Shingles is a viral infection that causes blistery, itchy, and painful rashes. These outbreaks can occur anywhere on the body, including the scalp. In addition to pain and itching, symptoms of ...

Scientists have studied herbal extracts and nutritional supplements based on some herpes patients' claims that they help relieve symptoms. Some study results have been promising, others ...

"Oh, hell, not this too," I thought. "Maybe it's shingles from all that stress. I knew I should have gotten that shot." Shingles, in case you've missed all the vaccine ads on TV and in drugstores ...

My column this week was on guidance for the coronavirus booster. This newsletter focuses on the shingles vaccine. Shingles, also called herpes zoster, is caused by the same virus that causes ...

Mounting evidence suggests that vaccination against the varicella zoster virus—which causes chickenpox in children and triggers shingles in adults—also protects the brain. Several recent ...

ROCKY HILL, Conn. (WFSB) - There is new evidence that a vaccine available right now to prevent shingles can also lower your risk for dementia. This month, researchers delivered one of the ...

A study spanning more than two decades found that adults aged 50 and over who were hospitalised with shingles were seven times more likely to develop the memory-robbing condition. Crucially ...

Older adults with severe herpes zoster were at a heightened risk of developing dementia, especially those aged 50-65 years, when compared with both matched control individuals from the general ...

Many people think shingles—a viral infection that causes a painful rash—is something only older people deal with, given that the risk generally increases with age. But Jacquelyn Gill ...