http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. The decreased risk of HIV infection in circumcised men cannot be explained by a reduction in sores from conditions such as herpes, according to research published in PLoS Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news178264103.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:00:01 EST news178264103 Cumulative exposure to five common infection-causing pathogens may be associated with an increased risk of stroke, according to a report posted online today that will appear in the January 2010 print issue of Archives of Neurology. http://www.physorg.com/news177016333.html Medicine & Health Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:30:02 EST news177016333 Among patients with Bell Palsy, a facial paralysis with unknown cause, treatment with corticosteroids is associated with a reduced risk of an unsatisfactory recovery, and treatment with a combination of corticosteroids and antiviral agents may be associated with additional benefit, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis of previously published studies, reported in the September 2 issue of JAMA. http://www.physorg.com/news171047876.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:20:03 EST news171047876 New research helps explain why infection with herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), which causes genital herpes, increases the risk for HIV infection even after successful treatment heals the genital skin sores and breaks that often result from HSV-2. http://www.physorg.com/news168440108.html Medicine & Health Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:00:01 EST news168440108 Eczema patients at risk for serious viral infections have more severe disease, are more likely to be allergic to food and other allergens, and have a frequent history of staph infections, according to researchers at National Jewish Health and other institutions in the NIH-funded Atopic Dermatitis Vaccinia Network. The findings, published June 25 in the online version of The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, could help identify people at risk for serious complications of smallpox vaccinations, and point to defects in the skin barrier and antimicrobial-protein production as possible causes for the increased susceptibility. http://www.physorg.com/news165146799.html Medicine & Health Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:30:01 EST news165146799 Scientists at the University of Melbourne have discovered the local action of immune cells in the skin, which could improve treatment of viral skin infections. http://www.physorg.com/news158328856.html Medicine & Health Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:14:44 EST news158328856 Research in PLoS Pathogens 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 cause recurrent disease. http://www.physorg.com/news157355011.html Medicine & Health Fri, 27 Mar 2009 06:44:32 EST news157355011 Heterosexual men who undergo medical circumcision can significantly reduce their risk of acquiring two common sexually transmitted infections--herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), the cause of genital herpes, and human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause cancer and genital warts, according to a report in the March 26 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). In the study, circumcision had no effect on their risk of becoming infected with the bacterium that causes syphilis, however. http://www.physorg.com/news157221867.html Medicine & Health Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:45:59 EST news157221867 A new therapy being developed at the University of Florida could, in time, produce another weapon for the fight against herpes. http://www.physorg.com/news152885637.html Medicine & Health Tue, 03 Feb 2009 12:14:18 EST news152885637 Stressful experiences in early childhood can have long-lasting impacts on kids' health that persist well beyond the resolution of the situation. http://www.physorg.com/news152213411.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:30:41 EST news152213411 (PhysOrg.com) -- The virus behind cold sores is a major cause of the insoluble protein plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer`s disease sufferers, University of Manchester researchers have revealed. http://www.physorg.com/news147971732.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Dec 2008 15:15:32 EST news147971732