Black pox

As you can assume, my inner circle contains octogenarians and even a few no-nos (Is nonagenarian even a word?). Something like four years ago, three of them contracted shingles of the most painful kind in various parts of their bodies (one of ...  

What do Amy Grant, Golda Meir and Richard Nixon have in common? They’ve all had shingles: nerve inflammation caused by the awakened chicken-pox virus. (Once you’ve had chickenpox, the virus…Click to Continue »  

The recent announcement of the lawsuit being brought by Reeves Nelson against Time Warner and George Dohrmann has generated some passionate debate, as did the article itself when it was published. It was thus confusing for me personally when, upon hearing of the lawsuit, my initial reaction was disgust. After all, isn't this what we all wanted? An airing of the facts? A conclusion to a sordid open question surrounding an already tarnished...  

Most runners have suffered from foot blisters at one point. There have even been cases when elite runners have had to drop out of races because of excruciating blisters. So what's the best way to avoid them? Get tips on how to prevent and treat blisters....Read Full Post  

Is this true? Shingles (also known as herpes zoster) is a painful skin rash that is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. This is the same virus that causes chicken pox. Following a chicken pox infection, the virus resides in nervous system cells.  

What do Amy Grant, Golda Meir and Richard Nixon have in common? They've all had shingles: nerve inflammation caused by the reawakened chickenpox virus. (Once you've had chickenpox, the virus lurks dormant in your body.) Shingles starts with a ...  

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), almost one in three people in America will develop shingles in their lifetime. Shingles is a painful rash caused by the varicella zoster virus which happens to be the same virus that causes chickenpox. During times of stress or a decrease in the body’s immune [...]  

While many parents are taking their children to birthday parties on the weekends, some will be hauling their children to "pox parties." Believe it or not, that's short for chickenpox. Anyone can find these parties on Facebook, sponsored by groups like "Chickenpox party line" or "Find a pox party." Their goal is to bring together parents interested in exposing their children to the wild virus, Varicella zoster, rather than inoculate them with...  

Remember my column last week on how internal tensions over mayoral picks were roiling the Portland Green Party—with Jefferson Smith backers hoping to get the party to redo a consensus vote that ranked him third behind Eileen Brady (no. 2) and Cameron Whitten (no. 1) on the party's endorsement list? The party got together last night and apparently sent a fairly blunt message: A pox on both your houses—let's stop this infighting. In another...  

School children and their parents are getting more time to comply with new state immunization requirements in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania health officials have extended the vaccination deadline until mid-May. Kids who don't comply with the new vaccination rules may not be allowed to attended class. The new state regulations took effect in August. It requires all students to get a second dose of vaccines for mumps and chicken pox...  

Let me tell you a story. I am 83 years old and when I was young everyone at one time or other got measles, whooping cough, chicken pox — that was a fact of life. Then along came polio. When I was in high school one time the school did not open in time because of it.  

Rashes at Florida school result in lockdownCNNBy the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- A middle school in southern Florida was briefly placed on lockdown Wednesday while a hazardous materials team responded to reports of rashes on four students and a teacher. The incident comes a week after another school ...and more »  

Chicken Pox ~ PCOS ~ Shingles ~ http://www.soulcysters.net/showthread.php?260368-Chicken-Pox-and-PCOS ~ Soul Cysters ran a poll… Results: When did you have Chicken Pox? ~ Voters 72 …. You may not vote on this poll: ~ I had Chicken Pox past age 13 7 9.72% ~ I had Chicken Pox when I young 44 61.11% ~ I had [...]  

Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. Following resolution of chickenpox, the virus — varicella zoster virus, or VZV — lies dormant in the spinal dorsal root ganglia until a decrease in cellular immunity triggers the ...  

A mother broke down in tears as she told how her baby boy was sent home three times by doctors who ... Dr McCullough said Lewis’ temperature had come down and with no sign of respiratory distress she did not believe an X-ray was needed.