While severe pain and burning are typical symptoms, tingling and buzzing sensations, along with numbness, can also be early ...

The shingles vaccine could do double duty as a protector against both infections and dementia, according to a new study.

Measles can erase the immune system's "memory" and cause a rare but fatal health condition. The MMR vaccine prevents these ...

Shingles is caused by the herpes zoster virus which also causes chickenpox. While the immune system can generally shake off the symptoms of chickenpox, HZV lies dormant and – if a person becomes ...

In 1990, my daughter, Mary, was around 10 months old (too young to have yet received ... which is one of the earliest noticeable symptoms of dementia/alzheimers. The shingles vaccine wasn’t available ...

(CNN) — Although the two-dose shingles vaccine may force you to lay low for a day or two after getting the shot, it’s over 90 ...

A guide to shingles with the NHS website answering questions like what is the cause, is it contagious, and is there a ...