Once you've had chickenpox, the virus never leaves your body and can cause shingles later in life as your immune system weakens.

Unfortunately, the second time with varicella-zoster is usually much worse. Shingles can cause excruciating pain and ...

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New research reveals the shingles vaccine may cut vascular dementia risk by half, offering unexpected brain protection beyond ...

The cases of Madam Tan and Mr Lee – in 2014 and 2023, respectively – show that shingles symptoms do not always appear as a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one – shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains. A new study found shingles vaccination ...

—A recent study challenges the conventional belief that age is the most significant factor in acute herpes zoster-associated pain. Although an association was found between older age and higher pain ...

Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, affects about 30,000 people in Singapore each year. The viral infection, which causes ...

Adults older than 50 who received the shingles vaccination experienced a decreased risk in heart disease, dementia and death, according to Ali Dehghani, DO, of Case Western Reserve University during a ...

A vaccine that prevents a painful rash may also protect your brain as you age. A large new study suggests the shingles ...

Entrepreneur Ali Fedotowsky-Manno opens up about her unexpected shingles diagnosis at 36 and her husband’s thyroid cancer in ...