A rare policy quirk in Wales offered scientists an accidental natural experiment—and what they found could reshape how we ...

New research shows the shingles vaccine could protect against dementia — Dr. Archelle Georgiou explains the science behind the news.

A recent study found that people who received Zostavax, a older shingles vaccine, had a lower risk of developing dementia.

Dr. Miller says cleaning your rash once a day is plenty. If you choose to do so in the shower, use lukewarm water; high heat ...

But at least from a medical perspective, it doesn't really matter. The vaccine is highly effective at preventing severe cases of shingles, and it seems to significantly reduce the frequency of ...

Dementia affects more than 55 million people worldwide, with around 10 million new cases every year ... only to emerge again ...

A new study found shingles vaccination cut older adults' risk of developing dementia over the next seven years by 20%.

Catching a gnarly cold or getting a hellish sunburn can throw a wrench into any vacation, but shingles can be a whole other level of pain to deal with. It’s bad enough to get it when you’re in the ...

Uncomfortable symptoms can be treated with ointments ... with painful blisters that itch and scab over in about 7 to 10 days. Since shingles is more common in older adults, the Centers for Disease ...

Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a viral infection caused by the varicella zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox, per the CDC.

What you might not realize, though, is that the virus that causes chickenpox—the varicella-zoster virus—still affects an estimated one million Americans each year by causing a different disease. It ...