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 ...

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

Certain medical conditions can impact your ability to safely drive and need to be disclosed to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) (or in Northern Ireland, to the Driver and Vehicle Agency ...

A NASA astronaut was flown to a hospital after returning to Earth with what the US space agency described as an unspecified medical condition. Three NASA astronauts and a fourth from the Russian ...

NASA, which is usually tight-lipped on medical issues involving astronauts, declined to say what prompted the abundance of caution or describe the crew's condition. The Elon Musk-owned company ...

She tested a new way to treat shingles of the eye with an antiviral drug for a year rather than the usual seven to 10 days. Patients with zoster eye disease, who received a placebo, had a 44% risk ...

The add, however, that “the connection between her art and her medical conditions adds depth to understanding her work and life story.” ...

A pharmacist has issued a warning to the public about shingles, a common "dormant" condition that affects one in three adults at some point in their lives. Niamh McMillan, Superdrug's Pharmacy ...

Around 8% of people who suffer an episode of shingles will get an infection in the eye, a condition known as herpes ... she’s been coordinating across 95 medical centers in the U.S. Canada ...

Taking an antiviral medication for a year may prevent vision damage associated with shingles that affects ... or repeated episodes of this disease, so the results of this study provide convincing ...