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Mononucleosis: Can I Get a Rash? polyDNA Answers Survey Questions and...
In its latest December, 2013 survey, polyDNA found that only 15% of respondents knew that the Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) can cause a rash during mononucleosis (Mono). polyDNA recommends Gene-Eden-VIR to...(PRWeb January 28, 2014)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/01/prweb11515989.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - January 28, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Young killer cells protect against infectious mononucleosis
More than 90 percent of all adults are carriers of the oncogenic Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV). Primary infection with this herpes virus as a young child is generally not linked to any symptoms, and usually offers life-long protection from its cancer-causing effect. However, for people who do not become infected with the virus until adolescence, the infection often leads to infectious mononucleosis (commonly known as glandular fever). Our immune systems can generally fend off this disease after a period of between one and several months. (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - December 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news

Moving closer to Epstein-Barr virus vaccine to prevent mono, some cancers
Development of a vaccine against Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has taken a step forward with the Canadian discovery of how EBV infection evades detection by the immune system. EBV causes infectious mononucleosis and cancers such as Hodgkin's lymphoma and nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which is the most common cancer in China, as well as opportunistic cancers in people with weakened immune systems. A member of the herpes virus family that remains in the body for life, the virus infects epithelial cells in the throat and immune cells called B cells... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 15, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Source Type: news

Epstein-Barr virus-associated diseases and cancer
You might not know it, but most of us are infected with the herpesvirus known as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). For most of us, the virus will lead at worst to a case of infectious mononucleosis, but sometimes, and especially in some parts of the world, those viruses are found in association with cancer. Now, researchers reporting in the Cell Press journal Cell Reports have found that the difference between a relatively harmless infection and a cancer-causing one lies at least partly in the viral strain itself... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - October 14, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Source Type: news

How a ubiquitous herpesvirus sometimes leads to cancer
(Cell Press) Most of us are infected with the herpesvirus known as Epstein-Barr virus. For most of us, the virus will lead at worst to a case of infectious mononucleosis, but sometimes, and especially in some parts of the world, those viruses are found in association with cancer. Now, researchers have found that the difference between a relatively harmless infection and a cancer-causing one lies at least partly in the viral strain itself. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 10, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news

Infectious Mononucleosis
Title: Infectious MononucleosisCategory: Diseases and ConditionsCreated: 12/31/1997 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 9/25/2013 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Hepatitis C General)
Source: MedicineNet Hepatitis C General - September 25, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Programmed cell death activates latent herpesviruses
Researchers have found that apoptosis, a natural process of programmed cell death, can reactivate latent herpesviruses in the dying cell. The results of their research, which could have broad clinical significance since many cancer chemotherapies cause apoptosis, was published ahead of print in the Journal of Virology. Human herpesviruses (HHV) are linked to a range of childhood and adult diseases, including chickenpox, mononucleosis, cold sores, and genital sores, and are of a particular concern for patients who are immunosuppressed due cancer or AIDS... (Source: Health News from Medical News Today)
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - September 9, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Biology / Biochemistry Source Type: news

Management Options for Infectious MononucleosisManagement Options for Infectious Mononucleosis
Are antiviral agents effective for treating mono? U.S. Pharmacist (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - June 27, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Journal Article Source Type: news

Should tennis be worried about the 'kissing disease'?
Nicknamed the "kissing disease," mononucleosis or glandular fever is a viral illness that can linger for weeks, months or even years. CNN investigates its prevalence within the sport of tennis. (Source: CNN.com - Health)
Source: CNN.com - Health - May 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Is EBV a Common Cause of Elevated Liver Enzymes?
Discussion Infectious mononucleosis is caused by an Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) infection causing the triad of fever, sore throat and adenopathy. The differential diagnosis of clinical presentations similar to EBV includes: Viral Cytomegalovirus Herpes simplex Hepatitis A, B, C HIV Varicella Bacterial/Spirochete Brucellosis Leptospirosis Syphilis Q fever Miscellaneous Autoimmune hepatitis Drug side effects Ischemia Wilson Disease Treatment for EBV infections is mainly supportive. Anti-viral medications such as ganciclovir are usually used for severe problems. Liver failure has been treated by transplant. Refraining fr...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 1, 2013 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Donna M. D'Alessandro, M.D. Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news

Infectious Mononucleosis: Still a 'Kissing Disease'Infectious Mononucleosis: Still a 'Kissing Disease'
Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, describes new research that sheds additional light on the old problem of EBV infection and infectious mononucleosis. Medscape Infectious Diseases (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - March 20, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases Commentary Source Type: news

Two medical pioneers aim to trial a cancer-killing virus. I aim to help out | Alexander Masters
A pair of researchers in Sweden may have a revolutionary cancer treatment on their hands. But a separate revolution will be needed to get it to marketJust north of Stockholm, among the creaking Swedish ice-forests, three revolutions for 2013 are taking place.Revolution One: Two researchers at the University of Uppsala have engineered a virus that will attack cancer. Cheap, precise, with only mild, flu-like side-effects, this plucky little microbe sounds too good to be true. Yet in peer-reviewed articles in top journals, Professor Magnus Essand and Dr Justyna Leja have repeatedly showed that Ad5[CgA-E1A-miR122]PTD views hea...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - January 4, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Alexander Masters Tags: Comment The Guardian Crowdsourcing Health Medical research Society Technology Kickstarter Features Cancer Internet Science Comment is free Source Type: news

Infectious Mononucleosis (Mono)
"Infectious Mononucleosis," or, "mono," is many times referred to as the, "kissing disease." The virus that causes mono is transmitted through a person's saliva and people can get it through kissing, although people can also be exposed to the virus through a sneeze or a cough, or by sharing a food utensil or a glass with someone who has the virus. Mono is not as contagious as some kinds of infections fortunately, such as the common cold. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - January 2, 2013 Category: Disability Tags: Influenza Colds and Flu Source Type: news

Finally well after a full abdominal hysterectomy at 31 – Nina ’ s Story
Like many girls, I started my periods at 11, but quickly realised that mine where different to others. The pain and blood loss where much higher than I could really cope with and still function. There is a history down my mothers and grandmothers side, that this is how it has always been for ‘us girls’, so I tried to put up as best I could. By 15 I needed something to help and went to my doctor, he prescribed the pill for me, but my mother didn’t want me to take it. It wasn’t till much later she and I would understand why. From 17 to 26 I became a testing ground for all doctors and sexual health doc...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - December 31, 2012 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health heavy bleeding hysterectomy stories total abdominal hysterectomy Source Type: news