Halle Berry's perimenopause was misdiagnosed as 'worst case of herpes' her doc ever saw
Halle Berry says her doctor was convinced she had the 'worst case of herpes' he had ever seen when she described symptoms related to perimenopause. (Source: L.A. Times - Health)
Source: L.A. Times - Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Nardine Saad Source Type: news

Halle Berry was wrongly told her menopause was HERPES - as doctors warn hormonal change can be mistaken for heart disease, depression and even dementia
Halle Berry shared her painful experience having menopause misdiagnosed with First Lady Jill Biden. The actress is far from the only woman who has this condition ignored. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Halle Berry Details Herpes Scare That Was Actually Perimenopause in Conversation with First Lady Jill Biden
Social impact agency Propper Daley hosted its fourth A Day of Unreasonable Conversation summit on Monday, featuring a star-studded group of speakers that included Kerry Washington, Halle Berry, Jane Fonda, Paris Hilton, recent Oscar-winner Cord Jefferson and First Lady Jill Biden. The invite-only…#propperdaley #kerrywashington #halleberry #janefonda #parishilton #cordjefferson #jillbiden #invisiblehand #hollywoodreporter #gettycenter (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

The manicure from hell: Woman, 23, in Oregon sues nail salon for $1.75million claiming treatment gave her HERPES
The customer, 23, who has not been named, visited the salon in June 2023 for the beauty treatment which saw her nails cut, filed and shaped. But four days later she was diagnosed with herpes. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 21, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Diabetes Raises Herpes Zoster Hospitalisation Risk Diabetes Raises Herpes Zoster Hospitalisation Risk
Rates of hospitalisation, rehospitalisation, and complications are higher among people with diabetes.Medscape UK (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - March 13, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology Source Type: news

Dr. Anthony Epstein, Pathologist Who Discovered Epstein-Barr Virus, Dies at 102
His groundbreaking research, which he performed with Yvonne Barr, his doctoral student, uncovered the first virus capable of causing cancer in humans. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - March 7, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Delthia Ricks Tags: Dr. Michael Anthony Epstein Medicine and Health Cancer Deaths (Obituaries) Research Vaccination and Immunization Herpes Viruses University of Bristol Africa England Source Type: news

Oral Herpes Tied to Double Dementia Risk in Older Adults Oral Herpes Tied to Double Dementia Risk in Older Adults
Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is associated with an increased risk for dementia but cytomegalovirus (CMV) is not, new observational data suggested.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines)
Source: Medscape Psychiatry Headlines - March 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery Source Type: news

Herpes-Dementia Link; How COVID Affects the Brain; FDA to Decide on Duchenne Drug
(MedPage Today) -- A prospective study in Sweden reported a link between herpes simplex virus and dementia. (Journal of Alzheimer's Disease) Researchers differentiated people with Parkinson's disease from healthy controls with 68% accuracy using... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - February 20, 2024 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

Prone to cold sores? You may have DOUBLE the risk of dementia later in life, study suggests
Researchers from Sweden found that people who have been infected with the herpes simplex virus - which causes cold sores - were twice as likely to develop all forms of dementia. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Shingrix Tied to Higher Risk of Ophthalmic Shingles Recurrence
(MedPage Today) -- The recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV; Shingrix) was associated with a significantly increased risk of recurrence of herpes zoster ophthalmicus (HZO), according to a retrospective cohort study. Within 56 days after the start of... (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - February 15, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Who Kissed First? Archaeology Has an Answer.
A married pair of researchers have “set the record straight” on the ancient history of smooching. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Franz Lidz Tags: Archaeology and Anthropology Assyrian Civilization Sexually Transmitted Diseases Herpes Viruses Lips (Body Part) Language and Languages Bryn Mawr College Cambridge University Babylonia Denmark your-feed-science Source Type: news

Dartmouth Researchers Offer New Insights into How Antibodies Function Against HSV
Findings from a new study from researchers at Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine and Thayer School of Engineering and published in Cell Reports Medicine, offer new insights into how antibodies function in combating herpes simplex virus (HSV) infections. Their research may lead to possible new treatments for neonatal herpes. (Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School)
Source: News at Dartmouth Medical School - February 12, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Timothy Dean Tags: News Research herpes simplex virus HSV Iara Backes Matthew Slein Source Type: news

Two Doses of Recombinant Zoster Vaccine Highly Effective
TUESDAY, Jan. 9, 2024 -- Two doses of recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) are effective against herpes zoster (HZ), with the vaccine effectiveness (VE) of two doses waning little over four years of follow-up, according to a study published online Jan.... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - January 9, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Shingles Vaccine Reduced Zoster Attacks in Patients With IBD
(MedPage Today) -- ORLANDO -- While patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are historically more prone to herpes zoster attacks, those who received recombinant zoster vaccines had a far lower risk of the painful rash emerging, researchers... (Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology)
Source: MedPage Today Gastroenterology - December 18, 2023 Category: Gastroenterology Source Type: news

When Should We Consider A Rickettsial Disease?
Discussion Rickettsioses are “small, obligate intracellular, gram-negative, aerobic coccobacillary α-proeobacteria” from the genuses Rickettsia, Anaplasma, Coxiella, Ehrlichia, and Orientia genuses. Often they cause limited health problems but can cause severe disease and death. They present with a fever and other non-specific signs and symptoms, usually with a rash and lymphadenopathy. Other problems can include: Cardiac – endocarditis, myocarditis, pericarditis Gastrointestinal – abdominal pain, acute abdomen, cholecystitis, hepatitis, pancreatitis Heme/Lymph – hemophagocytosis, lymph...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - December 18, 2023 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Pediatric Education Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news