Herpes deaths: NHS trust lied about virus links, inquest hears
Kimberley Sampson and Samantha Mulcahy both died from herpes infections after Caesarean births. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - April 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Studies Link Common Childhood Viruses to Rare Hepatitis Cases
Infection with multiple common viruses may be responsible for the cases that puzzled doctors last year. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Emily Anthes Tags: your-feed-science your-feed-health Hepatitis Children and Childhood Herpes Viruses Liver Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Source Type: news
TREMFYA ® (guselkumab) Real-World Data Analyses Show Greater Treatment Persistence Than IL-17s in Both Bio-naïve and Bio-experienced Patients Living With Moderate to Severe Plaque Psoriasis
SPRING HOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA, March 17, 2023 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced new data, showing that initiation of TREMFYA® (guselkumab) was associated with greater treatment persistencea compared to secukinumab or ixekizumab in bio-naïve and bio-experienced patientsb living with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis (PsO), based on pairwise analysesc of real-world data.[1],[2] Additionally, in a post-hoc analysis of Phase 3 VOYAGE 2 clinical trial results, TREMFYA demonstrated durable clinical efficacy, itch relief and quality-of-life improvements in patients living with scal...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - March 17, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Genital Herpes: What It Is, Symptoms, Treatment & More
TUESDAY, March 14, 2023 -- Genital herpes. It ' s an embarrassing sexually transmitted disease that no one ever wants to be diagnosed with, but millions are.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, sexually transmitted... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 14, 2023 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
TREMFYA ® (guselkumab) Demonstrates a Differentiated Binding Mechanism from Risankizumab in In Vitro Studies
SPRING HOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA, March 3, 2023 – The Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson today announced additional results from in vitro MODIF-Y studies, which continue to support a hypothesis that not all IL-23 inhibitors are the same by demonstrating a differentiated binding mechanism for TREMFYA® (guselkumab) from risankizumab. Findings show that guselkumab is able to dose-dependently bind to CD64+a myeloid cells,1 the predominant source of IL-23-driven inflammation in the gut.2,b Data comprise one of Janssen’s 22 oral and poster presentations at the 18th Congress of the European Crohn’s and Col...
Source: Johnson and Johnson - March 3, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: Latest News Source Type: news
Family criticises East Kent NHS over herpes inquest delay
Kimberly Sampson and Samantha Mulcahy died from herpes infections six weeks apart. (Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition)
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - March 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Could Alzheimer ’s be caused by an infection?
Research into the disease has focused on plaques in the brain. But some scientists think viruses and bacteria play a role – and their work is gaining groundAs Davangere Devanand, a neurologist at Columbia University Medical Center, combed through the reams of scientific data on Alzheimer ’s, he stumbled across a surprising idea – could an infection be involved in driving the disease?“I was looking for an Alzheimer’s treatment approach that had a reasonable shot of working,” he says. “I found this old theory, going back 35 years, which linked herpes viruses to the disease, and there were all these indirect lin...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - February 19, 2023 Category: Science Authors: David Cox Tags: Alzheimer's Medical research Science Ageing Health Dementia Society Mental health Source Type: news
Herpes Can Be Devastating but Treatment and Testing Remain Scant
Billions of people live with the infection, but there has been scant progress for treatments and tests. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Dani Blum Tags: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Herpes Viruses Dating and Relationships Mental Health and Disorders Park, Ina Source Type: news
USPSTF Recommends Against Routine Herpes Screening USPSTF Recommends Against Routine Herpes Screening
Asymptomatic adults, teens, and pregnant women with no known history or symptoms of herpes infection need not undergo routine screening.MDedge News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - February 15, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news
USPSTF Reaffirms Rec Against Routine Screening for Genital Herpes
(MedPage Today) -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has reaffirmed a 2016 recommendation against routine serologic screening for genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) in asymptomatic adults and adolescents, including pregnant individuals... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - February 14, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
USPSTF Reaffirms Recommendation Against Genital Herpes Screening
TUESDAY, Feb. 14, 2023 -- The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends against routine screening for genital herpes simplex virus (HSV) among asymptomatic adults and adolescents. This recommendation forms the basis of a final... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 14, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Elon Musk's Neuralink is under investigation for possible unsafe transport of contaminated hardware
Elon Musk's brain-computer interface company Neuralink is being investigated by the U.S. Department of Transportation for allegedly packaging and transporting contaminated hardware in an unsafe manner, a DOT spokesperson confirmed to CNBC. In a letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg…#elonmusk #neuralink #dot #transportation #petebuttigieg #herpes #pcrm #uc #ucdavis #primatecenter (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
New mother, 33, dies of stage-four brain cancer just 6 months after diagnosis
New mother Anneka Johnstone, 33, of Dumfries, died of stage-four brain cancer just six months after doctors claimed herpes was to blame for her 'baby brain'. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
33-year-old mum who suffered vertigo told she had herpes ‘months’ before dying of cancer
The mother-of-one had become increasingly dizzy before the advanced tumour was found. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - February 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Anogenital HSV in children: should providers be concerned for sexual abuse? - Keogh A, Goldberg A, Schroeder C, Slingsby B, Hardy E, Michelow I.
OBJECTIVE: Anogenital herpes simplex virus (HSV) is most commonly acquired via sexual transmission although other nonsexual modes of transmission have been proposed. When a child presents with a first-time outbreak of anogenital HSV, providers must conside... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - January 26, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Infants and Children Source Type: news
