MeSH tree: C01.375
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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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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Trachoma prevalence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) children in at-risk communities continues to fall, according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW).
Oct 11, 2024
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Antibiotic shortages have become a big challenge for child health. For example, amoxicillin and cephalexin are among the most commonly prescribed antibiotics for children, used to treat a variety of bacterial infections. ...
Jun 21, 2024
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A chlamydia vaccine has triggered immune responses in an early trial, raising hopes that one day it might help curb the spread of the sexually transmitted infection (STI).
Apr 12, 2024
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When you think of eye infections, what comes to mind? Puffy, swollen bruised feeling eyelids that get glued together with gunk overnight? That feeling of having grit in your eye that can't be cleaned away? Eye infections ...
Apr 11, 2024
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Eye ointment products made in India and sold in the United States at Walmart, CVS and other retailers are being recalled due to a danger of infection.
Feb 27, 2024
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Fungal keratitis prevalence appears to be twice as high in rural versus nonrural areas, according to a research letter published in JAMA Ophthalmology.
Feb 23, 2024
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It's sobering to reflect that "neglected tropical diseases" are referred to as "neglected" because they persist in the poorest, most marginalized communities even after being wiped out in more developed parts of the world.
Jan 29, 2024
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The effectiveness of the live zoster (shingles) vaccine is highest in the first year after vaccination and then wanes substantially. But it continues to provide some protection against shingles and its complications ten years ...
Nov 8, 2023
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