The two-dose vaccine has been shown to have benefits beyond just developing shingles, although that alone should be impetus ...

Shingles Complications. Shingles can be quite painful. Many people who see their doctor for shingles say it was the pain that ultimately led them to seek treatment.

Shingles vaccine may cut heart disease risk, new study finds 03:48. Getting a shingles vaccine may help with more than the viral infection that causes painful rashes — new research shows it can ...

A study of more than one million people found the shingles vaccine may lower the risk of heart disease and stroke for up to eight years after the shots.

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Treatment for oral shingles includes over-the-counter (OTC) painkillers, topical anesthetics, and soothing mouthwashes to ease the pain. Chicken Pox and Shingles.

Shingles can happen to anyone, which is why early detection and treatment are so important. Gill says she has quite a lot of colleagues in academia who were diagnosed with shingles before the age ...

New drug study could help treat people suffering from shingles that spreads to the eye 01:35. There's a potential new treatment for people who develop shingles that spread to the eye.

Bolstering the case for the shingles vaccine protecting against dementia were the findings from a study published in Nature Medicine in 2024 that analyzed medical records from more than 100,000 ...

A shingles vaccine is “a one-off intervention that’s really very inexpensive and that is readily available” that may have larger effects than current dementia therapeutics, Geldsetzer said.