Expert explains shingles and the shingles vaccine
Shingles can strike anyone who had chickenpox when they were young, and the intense pain that can accompany this body rash has sidelined many a senior.
Dec 9, 2024
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Heterocyclic Compounds: News and Research on Acyclovir
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Research suggests long-term antiviral use is key to ocular shingles treatment
Taking an antiviral medication for a year may prevent vision damage associated with shingles that affects the eye, according to research led by faculty from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania ...
Oct 21, 2024
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Study shows long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment benefits patients with eye disease and pain from shingles
Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment reduces the risk for potentially vision-damaging bouts of inflammation and infection, as well as pain, which occur when shingles affects the eye, according to new research presented ...
Oct 19, 2024
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Studying herpes encephalitis with mini-brains
About 3.7 billion people carry the herpes simplex virus-1 in our nerve cells where it lies quiescent until triggered by stress or injury. When activated, its symptoms are usually mild, limited to cold sores or ulcers in our ...
Jun 22, 2023
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Letermovir noninferior for CMV prophylaxis in kidney recipients
Letermovir is noninferior to valganciclovir for prevention of cytomegalovirus (CMV) among CMV-seronegative kidney transplant recipients who receive an organ from a CMV-seropositive donor, according to a study published online ...
Jun 13, 2023
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Cytomegalovirus lies dormant in most US adults, but few have heard of it
"Why didn't anyone tell me about this virus?" is a frequent response I hear from parents upon learning their newborn is infected with cytomegalovirus, or CMV. Although more than half of the U.S. population will be infected ...
May 31, 2023
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