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Dear Doctor K: I get painful cold sores in my mouth every couple of weeks. Why do I get them? And what can I do to make them go away faster? Dear Reader: Cold sores are caused by the herpes simplex ...

Cold sores have a maddening sense of timing. They often show up just when you would least like a sore, visible reminder that ...

The virus that commonly causes cold sores starts reshaping our genome within an hour of infection to boost its own growth, which scientists could take advantage of to treat severe cases. Billions of ...

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A new study has found the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which causes cold sores, may be linked to the development of Alzheimer’s disease. This idea is not entirely new. Previous research has ...

Herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) infection is associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but treating the viral infection may offer protection, a new study found. In a ...

A Cold sores and fever blisters are one and the same. They're caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV), the same virus that also causes genital herpes. HSV type 1 typically is responsible for cold ...

So it’s understandable that you’d want to do whatever you can to get rid of one if it pops up. If you search online for quick-fix remedies, you may notice one thing in particular keeps popping up: ...

(NewsUSA) - Many parents can think back to their childhood and remember with a wince how painful and embarrassing an outbreak of cold sores could be. Nothing ruins a child's show-and-tell presentation ...

Infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), the virus that causes cold sores, is associated with the development of Alzheimer’s disease – that’s the conclusion of a new case-control study of ...