(Health.com)  -- Lana, a 38 year-old publicist in Los Angeles, California, was diagnosed with genital herpes in 1997. Since then, she has "kind of been hiding" from the dating scene. Let's face it: How do you drop that bomb on a potential love interest? And when? She considered a number of online dating venues, but she says Match.com asked too many questions on its enrollment form, eHarmony was too "religious," and MySpace was too much of a "hookup zone." "I wanted to meet men with my same diagnosis so we wouldn't [need to] have 'the talk,' or fear of rejection and transmitting," she says. "Most of us with this don't wish to spread it."
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Billion-dollar online dating industry has been booming despite recession
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Sites include Prescription 4 Love and STD-specific site Positivesingles.com
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People with mental health problems also benefited from specialized sites
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While sites like @placeholder and eHarmony don't discriminate, they also don't cater to people like Lana who are coping with sexually transmitted diseases, disabilities, or mental health conditions.
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That's substantially cheaper than sites like Match.com and @placeholder, which can cost upwards of $35 per month.)