Analysis of a Welsh program offering live-attenuated shingles vaccines to people born after a certain date showed a 20 percent relative drop in dementia risk.

The shingles virus is often associated with painful rashes and nerve discomfort, but recent research suggests getting ...

Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a skin rash that causes blisters across one side of the body. The same virus that causes chickenpox, the varicella-zoster virus, causes shingles. Disseminated ...

Poison ivy does not usually cause additional symptoms. Both shingles and poison ivy rashes look similar and follow a similar pattern. Anyone with a blistering skin rash should contact a doctor ...

The shingles vaccine can do more than protect seniors from painful, blistering rashes. It also appears to protect older folks from dementia, researchers say. Seniors who got the shingles vaccine when ...

That reactivation creates intense inflammation around nerve cells, and chronic inflammation is increasingly recognized as a major factor in cognitive deterioration. By preventing shingles, the vaccine ...

A shingles vaccine could reduce risk of dementia by a fifth, with women likely to experience a stronger protection compared to men, according to a study. Sh ...

The shingles vaccine can do more than protect seniors from painful, blistering rashes. It also appears to protect older folks from dementia, researchers say. Seniors who got the shingles vaccine ...

Shingles is a viral infection caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. The infection causes a painful skin rash that blisters.

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station are plagued by persistent rashes, unusual allergies and a variety of infections, including fungi, cold sores and shingles. Researchers now think ...

While menopause can dry out and wrinkle your skin, it doesn’t directly cause skin rashes. However ... may contribute to rosacea flare-ups. Shingles is an infection caused by the varicella ...