Study: Treating herpes doesn't prevent HIV

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 06/19/2008 - 17:33

LONDON (AP) -- Doctors have long suspected that people with herpes are more likely to catch HIV. So they thought that by treating herpes, they could also cut a person's HIV risk.

But a new study that tested this strategy found the assumption may have been wrong....

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