Glandular Fever (infectious mononucleosis) News 
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Source: eMedicineHealth.com - November 17, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
MillionsMissing: A Hidden Epidemic and a Day of Action
(Photo credit: Mary F. Calvert)
A hidden epidemic has swept the globe -- and your neighborhood is not immune. In its wake are millions of lives ruined. Its silent victims are all ages, from all backgrounds and in every state across America: Up to 99,000 in Illinois, 152,000 in New York and 211,000 in Texas. There is no prevention, no treatment and no cure for this barely acknowledged disease that gets barely any government funding.
In total, there are 1 million to 2.5 million in the US, 17 million worldwide, whose lives have been devastated due to the most serious neuroimmune disease you never knew existed: Myalgic Ence...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - September 28, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A Novel Approach to the Shocky Child
Start with three quick bedside ultrasounds and you might avoid an unnecessary IV push
An 11-year-old boy is brought to your emergency department following a few hours of persistent vomiting, irritability and decreasing activity. His mother also reports about two days of fever, decreased appetite and nasal stuffness.
On initial evaluation, his vital signs include a heart rate of 128 beats/minute, blood pressure of 82/64 mmHg, respirations of 24 breaths/minute and temperature of 101.50F. Pulse oximetry reveals 98% saturation on room air while capillary refill time is approximately 5 seconds. His activity is reduced an...
Source: EPMonthly.com - September 27, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Matt McGahen Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Olympic diving champion Chris Mears reveals how he nearly died when his spleen ruptured due to glandular fever
The 23-year-old from Berkshire collapsed while competing in the Youth Olympic Festival, Sydney, in January 2009. He was diagnosed with glandular fever and a ruptured spleen. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 30, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Olympic silver medallist Roger Black goes under the microscope in our health quiz Â
Roger Black won a silver medal in men's 400m at the 1996 Olympics. Now he reveals that he almost gave up his athletic career, after suffering severe glandular fever at the age of 27. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Could a CURE for HIV be in sight? Scientists discover how to boost the immune system
The discovery could pave the way for treatments for other viruses, including Epstein Barr, which causes glandular fever, scientists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia said. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 4, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Big step towards cure for HIV and other lifelong viral infections
New research has taken us a step closer to finding a cure for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as other infections including the glandular fever virus, which is associated with the development of lymphoma. Some infections, such as HIV, cannot be cured with antiviral therapy because the virus effectively hides from the immune system. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - August 4, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Big step towards cure for lifelong viral infections
(Monash University) New research has taken us a step closer to finding a cure for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), as well as other infections including the glandular fever virus, which is associated with the development of lymphoma. Some infections, such as HIV, cannot be cured with antiviral therapy because the virus effectively hides from the immune system. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - August 3, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Towards a cure for herpesviruses: Targeting infection with CRISPR/Cas9
Most adults carry multiple herpesviruses. Following the initial acute infection, these viruses establish life-long infections in their hosts and cause cold sores, keratitis, genital herpes, shingles, infectious mononucleosis, and other diseases. A new study suggests that attacking herpesvirus DNA with CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology can suppress virus replication and, in some cases, lead to elimination of the virus. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - June 30, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Diagnosing mononucleosis: Researchers work to expedite proper treatment
One researcher wasn't impressed with research on infectious mononucleosis when he wrote his first published review on it back in the 1990s, and he still isn't. Early diagnosis of mono is key in expediting proper treatment, says one expert. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 2, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Diagnosing mononucleosis: UGA's Mark Ebell works to expedite proper treatment
(University of Georgia) The University of Georgia's Mark Ebell wasn't impressed with research on infectious mononucleosis when he wrote his first published review on it back in the 1990s. He still isn't -- a subject he discusses in the April issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.Early diagnosis of mono is key in expediting proper treatment, said Ebell, a professor of epidemiology in the College of Public Health. (Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases)
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - May 2, 2016 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Researchers at Howard Hughes Medical Institute Develop Blood Test That Reveals a Patient’s Viral History; Could Reduce Unnecessary Clinical Laboratory Testing
The VirScan test gives doctors insight into a patient’s lifetime exposure to viruses and thus may be developed into a useful medical laboratory test Scientists and pathologists are learning that blood is like a time capsule, holding precious information about exposure to viruses over the years—chickenpox at five, mononucleosis at 18, flu at 40. You […] (Source: Dark Daily)
Source: Dark Daily - December 30, 2015 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: jude Tags: Instruments & Equipment Laboratory Instruments & Laboratory Equipment Laboratory Management and Operations Laboratory News Laboratory Operations Laboratory Pathology Laboratory Testing antibodies big data blood test Brigham and Women†Source Type: news
Mononucleosis: Can it recur?
(Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist)
Source: MayoClinic.com - Ask a Specialist - December 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
