Dr. Miller says cleaning your rash once a day is plenty. If you choose to do so in the shower, use lukewarm water; high heat ...

Many people aren’t benefiting from the shingles vaccine now. Not only can it prevent shingles — it also may protect the brain ...

A new study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination against shingles—and potentially other infections—can be ...

A recent study found that people who received Zostavax, a older shingles vaccine, had a lower risk of developing dementia.

The shingles virus can cause inflammation in organs, and it can infect blood vessels in the brain, hampering blood flow.

The varicella-zoster virus—which causes varicella (chickenpox) in childhood and zoster (shingles) after lying ... it from causing the painful shingles rash. The traditional way to find out ...

Shingles of any type is believed to affect around 1 in 3 people in their lifetime and it’s estimated that up to 1 million new ...

New research has linked the shingles vaccine to a reduced risk of dementia, but who is eligible for the jab and what are the ...

Shingles, a painful and blistering rash, arises from the dormant chickenpox virus lurking within the nervous system of anyone who has had chickenpox. This reactivation, triggered by a weakened ...