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Resolve Herpes Health
Posted on 31. Jul, 2011 by Doctor.
by Mr D Logan Resolve Herpes Guaranteed Most people are infected by herpes viruses early in childhood – 99 percent of the population has at least one herpes virus. The most well-known is the virus that causes chickenpox. But there are many others that cause brief flu-like symptoms, and then seemingly disappear. The viruses don’t [...]
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Herpes to blame for oyster deaths
Posted on 08. Dec, 2010 by Doctor.
An incurable herpes-like virus is behind the widespread deaths of juvenile Pacific oysters — in upper North Island marine farms, scientists say. The $30 million industry disclosed last week that it has been experiencing big losses of juvenile oysters over November and early December. Half the aquaculture industry’s farmed oysters due for harvest next year [...]
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Herpes medication not linked to birth defects
Posted on 30. Aug, 2010 by Doctor.
Women who took herpes medication to treat herpes infections during pregnancy weren’t more likely to have a baby with birth defects than women who didn’t take these drugs in a study of over 800,000 babies born in Denmark. While the finding doesn’t rule out a link between these antivirals and specific types of birth defects, [...]
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Oyster Herpes: Is it Latest Symptom of Global Warming?
Posted on 09. Aug, 2010 by Doctor.
Don’t worry— oyster herpes isn’t a new side effect of eating “the food of love.” The incurable, deadly virus is, however, alarming fishing communities in Europe, where oyster herpes seems to be spreading—and could go on spreading as seas continue to warm, experts say. In July lab testing of farmed oysters detected the first known [...]
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New Study Finds HPV Vaccine Protects Against Genital Warts
Posted on 24. Jul, 2010 by Doctor.
A new study finds that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects not only against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, but also helps prevent genital warts and low-grade cervical growths. The findings are published in the July 21 online edition of BMJ. Health officials in the United States have been urging vaccination of [...]
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Circumcision may lower risk of genital wart virus
Posted on 16. Apr, 2010 by Doctor.
Circumcision has been found to lower men’s risk of contracting HIV through heterosexual sex, and now new findings suggest that it also cuts the risk of infection with the human papilloma virus (HPV) in both HIV-positive and HIV-negative men. The findings, from two studies in Uganda, suggest there may be additional benefits to offering circumcision [...]
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U.S. herpes rates remain high
Posted on 28. Mar, 2010 by Doctor.
About 16 percent of Americans between the ages of 14 and 49 are infected with genital herpes, making it one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday. Black women had the highest rate of infection at 48 percent and women were nearly twice likely as men to be infected, [...]
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Shocking Report: Half of Black Women Have Herpes!
Posted on 19. Mar, 2010 by Doctor.
ATLANTA – About 1 in 6 Americans (16.2 percent) between the ages of 14 and 49 is infected with herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), according to a national health survey released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. HSV-2 is a lifelong and incurable infection that can cause recurrent and painful genital [...]
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Herpes Drug Might Also Slow HIV Progression
Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by Doctor.
New research suggests that people who are infected with both HIV-1, a strain of the AIDS virus, and herpes simplex virus type 2 could benefit in more than one way by taking a herpes drug acyclovir. In addition to treating herpes, the medication appears to also slow the progression of HIV. “While the HIV-disease ameliorating [...]
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Genital Herpes May Never Go Dormant
Posted on 18. Nov, 2009 by Doctor.
Herpes, the sexually transmitted disease that causes genital lesions, never truly goes into a dormant state, new research suggests. As a matter of fact, even when it’s not causing an outbreak, the virus is shedding tiny bits of itself in the genital tract. While the study did not specifically address whether or not the very [...]