Shingles usually affects elderly patients - it can occur in children and young adults but this is quite rare. Shingles nearly always only happens if your son has already had chickenpox. The virus ...

A new study suggests the shingles vaccine may lower the likelihood of developing dementia as well as slow its progression in people who have already been diagnosed with the disease. Researchers are ...

The shingles vaccine not only offers protection against the painful viral infection, a new study suggests that the two-dose shot also may slow the progression of dementia. Shingles, caused by the ...

A common vaccine meant to ward off shingles may be doing something even more extraordinary: protecting the brain. Earlier this year, researchers reported that the shingles vaccine cuts the risk of ...

SUNDAY, Dec. 8, 2024 (HealthDay News) -- Shingles can strike anyone who had chickenpox when they were young, and the intense pain that can accompany this body rash has sidelined many a senior. Here, ...

MILWAUKEE - The shingles vaccine is intended to prevent a painful rash caused by the reactivation of a virus – but a new study suggests that it could have major secondary benefits. Researchers say the ...

The shingles vaccine is intended to prevent shingles, a painful rash caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, also known as herpes zoster, but a new study suggests that it could have ...

The shingles vaccine is intended to prevent shingles, a painful rash caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, also known as herpes zoster — but a new study suggests that it could have ...

Previous research has shown that the shingles vaccine may help lower a person’s risk for dementia and heart disease. A new study found that the shingles vaccine may help lower a person’s risk for ...

Shingles is linked to an increased risk for both major cardiovascular events and dementia, but vaccination against herpes zoster is associated with a reduced risk for both of these in those who ...