News articles tagged with 'herpes'
Old folk remedy revived: How tansy may be a treatment for herpes
— 22 Feb 2011 23:21 | HealthFor centuries tansy has been used as a folk remedy, but now scientists from Britain and Spain believe the plant may have medical benefits after all, as a treatment for herpes. The team's…
Patients with COPD have higher risk of shingles
— 22 Feb 2011 23:10 | HealthPatients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at greater risk of shingles compared with the general population, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical…
New study alters long-held beliefs about shingles
— 1 Feb 2011 21:41 | HealthFor decades, medical wisdom about shingles has been that it's a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The commonly-held belief is that patients are protected from a recurrence of the herpes…
Shingles vaccine associated with 55 percent reduced risk of disease
— 12 Jan 2011 17:55 | HealthReceiving the herpes zoster vaccine was associated with a 55 percent reduced risk of developing shingles, according to a Kaiser Permanente study of 300,000 people that appears in the…
Pain of shingles (herpes zoster) significantly interferes with daily life
— 5 Oct 2010 04:07 | HealthAcute herpes zoster, or shingles, interferes with all health areas for people with the condition, including sleep, enjoyment of life and general activities, according to a study published…
Statement: Study finds genital herpes vaccine ineffective in women
— 1 Oct 2010 11:48 | HealthAn experimental vaccine intended to prevent genital herpes disease in women, although generally safe and well-tolerated, proved ineffective when tested in the recently concluded clinical…
A drug against AIDS could be effective against the herpes virus
— 24 Sep 2010 11:23 | HealthScientists at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) headed by the coordinator of the Structural and Computational Biology Programme, Miquel Coll, have published…
A collaboration solves the herpes virus protein structure providing new drug therapy directions
— 27 Jul 2010 10:22 | HealthThe mechanism by which a herpes virus invades cells has remained a mystery to scientists, but now research from Tufts University and the University of Pennsylvania reveals the unusual…
Scientists devise strategy in bid to beat viruses
— 20 Jul 2010 11:29 | HealthScientists have developed a new way to target viruses which could increase the effectiveness of antiviral drugs…
Genetically reprogrammed HSV given systemically shrinks distant sarcomas
— 8 Jul 2010 09:21 | HealthScientists have used a genetically reprogrammed herpes virus and an anti-vascular drug to shrink spreading distant sarcomas designed to model metastatic disease in mice - still an elusive…