It’s been 101 years since Alzheimer’s disease was first discovered by a German scientist. But we still don’t know what causes it. Is it a virus like herpes, a type of diabetes or something entirely different?
The human brain stores our thoughts, controls our actions, and makes us who we are, but when Alzheimer’s starts, everything […]
May 24, 2007 — Bath psoralen UV therapy (PUVA) and saltwater UV-B are effective treatments of stable, moderate to severe psoriasis and are better than UV-B and tap water UV-B treatments, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial with 4 parallel groups published in the May issue of the Archives of Dermatology.
“Delivery of […]
Stephen E. Straus, M.D. First Director of NIHs National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Internationally Recognized Physician-Scientist
WASHINGTON, May 16, 2007-Stephen E. Straus, M.D., 60, the first director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), died of brain cancer May 14, 2007, at his […]
Scientists note all humans become infected with herpes viruses during childhood, and after the initial infection clears, the virus enters a dormant state known as latency.
In the recent study, Herbert Virgin and colleagues at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis demonstrated mice latently infected with either mouse gammaherpesvirus 68 or mouse cytomegalovirus […]
MARATHON Florida Governor Charlie Crist visited a Florida Keys-based turtle hospital on Sunday and helped release a 140-pound green sea turtle that had been at the facility for almost a year.
The turtle, named Charlie, was found off the Upper Keys in June 2006 after it became entangled in a lobster trap line. The turtle was […]
Cold sores are the nasty, red, fluid-filled blisters that appear on the skin. They are contagious and are caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV-1). The mouth, lips, throat and genitals are some of the areas that are easily affected and you must avoid cold sores from spreading as early as possible. Cold sores are […]
Virus called Herpes Simplex Virus or HSV causes genital herpes. HSV is of two types- HSV1 and HSV2.
HSV1 is mainly responsible for causing Oral herpes also called as Cold sore. HSV2 is mainly responsible for causing Genital herpes.
HSV1 can also affect the genital area and cause genital herpes. Therefore if anybody has active cold sores […]
Most users of online dating sites have had it up to their eyeballs from trawling through dating site after dating site. Trying to find a decent site from where they hope to find their dream partner isn’t easy and they understand or soon find out what a task it can often be. There are simply […]