Herpes and shingles both cause blistering rashes. Herpes typically affects the face or mouth, or the genitals or rectum. In contrast, shingles usually affects one side of the body close to the ...

Published in the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, the study shows that the new molecule—called POM-L-BHDU—can effectively ...

including genital herpes and cold sores, but is also given to people with shingles and chickenpox. It’s generally considered safe and well-tolerated. Like all medications, however, it can have ...

All of them were under the age of 50. Shingles, also called herpes zoster, is a viral infection caused by the reactivation of the virus that also causes chickenpox. The virus remains dormant in th ...

Shingles is caused by the varicella zoster virus—a member of the herpes family that most people contract as children, and also causes chickenpox. Once a person is infected, the virus stays ...

Both target a virus called herpes zoster, preventing it from flaring up in people who have previously had chickenpox. If the virus resurfaces it causes shingles, a painful and serious condition ...

In the United States, about one in three people develop at least one case of shingles, also called herpes zoster, in their lifetime, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates.

The highly common herpes strain, also called varicella-zoster virus (VZV), can cause chickenpox in childhood and later develop into shingles in older or immuno-compromised adults. The shingles ...

But what does the herpes virus have to do with dementia? Menezes said both chickenpox and shingles are caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which is in the herpes family. “Even though we may ...

If successful, POM-L-BHDU could be a game changer for the millions of people affected by herpes and shingles around the world ...