Herpes can cause cold sores and fever blisters, and it may also hold the key to understanding cancer. A local scientist has spent 30 years studying a virus so ubiquitous it’s estimated to affect 80 ...

Have you ever thought about the risks of kissing a baby when you’re sick? Why is a toddler’s eye infection from a cold sore ...

Available on Amazon, the palm-sized wand device harnesses the power of red and infrared light to help speed up healing, pain relief and recovery.

One in five of us suffer with cold sores, or 'coleslaws' as spluttering children call them. They are created by herpes simplex, a virus that sits quietly in nerves around the mouth, only gracing ...

On a cold winter's morning, a 2-year-old was found by a member of the public wandering a suburban Hamilton park without any pants, faeces around his bottom and small sores on his legs. He was ushered ...

We spoke to a doctor about the benefits of red light therapy, from hair growth to reducing anxiety and even healing cold sores and easing sinus pressure. Managing Editor, Commerce Managing Editor ...

Scientists have a new target to prevent cold sores -- and genital herpes flare-ups caused by the same virus -- after researchers discovered an unexpected way the herpes virus re-activates in the body.

It feels worse with every prodding poke. Another canker sore. What did you do to deserve this? Maybe nothing at all. “Most times, we don’t know why they come,” says Dr. Alessandro Villa ...

More common conditions that cause mouth sores include canker sores and cold sores. There is little research on the connection between acid reflux and dry mouth. However, a 2018 study suggests that ...

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“Early Mars has historically been thought of as either ‘cold and dry’ or ‘warm and wet,’” says Alberto Fairén, an astrobiologist at the Center for Astrobiology in Madrid and at ...