Publications list (and index below)
The following items may only be bought by our subscribers and members:
1. BOOK: members can get this from us. You may be able to get it from book shops (usually they will order in at no extra charge)
Herpes simplex (The Experience of Illness Series) by T. Natasha Posner, Routledge, main text 50,000 words (129 pages, £16 inc p & p). Full information on the medical, social, psychological aspects of simplex including quotes from medical books, magazines, personal stories. Chapters on fighting stigma and impact of diagnosis. An easy and interesting read!
2. BOOKLET: "Living with..." - 24 pages of personal stories. Laugh with them, cry with them and learn with them. These stories are not printed in the full set of back copies described below. £1.70 (inc. post and packing)
3. VIDEOS: members can buy Understanding Genital Herpes Simplex, 16 minutes £5 (inc post and packing) – our members were interviewed in this.
Also Understanding Genital Warts, 15 minutes £5 (inc post and packing)
4. BACK COPIES OF OUR JOURNAL SPHERE that members can buy: each journal contains lots of useful, relevant articles – listed under the headings below. You can see a few articles here.
We give the volume number and issue number of the journal with
an article on a named topic. Topics can be written about more than once,
for example ‘Evening primrose oil: (15/3), (15/4), (16/1)’ (seventh
item on list) has been written about three times: in SPHERE volume
15 issue 3 and in the following two journals volume 15 issue 4 and volume
16 issue 1. We shorten the names so that volume 15 issue 3 becomes 15/3.
Four issues make up one volume: the next journal after 15/4 is 16/1. There are personal stories letters from members, reader’s suggestions for self-help tips and other advice in most of the journals.
Most journals have 16 pages, but seven of the back copies are are bigger: some consist of several newsletters edited down (removing out of date information, adverts, and so forth) into a single journal. These are:
Article length, here's how you can tell:
Major articles: the volume/issue number of the journal is
underlined, e.g. 4/3 or Cond. vol. 7.
Articles which are about one page long: the number is plain, e.g. Comb.
vols 4 & 5 or 8/4.
Shorter articles of less than a page: the volume/issue number is shown
in brackets, e.g. (7/4)
5. WHAT YOU PAY – buy one, more or the full set:
£1.40 each (includes post and packing) to our subscribers. Overseas subscribers pay £2.10 each.
The full set of back copies is £25.00 (inc. post and packing) to our subscribers. You receive all the articles listed below (at mid-2006 this was 49 journals valued at £68.20). Overseas subscribers, please send £28.
Index
Choose a subject: order the relevant journal. Example, you want ‘tea-bags’? Order 11/3. Pay £1.40 (includes postage)
Articles are grouped under the following headings :
Alternative and Self Help Remedies (in alphabetical order)
Anaesthetic ointment
Antibody type test
Cold sore products
Diet and supplements
Drugs
Helpline
Herpes viruses and how viruses ‘work’
‘Hype’- why herpes simplex is seen as a problem…
to see what you can do to correct perception, see under ‘Perception’
Internet - what we think of advertised treatments
Life insurance,mortgage applications, STIs
Media — and our response to their articles…
Media events
Menstruation, the ‘pill’ and recurrences
Other conditions
Pain
Perception and psychology – tackle anxiety and improve your immune
system
Personal experiences
Pregnancy and Childbirth
Questionnaires - the analyses of how our members experience
herpes simplex and feel about it
Research
Reviews of books, with excerpts
Shingles
Stigma
Talking to people/partners about herpes simplex
Transmission
Vaccines - being developed for partners or as treatments
for people with simplex symptoms
Workshops on talking to partners
Zovirax — see aciclovir under Drugs
Alternative and Self Help Remedies (in alphabetical order):
Acupunture and Chinses medicine: 18/2
Aloe vera: (Volume 10 edited), (11/1 to 3)
Anti-oxidants and diet 20/2
Aspirin: (12/1), (19/3)
Bergamot: (20/4)
Dietary Advice in ‘Tired all the time’ – see
Reviews and in 21/2
DMSO, an American dream product: 16/1
Echinacea: (Condensed volume 7), (13/4)
‘Elagen’ is a success: leaflet 25p with subs
"What is Elagen?" 17/1 to 4
Evening primrose oil: (15/3), (15/4), (16/1)
Geranium oil: (Volume 10 edited)
General articles: Cond. vol. 7, (8/4), 14/1, (14/2)
Herbalism: Collection of articles from Volume 11 issues 1,
2 & 3
Herbs, probiotics and mushrooms 13/1
Homeopathy - medicine fit for a king 20/3, (20/4)
Hypnotherapy: Special selection 1, 2 & 3
14/1, 21/1
Ice prevents outbreaks: 13/1
Liquorice: (20/2)
Melissa to stop outbreaks, study report: 12/2 & 3
Major melissa report: 19/1
Minerals: selenium and zinc: 12/2 & 3
Nonoxynol-9 cream speeds healing and stops transmission:
Volume 10 edited
Olive leaf extract is a success – leaflet free (or 25p)
with subscription
Readers’ suggestions Best of volume 9, (Collection of articles from Volume 11 issues 1-3)
12/3
Red marine algae (21/3)
Seminar: experts on acupuncture, homeopathy, reflexology, etc.
14/1
Sprouting beans for health and no outbreaks: 15/4
Stop periods and you may stop outbreaks (16/4)
Tea-bags (Collection of articles from Volume 11 issues 1, 2
& 3)
Vitamin E oil stops scars and heals: 16/4 Prices:
13/2
Anaesthetic ointment: lidocaine BP
Xylocaine (formerly called lignocaine, now lidocaine) and Lypsyl (also for cold sores) 8/4
leaflet free (or 25p) with subscription
leaflet free (or 25p) with subscription
‘Nutrition, HSV control – a balance of
lysine and arginine’ leaflet free (or 25p) with your subs
Nutrition and HSV 1, a question of balance: Comb. vols
4&5
Readers comments and self-help discoveries are in many of the journals
Lysine and arginine - update 20/1
Vitamins, necessary or not? 21/2
Lidocaine, lignocaine or Xylocaine – see Anaesthetic ointment
Aciclovir/acyclovir (brand name Zovirax): Condensed Vol 7, 8/2, (Best of volume 9), (12/2)
Famciclovir (brand name Famvir): 8/4
Valaciclovir (brand name Valtrex): (18/1)
Vectavir (new antiviral cream from penciclovir): Collection of
articles
from Volume 11 issues 1, 2 & 3
Antiviral tablets - which to choose and how to take them 20/4
Women using aciclovir part of the monty when trying to conceive 19/1
Bounce back outbreaks when you stop (12/2 & 3), (19/3)
Being a volunteer: Special selection, Comb. vol. 4&5
Tales from the helpline: 16/4, 17/1 to 4
Herpes viruses and how viruses ‘work’:
Symptoms and viral shedding Combined volumes 4&5
Herpes simplex: latency explained Choices vol. 6
Primary & recurrent, the background 8/3
An STD or not an STD? That is the question (Volume 10 edited)
Viruses – all viruses - what they are and how they work
Volume 10 edited
Herpes viruses evade immune system:‘Turning off the
tap’ (11/1,2&3)
The herpes family - an introduction, inc chickenpox, CMV
11/4
Herpes viruses 1 & 2 (herpes simplex) 12/1
Varicella-zoster virus: chickenpox and shingles
12/4
Herpes viruses 6, 7 & 8 (not herpes simplex) and other conditions
13/1
Herpes viruses 4 and 5 (glandular fever, not herpes implex) 14/3
Why herpes simplex can recur on your bum 15/1 & 2
Infection rates in the population, how many have it?
(15/3)
Dr Simon Barton’s talk – the text, 6 pages
16/2, follow up (16/3)
Pain, why we get it with simplex, what else is it? 16/2
Dr David Brown’s talk – the text, 4 pages
16/3
Fewer cold sores means more genital infection (17/1)
Dr George Kinghorn’s talk – 6 and a half pages long
17/1 to 4
Dr Raj Patel’s talk: Research update 18/2
Duration of symptoms and viral shedding 18/3
Why women have more outbreaks 18/4
More facts about transmission (20/1)
Transmission facts (20/1)
Dr Laura Waters: Herpes simplex - the facts 20/2
Why do some people get recurrences and others don’t? 20/2
Control switch for the immune system - and how the virus evades it (20/4)
How herpes simplex hides 21/1
‘Hype’- why herpes simplex is seen as a
problem… to see what you
can do to correct perception, see
under ‘Perception’
Hype of the eighties, hoax of the century? 8/3
You don’t believe in Santa, d’you? Why believe the hype
Best of 9
Lies, damn lies & statistics 11/1 to 4
A lie will be halfway round the world before the truth has
got… 12/2 and 3
Bad news, good news / Can doctors bite the hand that feeds
them? 13/1
Can leopards change their spots, or do they remain greedy?
(13/2)
Advertising medicines - and the new wart test 14/1
Has ‘herpes hype’ hampered drug sales? by a
salesman 15/3
Ruth’s evening Standard article 15/4
Disease-mongering – or how to create a ‘hype’
17/1 to 4
Sex is here to stay - we'd better get used to it 20/4
The story of Ug and Bug 20/4
Internet - what we think of these advertised treatments
ViraMedX 19/2
ChoRaPhor; Never-an-outbreak; Herp-Eeze 19/3
H-blam; Pure Healing 20/3, (20/4)
Life insurance, mortgage applications, STIs:
17/2, (19/1)
Media – and our response to their articles…
Editing by omission Special selection from volumes 1,
2 &3
Good and bad reports: the forgotten ‘plague’ Comb
vols 4&5
Media update Condensed volume 7
Sunday times article and our reply 8/3
Lies in the Times, Daily Telegraph, Guardian etc, and good reports in
The Guardian and Private Eye - over 4 pages 12/2 and 3
Ruth’s evening Standard article 15/4
Department of Health’s Sex Lottery adverts - our campaign to stop it 18/3
Holby City and Caesareans: Fiona complained, the results 20/1
Press briefing, June 93 8/3 (includes talk by Dr
David Barlow)
Our rep on Good Morning TV with Ann and Nick Volume 10 edited
Tales from making a video (Volume 10 edited)
Rosemary on TV Volume 10 edited
Marian on BBC TV, radio 16/4
Six runners wear our www.herpes.org.uk T-shirts on 6 mile London run 20/1
Menstruation, the ‘pill’ and recurrences: 8/1
3 conditions that confuse people including erythema multiforme
18/1
Bacterial vaginosis 20/3
Balanitis - and a personal experience 20/2
Candida (thrush) leaflet free or 25p when subscribing, Comb 4&5
Chlamydia Collection of articles from Volume 11 issues 1, 2 & 3
Genital warts Comb vol 4&5, 8/3 Aldara cream for
warts 13/3
Gonnorhoea 13/2
Lichen sclerosus and lichen planus 15/4
Normal lumps in men and women (13/2)
Pemphigus vulgaris and Vestibulitis (13/2)
Pemphigus vulgaris and Vestibulitis (13/2)
Respiratory simplex virus is not herpes simplex 18/4
Treating vestbulitis (19/1)
Why herpes simplex heals faster than warts 13/4
Vulvodynia - a painful vulva 21/1
treatments for the aches and tingles 21/4
Serious neuropathic pain is treated like shingles pain - send
for PHN pack (small donation appreciated)
Perception and psychology – tackle anxiety and improve your immune system
‘Boost your immunity’: free with subscription‘
‘Understanding yr anxieties’: free with subscription –
and see (12/1)
Stress, illness and herpes simplex Special selection 1, 2&3,
15/1 and 2, 17/1 to 4, 18/1
Let’s get herpes into perspective Special selection from 1, 2
& 3
Face it and it vanishes Combined volumes 4&5
The good, the bad and the ugly Condensed volume 7
Head over heart 8/4
What makes you think you have to be perfect? Best of volume 9
Loneliness: a self-imposed exile? Your choice… Best of volume 9
Grief, depression and coping strategies Volume 10 edited
Sex and morality: don't judge Vol. 11/1, 2 & 3
Assert yourself: and why not? Vol. 11/1, 2 & 3
Local contacts do help Vol. 11/1, 2 & 3
Zoe Virax's views (Vol. 11/1, 2 & 3)
Feeling good feels wonderful Vol. 11/1, 2 & 3
Mind your language 11/4
Beyond trauma: can counselling help? 15/4
Always look on the bright side / Bad news, good news 13/1
The name in Spain is clearly not a pain (13/2)
Herpes – synonym for fear? 13/3
More sex, less herpes simplex 13/4
A ‘pot belly’ didn’t stop me (how to be positive &
have fun) 14/2
Soothe away problems / Fight or flight: cortisol = outbreaks (14/4)
Face value: on stigma & simplex 15/1
What to do about depression 16/1
How not to worry 17/1 to 3
Break the cycle 18/1
"Write it out" by Dr Phil Hammond 18/3
Fear - how to control it 19/1
Get meeting up with others 12/2&3, 19/3, (20/1), 20/2
It's how you say it 19/3
Why me? Why not you? 20/3
Chronic fatigue syndrome - all in the mind? 20/4
He or she's just not into you 21/1
Not a legal problem 21/1
Laugh yourself better 21/2
Dr John Green's talk at our 2006 annual meeting: Getting your head around it - 6 pages in 21/3, 4 pages in 21/4
Esther King's talk was called 'Pick yourself up and move on' 21/3
You need to get out more (21/3)
Personal experiences: £1.70 issue has 21
stories plus a short analysis of
members feelings re self-help groups.
Each SPHERE contains a story.
leaflet free (or 25p) with subscription
Letters from new parents on their experiences (Comb. vol.
4&5) (13/3)
Major articles on C-sections and neonatal herpes statistics
8/1
Pregnancy – a follow-up 14/4, 16/1
Questionnaires - the analyses of how our members experience herpes simplex and feel about it:
How did you catch it? How do you get it? Where? When?
What do you use? Etc. Special selection from 1, 2 &
3, 13/3
Members’ opinion on clinics Special selection from vols
1, 2 & 3
Analysis of psychological trauma of contracting simplex
5/1
Membership survey Choices from volume 6
Psychological implications of simplex Condensed vol.
7
Acyclovir use and doctors’ attitudes Condensed vol.
7
What members said about funding research 14/4
Your questions, some answered, some will be answered
15/4
Gene therapy 8/4 (see also Drugs, see also Vaccines)
£7 million on research 13/2
The Int. Herpes Management Forum (IHMF) – 3 days in Malta 15/3
Major scientific research 15/4
Report from the IHMF in Paris 17/4
"Mystery callers" - our research into other helplines 19/1
Do you tell a partner? Have you had sex since...? 2 surveys 19/3, 19/4, (20/1)
Report from the IHMF meetings in 2005 and 2006: 21/3
Reviews of books, with excerpts
Herpes – what it is and how to cope Choices
from vol. 6
How to recover from a broken heart and love again (a
‘must read’
for anyone whose relationship has broken up) Choices from
vol. 6
SEXplained – uncensored sexual health guide
Collection Vol. 11/1, 2 & 3
Feeling good - the new mood therapy Collection
Volume 11 iss. 1, 2 & 3
Olive leaf extract - the cure for everything?
12/4
Herpes simplex by T. Natasha Posner 12/4
Embarrassing problems – no holds barred 13/3
How to overcome your problems - self-help psychotherapy 21/1
Shingles: leaflet free (or 25p) with subscription
also in 12/4
Face value 15/1
Dr Phil Hammond on ‘stigma’ 17/1 to 4 and on
STIs 18/1
Stigma is addressed by US team 18/4
Get taking, fight the stigma in your head 19/3
Destigmatise herpes simplex 21/2
Talking to people/partners about herpes simplex
leaflet free
(or 25p) with subs also in Special selection 1, 2 &
3, Combined vols 4&5
‘For your partner’ leaflet free (or 25 p) with
subscription
A moral issue / Informed consent 12/1
Silver lining
12/2 and 3
Open letter to anyone in our situation (Comb. vols 4&5)
Talk, talk, talk: you’d be surprised (Volume 10 edited)
Two views – the dilemma 12/1
Four out of five had it 13/2
How his patients tell new partners – Dr J Green(18/1)
Get talking, fight the stigma in your head19/3
How meetings help (20/1)
Letter to a 'Wary Dater' from Cary Tennis 21/4
leaflet free (or 25p) with subscription
Asymptomatic shedding – what it means to you 15/1 (15/2),
18/1
Vaccines to be developed to protect partners or as
treatments
for people with simplex symptoms.
Skinner’s vaccine 11/4 Other vaccines for HSV2
Best of volume 9
Full overview 14/2, (16/1), 21/2
Latest update 20/2
Workshops on talking to partner:
Members reports Comb vols 4&5, Choices from
vol 6, Best of
volume 9, (12/1), 15/1,
18/1, 18/2
Neuro-linguistic work 19/2
see Aciclovir under Drugs
