DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has ...

A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I'm one of the 1% who has never had, nor been ...

Both chickenpox and shingles are caused by the varicella-zoster virus, says Sharon Curhan, MD, ScM, a physician and epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston.

For some, the shingles virus remains dormant for the rest of a person's life without causing any problems, notes Robert ...

Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and is a member of the herpes virus group. It is extremely contagious and causes a ...

In March 2023, my 94-year-old mother had a shingles episode on the right side of her neck, head, ear and (to a lesser degree) ...

Elisabeth J. Cohen, MD, a professor of ophthalmology at NYU Grossman School of Medicine, designed the study, after she was, herself, affected by shingles-related vision loss years ago. The study ...

Doctors say about 8% of shingles cases impact the eyes, and now, for the first time there's a new treatment plan that might help. Monday, October 28th 2024, 4:48 pm By: CBS News, News On 6 ...

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"The results of this study provide convincing evidence for using long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment to reduce eye disease in HZO and decrease pain from shingles." Conducted in 95 medical ...