|
|
|
Inhibitex, Inc. (Nasdaq: INHX), today announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009. The Company held cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments of $21.1 million at September 30, 2009, as...
Recurrences Are More Likely in Those Who Have More Than 2 Months of Shingles Pain By Charlene Laino WebMD Health News Nov. 2, 2009 (Philadelphia) -- People with shingles are more likely to suffer a recurrence than previously...
In our health quiz this week, pop music mogul Pete Waterman, 62, talks about his love of chips, his own male menopause and the illness that could have caused him to go blind. I have a flat in a former warehouse in South-East...
Posted by tomsegel On November - I was informed the VA had a new program to provide picture ID cards so war veterans could be quickly identified in the event medical help was needed. He now resides south of Springfield, IL. He...
TOKYO — A large-scale survey conducted over a 10-year period has found a 26% rise in the incidence of shingles caused by the same virus responsible for chicken pox. Members of the dermatologist association in the prefecture...
TAMPA - The CDC says people who are at high-risk of complications from either H1N1 or seasonal flu are children younger than 5, but especially children younger than 2; adults 65 and older; pregnant women; and people with...
Herpes Zoster Vaccine Prevents Painful Rash & Postherpetic Neuralgia Shingles, a painful infectious rash, is caused by the varicella zoster herpes virus. Chickenpox (varicella) and shinges (zoster) are both caused by the...
Background and Purpose— Varicella zoster virus-induced vasculopathy and postherpes zoster attack stroke syndromes have been reported previously; nevertheless, data regarding the exact prevalence and risk of stroke occurring...
TAMPA - Dianne, Ormond Beach A. Again, the health department weighs in: "The most important thing for you and your mother to do is get a seasonal flu shot now and then the H1N1 flu shot when it's available. Currently, the H1N1...
Due to the fact that chicken pox is a self-limited benign virus, antibiotics are not prescribed. Treatment for this illness is usually aimed at treating the symptoms and making the one infected more comfortable. It affects most...
