Index to articles in SPHERE archives




		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. Ł1.70 (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have 16 pages, but seven of the back copies are are bigger: some consist of several newsletters edited down (removing out of date information, adverts, and so forth) into a single journal.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: 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. 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… 8/1 and 8/2 united: pregnancy, menstruation, aciclovir cream, 'the Conditioned Response' 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… Volume 10 edited: 22 pages – our members appear on TV shows; dealing with negative thoughts, more… Collection of articles from volume 11, issues 1 to 3: 28 pages – stopping symptoms the alternative way; sex and morality: don’t judge; assert yourself: and why not?; testimonials [about us] from top doctors; and more… 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) You can read on-line an article which was printed in SPHEREs 17/2 (1st part) and 17/3 (2nd part) reporting the talk Dr Kinghorn gave to our members at our London seminar. 5. WHAT YOU PAY – buy one, more or the full set: Ł1.40 each (includes post and packing) to our subscribers. Overseas subscribers pay £2.10 each. The full set of back copies is Ł25.00 (inc. post and packing) to our subscribers. You receive all the articles listed below (at mid-2006 this was 49 journals valued at Ł68.20). Overseas subscribers, please send £28. Index Choose a subject: order the relevant journal. Example, you want ‘tea-bags’? Order 11/3. Pay Ł1.40 (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 back to top Anaesthetic ointment: lidocaine BP Xylocaine (formerly called lignocaine, now lidocaine) and Lypsyl (also for cold sores) 8/4 Antibody type test: leaflet free (or 25p) with subscription Cold sore products: leaflet free (or 25p) with subscription Diet and supplements: ‘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 Drugs: 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) back to top Helpline: 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 back to top ‘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 back to top Media events: 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 Other conditions 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 back to top Pain: 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. Pregnancy and Childbirth: 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 back to top 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 Research: 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 back to top 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 Stigma: 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 back to top Transmission: 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 Zovirax – see Aciclovir under Drugs back to top

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