Latest Sexually Podcast Episodes
4 Things I'm Doing to Uplevel My Life Even Though I Have Herpes – Tips and Tricks!
Life With Herpes - April 26, 2024 06:46 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsIn this episode titled "4 Things I'm Doing to Uplevel My Life Despite Having Herpes," Alexandra Harbushka shares four key strategies for improving overall well-being while living with herpes. Firstly, she emphasizes the importance of prioritizing sleep, suggesting techniques such as avoiding scr...
In in Search of a Herpes Cure
Life With Herpes - April 05, 2024 22:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsCure Advocacy is the only patient advocacy organization globally working towards the cure, treatment and prevention of Herpes. They exist to empower both patients and healthcare providers to learn to advocate for themselves and to know that change is possible! Visit www.herpescureadvocacy.com t...
Revisiting gonorrhoea: Update on the 4CMenB vaccine for gonorrhoea prevention
STI Podcast - April 04, 2024 10:07 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsYou will recall a previous podcast about preventing Neisseria gonorrhoea through an effective vaccine. Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a ubiquitous sexually transmitted bacteria that can cause both localised and systemic disease if left untreated. It may be transmitted to neonates. We also reported on ...
Living with HSV-2 as a 21-Year Old Christian
Life With Herpes - March 07, 2024 10:23 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsJoin host Alexandra Habrushka and special guest Jason Lebeck as they delve into the unique challenges faced by a 21-year-old Christian navigating faith and cultural/religious discrimination while living with HSV-2. Through candid conversations and personal insights, they explore themes of resili...
Beyond penicillin: are new antibiotics for syphilis on the horizon?
STI Podcast - March 01, 2024 05:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsToday we will focus on the alternative treatments of early Syphilis. Worldwide many of us have experienced a shortage of gold standard treatment benzathine benzylpenicillin injections for syphilis. It is time we look for alternative antibiotic treatments and prevention strategies for syphilis. I...
Healing Shame: Exploring the Nervous System and Herpes Stigma
Life With Herpes - February 12, 2024 16:11 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsIn this enlightening episode, delve into the intricate connection between the nervous system and the emotional impact of a herpes diagnosis. Discover how shame and societal stigma can influence our neural pathways, affecting not only our mental well-being but also our physical health. Join us as...
Navigating Faith, God, and Theology in the Herpes Shame Game with Lindsey Ellyn
Life With Herpes - January 22, 2024 10:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsA powerful interview Alexandra did with Lindsey Ellyn, the author of The Shame Game: A Counter-Cultural Approach to Overcoming Shame and Improving Mental, Relational, and Sexual Health, where they talk about the shame that a herpes diagnosis can bring. In the tapestry of life, certain threads c...
WORLD AIDS DAY Pt 2: Growing Older with HIV
STI Podcast - December 01, 2023 05:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn our final episode in honour of the World AIDS Day we have a conversation with Assistant Prof. Rajasuriar, who coordinates the translational research program in HIV immunology and Ageing at the Centre of Excellence for Research in AIDS (CERiA) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Today, thanks to effect...
Thyroid & Gut Health and It's Connection to Herpes
Life With Herpes - November 28, 2023 12:20 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratings"Join Coach Sarah Joy on a transformative journey through thyroid and gut health. A former warrior battling Epstein Barr, Herpes, Hashimoto's, and Hypothyroidism, she conquered chronic symptoms and reclaimed her health. After enduring misdiagnoses and ineffective treatments, Sarah reclaimed her ...
WORLD AIDS DAY Pt 1: Managing HIV in Young People
STI Podcast - November 27, 2023 05:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsToday we are honouring the World AIDS Day on 1st December in 2023, by focusing on young people who live with HIV. Adolescents and young people represent a significant share of people living with HIV worldwide. In 2022 alone, 255,000-760,000 young people between the ages of 10 to 24 were newly in...
How Your Nervous System Controls Herpes Outbreaks
Life With Herpes - October 23, 2023 18:03 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsIn this insightful episode of Life with herpes podcast, join your host Alexandra Harbushka and special guest Elisabeth Kristof as they delve into the fascinating connection between the nervous system and herpes outbreaks. Elisabeth, a renowned expert in nervous system health, shares valuable ins...
IAS23 Conference Feedback in Brisbane, Australia in July 2023
STI Podcast - September 18, 2023 04:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsWelcome to the 4th episode of the 2023 BMJ Sexually Transmitted Infections Podcast Series. This year the International AIDS Society Conference was held for the first time in Brisbane Australia in July 2023. It was wonderful to learn about many new research findings, community perspectives and to...
World Hepatitis Day 2023: Unveiling the Hidden Threats of the Hepatitis B Virus
STI Podcast - July 28, 2023 04:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn honour of World Hepatitis Day, today we focus on the Hepatitis B virus (HBV), a virus that can be transmitted through contact with infected blood and from mother to child during labour. HBV can also be transmitted sexually. It infects liver cells and causes both acute and chronic infections, ...
A vaccine against gonorrhoea: Is it more than an aspiration?
STI Podcast - July 03, 2023 08:47 - 12 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsNeisseria gonorrhoeae, in short NG, is a ubiquitous sexually transmitted bacteria that can cause both localised and systemic disease if left untreated. NG may also be transmitted vertically from mother to baby. Over the last years, we have seen a rise in the number of people diagnosed with gonorr...
Rise of Syphilis
STI Podcast - June 06, 2023 11:35 - 22 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsWelcome back to the 2023 BMJ STI Podcasts. Today we will focus on the worsening Syphilis epidemic worldwide. Syphilis is a bacteria that infects humans, and is transmitted horizontally through close sexual contact and vertically to unborn babies and neonates. It can cause acute and severe illnes...
Understanding Herpes: Insights from an OBGYN
Life With Herpes - May 19, 2023 08:39 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsIn a recent interview, we had the opportunity to speak with Dr. John Martin, an experienced OBGYN, who shared valuable insights about herpes, its impact on pregnancy, and how individuals can navigate this diagnosis. Join us as we delve into the conversation and gain a better understanding of her...
The Secret Society: An Online Support Group for Herpes Community
Life With Herpes - March 23, 2023 11:00 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsFinding out you have herpes can be a difficult and isolating experience. When Alexandra, the founder of The Secret Society was first diagnosed, she felt alone and without support. That's why she created The Secret Society, an online support group for people living with herpes.
MPox 101, Community and Global response
STI Podcast - December 12, 2022 22:54 - 21 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsToday we talk about transmission, diagnosis and management of MPox. We will also review the UK community and the World Health’s Organization's perspective on this virus. Please note that after the recording of this podcast the WHO implemented a change of the name of the virus to MPox. Dr Fabiola...
HIV and STI prevention, plus HIV in Ukraine
STI Podcast - November 29, 2022 13:12 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this double-interview podcast, the Editor-in-Chief of the STI journal, Professor Anna Maria Geretti, brings you some of the highlights from the HIV Glasgow 2022 conference. In the first interview (starting at 1:00), Professor Geretti interviews Jean-Michel Molina*, who discusses HIV and STI pr...
Thyroid Disease, Herpes and Epstein–Barr - Gain Back Your Health with Coach Sarah Joy
Life With Herpes - November 10, 2022 16:35 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsCoach Sarah Joy helps women with thyroid conditions find their root causes. She got herpes, was diagnosed with Hashimoto's and Epstein–Barr. After years of dealing with symptoms, exhaustion, fatigue, anxiety, insomnia, muscle weakness, panic attacks, brittle hair and nails, hair loss, food into...
Bacterial STIs: The DoxyPEP Trial
STI Podcast - October 24, 2022 17:10 - 8 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsToday we talk with the principal investigators of the DoxyPEP trial which was prematurely terminated due to its amazing success: participants receiving a stat dose of Doxycycline 200mg in less than 72 hours after condom-less sex were 63% less likely to develop a bacterial STI compared to particip...
Presumptive and Prophylactic management of Bacterial STIs
STI Podcast - September 20, 2022 17:26 - 14 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsToday we focus on presumptive and prophylactic management of bacterial STIs, talking with Dr Manoji Gunathilake, Head of sexual health services in Darwin, Australia, and Assistant Prof Will Nutland, the director of the NGO, the Love Tank, in London, UK. Related links: STI Guidelines Australia: ht...
Accepting My Flaws and a Herpes Diagnosis - There Is More than Just Herpes
Life With Herpes - August 24, 2022 21:00 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsWhen we are in a relationship there is acceptance on both sides. We think that herpes is the only thing that has to be accepted. But we are also going to be accepting my flaws and a herpes diagnosis.
S3E8: The Good Little Slut Podcast
S.L.U.T. Radio - August 18, 2022 23:30 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsMama J accidentally gets a little preachy this week in her defense of the word 'slut'. We get it...
Wellness Products for Herpes Outbreak
Life With Herpes - August 17, 2022 21:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThese wellness products are made to fight herpes outbreaks. We created them especially for people living with herpes, who want to deal with their outbreaks in a more natural ways. They can also be used to support your body when you're on antivirals. Overall, they took about a year to get formul...
What to Do If You Were Just Diagnosed with Genital Herpes
Life With Herpes - August 10, 2022 21:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsIf you were just diagnosed with herpes, you're probably freaking out and don't know where to go or turn to. I hope this video sheds some light on the topic you're interested in, how to go on, and where to search for information.
Preventing anal cancer in people with HIV: learnings from the ANCHOR study
STI Podcast - August 10, 2022 15:27 - 20 minutes ★★★★ - 3 ratingsIn this podcast, we interview Professor Joel Palefsky about the ANCHOR study. Sexually Transmitted Infections' Editorial Fellow, Dr Ming Lee, speaks to the journal Editor in Chief, Professor Anna Maria Geretti, and Professor Palefsky, chief investigator of the randomised controlled trial, about t...
PSA
S.L.U.T. Radio - August 08, 2022 22:00 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 3 ratings'Where is my S.L.U.T. Radio? Why don't I have the current episode?' Inquiring minds want to know.
Being Promiscuous Will Get You a Herpes Diagnosis
Life With Herpes - August 03, 2022 21:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 94 ratingsThere's a preconceived notion in many of us that being promiscuous will definitely get you herpes. If you will not sleep around, or not sleep with 'those people', or always do things the right way, there's no way you're going to get herpes. I also thought I'm that person.
S3E7: The Self Love Podcast
S.L.U.T. Radio - August 01, 2022 18:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsJoin Mama J in some self exploration. We will learn how to self love... Suggested music to take away from today's podcast: 'I Touch Myself' by the DIvinyls