A vaccination to prevent horribly painful shingles may offer an extra benefit: New research suggests it might lower the risk ...

Getting vaccinated against shingles may not only lower risk for the condition — it may offer some protection against dementia ...

A large natural experiment shows that the herpes zoster vaccine reduces dementia diagnoses by 20% over seven years. The ...

Analysis of a Welsh program offering live-attenuated shingles vaccines to people born after a certain date showed a 20 percent relative drop in dementia risk.

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 ...

A new analysis of a vaccination program in Wales found that the shingles vaccine appeared to lower new dementia diagnoses by 20% -- more than any other known intervention.

A doctor can usually diagnose shingles, also called herpes zoster, by visually examining your symptoms. In some instances, though, testing may be beneficial. In this article, we’ll review the ...

Vaccination against herpes zoster, or shingles, was tied to significantly less dementia risk, a large-scale analysis of ...

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However the virus tends to remain hidden or latent in the body - around the nerves coming out of the spine - and can recur in later life as shingles, also known as herpes zoster. If your son's ...

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It was not to be for the Albion last night. Matz Sels was Nottingham Forest’s penalty hero yet again as they reached the FA Cup semi-finals for the first time in 34 years. The Belgian goalkeeper ...