Publications list (and index below)
The following items may only be bought by our subscribers and members:-
1. BOOKS: members can get these from us. You may be able to get them from book shops (usually they will order in at no extra charge)
Herpes simplex – a self help guide to managing the virus, by Philippa Harknett, Thorsons Health Series, main text 28,000 words (126 pages, £6.60 inc p & p). Mainly deals with what the virus does, how to treat and prevent sores, inc. a chapter on her-bal remedies. Not much on the emotional or psychological side.
Herpes simplex (The Experience of Illness Series) by T. Natasha Posner, Routledge, main text 50,000 words (129 pages, £16 inc p & p). Full info-rmation 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. 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)
3. BACK COPIES OF OUR JOURNAL SPHERE that members can buy: each journal contains lots of useful, relevant articles – listed below. 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. See below for how to tell the length of an article. There are personal stories letters from members, reader’s suggestions for self-help tips and other advice in most of the journals.
4. WHAT YOU PAY – buy one, more or the full set:-
Regular sized journals are £1.10 each (includes post and packing) to our subscribers. Overseas subscribers pay £1.90 each.
Choices from volume 6 (12 pages) contains the most important articles from the four issues in volume 6 (i.e. journals 6/1, 6/2, 6/3 and 6/4) and is the same price as a regular journal – as shown above.
There are 6 large compilation journals. These cost £1.70 to our subscribers. Overseas pay £2.50 each. These are:-
- Special Selection from volumes 1, 2 and 3: 28 pages – the best from 16 journals – see titles below.
- Combined volumes 4 and 5: 20 pages – ‘Face it’, ‘Forgotten Plague’, diet, stress… lots more… see below.
- Condensed volume 7: 20 pages – GPs’ attitudes, aciclovir, media reports, alternative therapies, more…
- Journal number 8/3: 28 pages – This very important journal gives the facts about herpes simplex primaries, recurrences; an informative lecture by Dr David Barlow; how the hype has been created (with at least 4 examples, etc.) – see titles below.
- Best of volume 9: 20 pages – update on antiviral pills, how to get your head around it – and more…
- Personal experiences taken from volumes 1 to 5: 24 pages of our subscribers' stories. Laugh with them, cry with them and learn with them…
The full set of back copies is £18.50 (inc. post and packing) to our subscribers. You receive all the articles listed below including the compilation issues (end 2002 this was 36 journals). Overseas subscribers, please send £24.
Index
Choose a subject: order the relevant journal. Example, you want ‘tea-bags’? Order 11/3. Pay £1.10
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)
Alternative and Self Help Remedies (in alphabetical order)
Anaesthetic gel
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’
Life insurance,mortgage applications, STIs
Media — and our response to their articles…
Media events
Menstruation, the ‘pill’ and recurrences
Other conditions
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):
Aloe vera: 10/3&4
Aspirin: (12/1)
Dietary Advice in ‘Tired all the time’ – see
Reviews
DMSO, an American dream product: 16/1
Echinacea: (Condensed volume 7), (13/4)
‘Elagen’ is a success: leaflet 25p with subs,
and 10/3&4
Evening primrose oil: (15/3), (15/4), (16/1)
Geranium oil: (10/3&4)
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
Hypnotherapy: Special selection 1, 2 & 3
14/1
Ice prevents outbreaks: 13/1
Melissa to stop outbreaks, study report: 12/2
Minerals: selenium and zinc: 12/3
Nonoxynol-9 cream speeds healing and stops transmission:
10/2
Olive leaf extract is a success – leaflet free (or 25p)
with subscription
Readers’ suggestions Best of volume 9, (11/2) 11/3)
12/3
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
Lignocaine (formerly called Xylocaine)
Xylocaine 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
Lignocaine, Xylocaine – see Anaesthetic gel
Aciclovir/acyclovir (brand name Zovirax): Condensed Vol 7, 8/2,
(Best of volume 9), (12/2), Letter: (10/1)
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
Being a volunteer: Special selection, Comb. vol. 4&5
Tales from the helpline: 16/4, 17/1, 17/4
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 (10/2)
Viruses – all viruses - what they are and how they work
10/3&4
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 simplex) and other conditions
13/1
Herpes viruses 4 and 5 (glandular fever, not simplex) 14/3
Why herpes simplex can recur on your bum 15/2
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 – 2 parts: 6 pages
17/2, 3 pages 17/3
‘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 11/4
A lie will be halfway round the world before the truth has
got… 12/3
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
Life insurance, mortgage applications, STIs:
17/2
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, Telegraph, Guardian etc, and good reports
in
The Guardian and Private Eye - over 4 pages 12/3
Ruth’s evening Standard article 15/4
Alison Innes at Italian Congress 8/2
Press briefing, June 93 8/3 (includes talk by Dr
David Barlow)
Our rep on Good Morning TV with Ann and Nick
10/1
Tales from making a video (10/3&4)
Rosemary on TV 10/3&4
Marian on BBC TV, radio 16/4
Menstruation, the ‘pill’ and recurrences:
8/1 and (10/1)
Candida (thrush) leaflet free or 25p when subscribing,
Comb 4&5
Genital warts Comb vol 4&5, 8/3 Aldara cream for
warts 13/3
Why herpes simplex heals faster than warts 13/4
Chlamydia Collection of articles from Volume 11 issues 1, 2
& 3
Gonnorhoea 13/2
Normal lumps in men and women (13/2)
Pemphigus vulgaris and Vestibulitis (13/2)
Lichen sclerosus and lichen planus 15/4
3 conditions that confuse people including erythema multiforme
18/1
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, 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 vol. 9
Loneliness: a self-imposed exile? Your choice… Best of vol.
9
Feeling good feels wonderful 10/3&4
Grief, depression and coping strategies 10/3&4
Local contacts do help 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
Dr Nyjon Eccles’ talk: Happy mind = healthy body 17/2
How not to worry 17/3 Break the cycle 18/1
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
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
Herpes simplex by Philippa Harknett (10/1)
Tired all the time - very nutritious diets 10/1
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 hold barred 13/3
Shingles: leaflet free (or 25p) with subscription
also in 12/4
Face value 15/1
Dr Phil Hammond on ‘stigma’ 17/2 and on
STIs 18/1
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
Open letter to anyone in our situation (Comb. vols 4&5)
Talk, talk, talk: you’d be surprised (10/3&4)
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)
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)
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
see Aciclovir under Drugs
