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Shingles raises risk of stroke by 30 percent or more in adults
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Adults with shingles were about 30 percent more likely to have a stroke during a one-year follow-up than adults without shingles, in a study reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.
Oxycodone Effective Against Shingles Pain
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Mar 27, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The painkiller oxycodone is effective at treating the acute pain of shingles, an illness that often causes severe pain which can become long-lasting and sometimes even permanent.
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Chicken pox vaccine reduces shingles risk in kids -- study of 172,000 kids used EHRs
Dec 04, 2009 |
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Herpes zoster, also known as shingles, is very rare among children who have been vaccinated against chicken pox, according to a Kaiser Permanente study in the December issue of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal.
Childhood chicken pox could affect oral health years later
Feb 18, 2009 |
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You may recall as a child catching the itchy red rash, chicken pox. The unsightly infection was caused by the varicella zoster virus and was responsible for nearly 4 million cases each year, according to the Centers for Disease ...
Central nervous system infections rare but devastating following heart transplantation
Oct 08, 2007 |
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Central nervous system infections develop infrequently following heart transplants but are a significant predictor of death, according to an article posted online today that will appear in the December 2007 print issue of ...
Vaccination coverage improves among low-income children, but disparities persist
May 04, 2009 |
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More children in low-income households are receiving childhood vaccinations on schedule than in previous years, but disparities based on economic status remain, according to a report in the May issue of Archives of Pediatrics & ...
Tai Chi boosts immunity to shingles virus in older adults, study reports
Apr 06, 2007 |
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Tai Chi, a traditional Chinese form of exercise, may help older adults avoid getting shingles by increasing immunity to varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and boosting the immune response to varicella vaccine in older adults, according ...
OHSU finds association between Epstein-Barr virus, inflammatory diseases of the mouth
Nov 10, 2008 |
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Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University's School of Dentistry have found that a significant percentage of dental patients with the inflammatory diseases irreversible pulpitis and apical periodontitis also have the ...
Should the UK introduce a chickenpox vaccination?
Nov 08, 2007 |
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The only realistic way of preventing deaths and severe complications arising from chickenpox is to routinely vaccinate children against the disease, concludes research published ahead of print in Archives of Disease in Ch ...
Practicing Tai Chi Boosts Immune System in Older Adults
Mar 22, 2007 |
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Tai chi chih, the Westernized version of the 2,000-year-old Chinese martial art characterized by slow movement and meditation, significantly boosts the immune systems of older adults against the virus that leads to the painful, ...
Dermatologists link family history to shingles susceptibility
May 19, 2008 |
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Researchers at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston have identified family history as one reason why some people might be more susceptible to shingles, a severe skin condition. Their findings are published in ...
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 ...
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