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Scientists Uncover How Herpes Virus Passes from Parents to Kids
Human herpes virus 6 (HHV-6) is passed from parents to their kids because it is integrated into their chromosomes, a new study has revealed. Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center...
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Study: Herpes Drug may Help Control HIV in Patients
Researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), McGill University and other institutions have revealed that a simple antiviral drug developed decades ago suppresses HIV in patients who...
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Grappling may Leave Sumo Wrestlers Infected by Herpes Skin Virus
Call it part of the job or what you will! Because Japan's well-known sumo wrestlers, scientists say, are more vulnerable to a more virulent strain of the herpes skin virus. They contract the virus...
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External Treatment Can Help Prevent Genital Herpes Infection
A new external vaginal treatment works to protect against genital herpes infection for as long as a week, a new study has found. The topical microbicide works by "silencing" two genes, and was shown...
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Rheumatoid Arthritis Medication Linked to Increased Risk for Shingles
A new study suggests that there is an association between medications known as monoclonal anti-tumour necrosis factor a (TNF-a), which are used for treating rheumatoid arthritis, and an increased risk...
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Study Unravels Reason Behind Herpes Simplex Virus Recurrence
Research in IPLoS Pathogens/I appears to solve a long standing medical mystery by identifying a viral protein, VP16, as the molecular key that prompts herpes simplex virus (HSV) to exit latency and...
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Common Painkiller Can Help Reduce Acute Pain of Shingles
A commonly used painkiller has been found to be effective against treating the acute pain of shingles, an illness that often causes severe pain along with a rash. The painkiller oxycodone can help in...
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HIV Transmission Not Helped By Herpes Drug
The widely drug for herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) is ineffective in cutting risk of HIV transmission, an international clinical trial has shown. The trial subjects were people infected with both HIV...
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Herpes Infection and Corneal Transplants
Two studies that may influence clinical treatment of serious eye conditions appear in the July issue of IOphthalmology/I, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. One study reports on...
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Risk Of Herpes Simplex Virus 2 Falls With Consistent Condom Use
A study has deemed that condoms use is associated with moderate protection against herpes simplex virus 2. Herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2) typically causes genital herpes, a chronic, life-long, viral...
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Scientists Identify Why Even Treated Genital Herpes Sores Boost the Risk of...
American scientists may have found the reason why an infection that causes genital herpes increases a person's risk of developing HIV infection despite successful treatment of genital skin sores. In...
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Shingles Raises Stroke Risk in Adults: Study
Having shingles raises the risk of suffering a stroke by almost a third, according to a new study. In a study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association, adults with shingles were...
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FDA Approves Drug For Shingles Pain
The US FDA has given its nod for Qutenza (capsaicin) skin patch for treating pain caused by postherpetic neuralgia (PHN) i. e. shingle-related pain. Excruciating, PHN pain is often described as a...
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Get Chicken Pox Vaccine, Stop Shingles Risk in Kids
Herpes Zoster, also known as Shingles, is very rare among children who have been vaccinated against Chicken Pox, say scientists. So says a Kaiser Permanente study in the December issue of the...
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"Sleeping Beauty Molecule and Herpes Virus" Marry to Fight Brain Diseases
A gene therapy by bringing together herpes virus and a molecule, by scientists from University of Rochester Medical Centre, has been developed which will help fight diseases of the brain and nervous...
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Study Finds Herpes Drug Fails to Reduce HIV Risk
A widely used treatment for the herpes virus does not cut the risk of transmission of HIV-AIDS, according to a medical study published Wednesday after a five-year trial. The study showed that people...
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Treatment for Genital Herpes Infection on the Anvil
A novel discovery that may help develop comprehensive treatment for infection by genital herpes virus has been made by scientists from University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research...
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British Pensioners To Be Offered Shingles Vaccination
British pensioners in the 70-79 age group are to be offered shingles vaccination. The programme could cover as many as four millions. The Department of Health has agreed in principle to the...
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Genital Herpes Drug Slows HIV Progression
A drug used to treat genital herpes can also slow progression of the AIDS virus among co-infected patients, doctors report on Monday. Most people infected with HIV are also coincidentally infected...
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Increased Risk of Stroke Associated With Ocular Shingles
New research published in the March 3, 2010, online issue of INeurology/IA (Regd) , the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology says that having a shingles infection that affects the eyes...
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