News tagged with hsv 1
Study evaluates use of corticosteroids and antiviral agents for treatment of Bell Palsy
Sep 01, 2009 |
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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 ...
Herpes: Scientists find cellular process that fights virus
Mar 23, 2009 |
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Scientists have discovered a new way for our immune system to combat the elusive virus responsible for cold sores: Type 1 herpes simplex (HSV-1). As reported in the advance online edition of Nature Immunology, a group of vir ...
Potential new herpes therapy studied
Feb 03, 2009 |
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A new therapy being developed at the University of Florida could, in time, produce another weapon for the fight against herpes.
Early childhood stress has lingering effects on health
Jan 26, 2009 |
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Stressful experiences in early childhood can have long-lasting impacts on kids' health that persist well beyond the resolution of the situation.
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Condoms associated with moderate protection against herpes simplex virus 2
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Condom use is associated with a reduced risk of contracting herpes simplex virus 2, according to a report based on pooled analysis of data from previous studies in the July 13 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
Researchers identify how herpes virus infects host cells
Mar 26, 2008 |
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Virginia Commonwealth University researchers have uncovered new information about how the herpes simplex virus takes control of the host cell, setting the stage for the development of antiviral drugs that serve to fight herpes ...
Study shows suppressing herpes virus may reduce infectiousness of HIV
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Nov 15, 2007 |
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A recent study of men co-infected with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) and HIV revealed that drugs used to suppress HSV decrease the levels of HIV in the blood and rectal secretions, which may make patients less likely ...
Herpes drug inhibits HIV replication, but with a price
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Nov 06, 2008 |
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The anti-herpes drug acyclovir can also directly slow down HIV infection by targeting the reverse transcriptase (RT) enzyme, researchers report in this week's JBC. This beneficial effect does pose a risk though, as HIV-in ...
Herpes on the rise in Australia
May 19, 2006 |
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One in eight Australian adults has been infected with the virus causing genital herpes, with the rate one in five for women aged 35-44, a study said.
Rate of herpes infections declining
Aug 24, 2006 |
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A new study says the rate of genital herpes infections in the United States is declining.
Discovery of protein that reactivates herpes simplex virus helps solve medical mystery
Mar 27, 2009 |
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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.
Herpes medication does not reduce risk of HIV infection in individuals with HSV-2
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Feb 06, 2008 |
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An international clinical trial has found that acyclovir, a common medication for treating herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2), the most common cause of genital herpes, does not reduce the risk of HIV infection when taken by people ...
Keeping herpes infection in check: researchers describe immune system strategies
Oct 09, 2008 |
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Herpes simplex virus type I can cause bouts of cold sores, blindness and potentially lethal encephalitis when it reawakens from a quiescent state in the nerve cells it infects.
Study finds genetic link to human herpes susceptibility
Jan 28, 2008 |
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There’s a high probability that people who are prone to herpes simplex virus (HSV) outbreaks can inherit that susceptibility through their genes, University of Utah researchers report in a new study.
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