Hospitalisations due to shingles or chickenpox were analysed. For each condition the incidence rate (IR) and the age and gender standardised IR per 100 000 person-years plus the standardised incidence ...

When individuals reach age 50, their risk of developing shingles increases, making it more important than ever to understand this painful condition and how to help prevent it.

Vaccines seem like an improbable way to reduce the risk of developing dementia. And yet the research has been accumulating to ...

Social isolation is a major and prevalent health problem among community-dwelling older adults, leading to numerous detrimental health conditions. With a high prevalence, and an increasing number ...

A new study highlights a perhaps unexpected way to reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease: getting vaccinated against shingles. Cardiovascular disease – involving the heart or blood vessels – is ...

In a promising development for public health, a new large-scale study has found that the shingles vaccine may do more than just protect against a painful rash—it could also significantly reduce ...

(CNN) — Getting the shingles vaccine could do more than just prevent a painful red rash — it may also lower the risk of heart disease and stroke. A new study of more than 1 million people age 50 and ...

Getting the shingles vaccine could do more than just prevent a painful red rash — it may also lower the risk of heart disease and stroke. A new study of more than 1 million people age 50 and ...

A shingles infection can cause blood vessel damage, inflammation and clot formation that can lead to heart disease,” is something Seoul’s Kyung Hee University College of Medicine Professor Dong Keon ...

This study assessed the relationship between loneliness, three different aspects of social isolation and RD hospital admissions in a large cohort of older adults in the English Longitudinal Study of ...

The list of potential benefits of the shingles vaccine continues to grow. Beyond protecting against the viral infection and resulting painful rash, the shot has also been linked to a reduced risk ...