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MAINE FRIENDS - a web site created for and about Maine people who have HSV1 and HSV2 herpes, and HPV.  Remember:  you are NOT alone! "It's not about dating, it's not about hooking up...it IS about ending the aloneness".
A special thanks to Angela aka Yoshi2me for the complete updated list of links provided on this page. Angela is a very active and contributing member to the "H" community and very knowledgeable on the topics of Herpes and HPV.  She has very generously allowed me to place her list of links and emergency contactson our site. Please contact any one of the names listed below for prompt attention to questions or concerns you may have.  Jim, Coordinator.   HELP (Support) Groups HPV Herpes & Pregnancy Books & Publications In The News Informational Medications Alternatives Clinical Trials Message Boards Dating Other Herpes Related Conditions Yahoo Support Groups Yahoo Social Groups Testing Teens Telling A Partner More Links Chat Rooms Research Updated Herpes Links HELP (Support) Groups Local HELP (Support) Groups http://www.ashastd.org/hrc/helpgrp1.html Omaha Support Groups http://www.omahasupportgroups.com/ OmahaHELP & More http://members.cox.net/yoshi2me/OmahaHELP/OmahaHELPx.html Angela's Updated H-Links http://members.cox.net/yoshi2me/OmahaHELP/HLinksx.html IndyHELP http://www.indyhelp.com HPV Get The Facts http://www.ashastd.org/hpvccrc/hpvfaqs.html National HPV and Cervical Cancer Prevention http://www.ashastd.org/hpvccrc/index.html ThinPrep Pap Test http://www.thinprep.com/ HPV For Dummies http://www.geocities.com/thehpvvirus/ Herpes & Pregnancy AHMF http://herpes.on.net/genital_herpes/pregnancy.htm Westover Heights Clinic http://www.westoverheights.com/freebooktext.html#pregnancy ASHA http://www.ashastd.org/hrc/educate.html#preg If You Have Herpes Should You Give Up Your Plans To Have Children? By Stephen L. Sacks http://www.medbroadcast.com/health_topics/health_conditions/herpes/index.shtml?pregnancy.html Valtrex For Herpes OK While Breast Feeding http://my.webmd.com/content/article/1814.50265 Herpes.Com http://www.herpes.com/pregnancy.shtml Debate: The Argument For (pdf.) http://www.ihmf.org/journal/download/92Kinghorn(46)vol946.pdf Herpes Simplex Virus Infection In Pregnancy (pdf.) http://www.ihmf.org/journal/download/62Malkin(50).pdf Books & Publications Managing Herpes (3rd Edition) By Charles Ebel & Anna Wald https://www.ashastd.org/cgi-bin/manageherp.pl The Helper Newsletter https://www.ashastd.org/cgi-bin/helper.pl Free Sample: the Helper - Fall 1999 http://www.ashastd.org/buysubscribe/helpersample/index.html The Updated Herpes Handbook http://www.westoverheights.com/freebooktext.html Walking A Mile In Your Partner's Shoes (pdf.) http://www.ashastd.org/pdfs/Helpersample99.pdf In The News ASHA: IN The News (Lots of Links) http://www.ashastd.org/news/innews.html All Too Often Genital Herpes Goes Undetected http://www.ashastd.org/news/111201.html New Vaccine Prevents Herpes In Women http://www.ashastd.org/news/innews.html If you have herpes, are you immune to a second infection from someone else? By Stephen L. Sacks http://www.medbroadcast.com/health_topics/health_conditions/herpes/index.shtml Gina's Story - The Curse of Genital Herpes http://womenshealth.about.com/library/weekly/aa041802a.htm New Herpes Drug On The Way http://my.webmd.com/content/article/1814.50290 Herpes Drug Shown To Prevent Spread Of Virus http://www.msnbc.com/news/814052.asp?0si FDA Announces http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2002/NEW00859.html Major Herpes Vaccine Trial Launched In Women http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/nov2002/niaid-20.htm New Vaccine Prevents Herpes In Women http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/11/20/herpes.vaccine/index.html Informational Local HELP (Support) Groups http://www.ashastd.org/hrc/helpgrp1.html Counseling Patients With Genital Herpes http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/439752_8 The Diagnosis And Management of Genital Herpes http://www.medscape.com/viewprogram/1990? Genital Herpes - A Hidden Epidemic http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2002/202_herp.html AHF http://www.herpes-foundation.org/ ASHA http://www.ashastd.org/ BLOOD DONATIONS http://www.ashastd.org/news/blooddonation.html The American Red Cross http://www.redcross.org/ Blisters Vs. Cankers http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cic_text/health/fever-blister/fever-canker.html CDC http://www.cdc.gov/ CDC In Spanish http://www.cdc.gov/spanish/default.htm HerpeSite: Empowerment & Support http://members.aol.com/herpesite/index.html Herpes: Get The Facts http://www.ashastd.org/hrc/educate.html Hotline Information: Telephone Numbers http://www.ashastd.org/hotlines/index.html IHMF http://www.ihmf.org/ IHA http://www.herpesalliance.org/ Herpes.Org http://www.herpes.org/ Improving The Management Of Genital Herpes http://www.hosppract.com/issues/1999/02/cesacks.htm UWVRC http://depts.washington.edu/herpes/ Medications Abreva http://www.abreva.com/ Coldsore.Com http://www.coldsore.com./ Famvir http://www.famvir.com/index.jsp GlaxoSmithKline http://www.gsk.com/index.htm HerpesHelp.Com http://www.herpeshelp.com/ NeedyMeds.Com http://www.needymeds.com/ Patient Assistance Program http://ipp.gsk.com/pap/pages/eligible.htm Valtrex http://www.valtrex.com/ Valtrex Prescribing Information (pdf.) http://us.gsk.com/products/assets/us_valtrex.pdf Alternatives Essential Oils Treatment Options http://www.fonoils.com Homeopathy: Real Medicine Or Empty Promises http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/096_home.html NCCAM http://www.nccam.nih.gov/ QuackWatch http://www.quackwatch.org/index.html Clinical Trials CenterWatch: Trial Information http://www.centerwatch.com/trials/herpestrials/ Herpevac: Trial For Women http://www.niaid.nih.gov/dmid/stds/herpevac/ Major Herpes Vaccine Trial Launched In Women http://www.nih.gov/news/pr/nov2002/niaid-20.htm Message Boards The Original Herpes Home Page http://www.racoon.com/herpes/ WebMD With Terri Warren RN, ANP http://boards.webmd.com/roundtable_topic/90 Dating Bart's Picture Page http://hpics2000.tripod.com Romance On Your Mind? http://10karats.com/ Other Herpes Related Conditions Herpetic Whitlow http://www.emedicine.com/EMERG/topic754.htm Ocular Herpes Simplex http://www.uic.edu/com/eye/education/eyefacts/OcularHerpesSimplex Post Herpetic Neuralgia http://www.herpes.on.net/shingles/phn_management.htm Yahoo Support Groups (You must obtain a yahoo I.D. at yahoo.com) Picking Up The Pieces http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pickingupthepieces/ Omaha437737 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Omaha437737/ Life After Herpes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lifeafterherpes/ Herpes Support http://groups.yahoo.com/group/herpessupport/ Yahoo Social Groups Omaha-Pals http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OmahaPALS/ Common Denominator – International Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/common-denominator/ Planet H – International Group http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Planet-H/ Testing Herpes Select Test http://www.healthcheckusa.com Diagnosis http://www.westoverheights.com/freebooktext.html#diagnosis ELISA: Herpes Simplex, PCR and Parrafin http://www.aruplab.com/guides/clt/tests/clt_h17.htm#1194902 HERPES BLOOD TESTS (pdf.) http://www.ashastd.org/pdfs/blood_test.pdf Herpes Specific Western Blot (Remington Clinic) http://depts.washington.edu/herpes/ How Can You Find Out If You Have Herpes? http://www.ashastd.org/hrc/educate.html#findout UWVRC http://depts.washington.edu/herpes/ Get A Test http://www.pockit.com/ Teens Get The Facts http://www.iwannaknow.org/ Teen Wire http://www.teenwire.com/ Nothing But The Facts http://www.unspeakable.com/facts/facts.jsp Telling A Partner Be Brave When You Tell http://www.herpes.org.nz/telling.html How To Tell A Partner http://www.ashastd.org/hrc/hrchowtotell.html Talking With A Partner http://www.ashastd.org/hrc/educate.html#talk Telling New Partners http://www.westoverheights.com/freebooktext.html#newpartners The H Files http://members.aol.com/herpesite/hfiles.html More Links http://members.cox.net/yoshi2me/OmahaHELP/HLinksx.html http://www.ashastd.org/links.html http://members.aol.com/_ht_a/thursdaayschild/herpeshelplinksp2index.html http://members.cox.net/yoshi2me/OmahaHELP/OmahaHELPx.html Chat Rooms ASHA's HPV Chat Room http://www.ashastd.org/hpvccrc/chat.html ASHA's Herpes Chat Room http://www.ashastd.org/hrc/chat.html Research Archives of Dermatological Research http://link.springer.de/link/service/journals/00403/index.htm American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/ Emerging Infectious Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/index.htm The Journal Of The American Medical Association http://jama.ama-assn.org/ Journal Of Clinical Investigation http://www.jci.org/ Scandinavian Journal Of Infectious Diseases http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/00365548.html Medicine Arena http://www.medicinearena.com/medicinearena/home/home.htm Medline Plus http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/herpessimplex.html National Academy of Sciences http://www.pnas.org/ Pub Med http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?CMD=&DB=PubMed The Journal Of Infectious Diseases http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/JID/home.html The New England Journal Of Medicine http://content.nejm.org/ The University Of Washington http://depts.washington.edu/herpes/ Viridae http://www.viridae.com/ Updated Herpes Links: http://members.cox.net/yoshi2me/OmahaHELP/HLinksx.html

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