is added to the pool," says Dr. Yehudi Felman, a New York City VD specialist. "The increase is exponential after a while." Not only are more people indulging in sex, they are also more active?starting younger, marrying later, divorcing more often. The wider acceptance of oral sex has also played a role. Richard Hamilton, a San Francisco family physician and author of The Herpes Book, thinks science has wrought the herpes epidemic: penicillin allowed greater sexual contact with little risk, and the Pill and other contraceptives largely replaced condoms, which prevent direct contact with sores...
Doctors have little advice about how to avoid herpes. Though nothing is foolproof, it is best for the man to use a condom. A spermicide may also be helpful. In addition, sex partners should be known well enough to be trusted, and it should be borne in mind that oral sex is a contributing factor. VD Specialist Dr. Felman recommends getting a good look at the prospective sex partner with all the lights on. Says he: "If there are any sores or discharge, it's time to put your clothes back on and find another partner." That kind of clinical...
Hardy himself best described the theme of a Hardy novel: primitive feelings rubbing against modern nerves. For if Hardy was the last "child of the oral tradition," as Michael Millgate proposes in this awesomely thorough biography, he was also the first modern English novelist. It is the predicament of Hardy's readers to find themselves stretched out on Freud's couch in the shadow of Stonehenge...
...drugs used by pregnant women; of a brain tumor; in Lexington, Mass. Slone's 1977 Birth Defects and Drugs in Pregnancy concluded that the most commonly used painkillers, tranquilizers and sleeping pills involve little risk to fetuses. Last year, however, his team reported that women who used oral contraceptives for a long time doubled or tripled their chances of having a heart attack...