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

You can develop shingles on the face. The rash looks like a group of small blisters or lesions that can itch, burn, or tingle. With treatment, the lesions and pain should subside in three to five ...

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

Women at risk for Alzheimer’s and other causes of dementia may especially benefit from the vaccine, a new study finds.

Disseminated shingles may cover a wider area than this and may cross the midline of the body. Treatment for disseminated shingles may involve antiviral medications. People with a weakened immune ...

Some people with shingles only experience mild symptoms. They may develop a rash, fatigue, headaches, and a low grade fever. Home remedies and over-the-counter (OTC) treatments may help relieve ...

A rare policy quirk in Wales offered scientists an accidental natural experiment—and what they found could reshape how we prevent dementia. Researchers discovered that people eligible for the shingles ...

But at least from a medical perspective, it doesn't really matter. The vaccine is highly effective at preventing severe cases ...

The shingles vaccine may have a protective effect against dementia, write doctors Christopher Worsham and Anupam Jena.

But with few currently effective treatments or preventions, Dr. Harrison said, shingles vaccines appear to have “some of the strongest potential protective effects against dementia that we know ...