People with diabetes are 38% more likely to contract shingles [1] People with diabetes have six times greater risk of being ...

By Keith Roach, M.D. TITLE: 63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines---DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, yo ...

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

Avoiding common vaccine mistakes when you're over 50 is also important. Doctors say they see one in particular for various ...

Most common in people +50 years of age and older, and those with a weakened immune system, shingles is caused by the reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the same virus that causes ...

An effective malware removal tool is essential to deal with today's threat landscape. According to computer science researcher Aviel D. Rubin, "People's computers are not getting more secure.

Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment opens doors for treating shingles in the eye. Will antiviral drug valacyclovir (Valtrex) be a game changer for eye disease? Long-term, low-dose antiviral ...

The torso is the most common area affected by the shingles rash. It can take 14–21 days for the rash to crust over and no longer be contagious. Other symptoms that occur during the active phase ...

Shingles, also called zoster, looks like blisters on the skin and can be excruciating It's the chickenpox virus that reactivates causing a rash and nerve pain. Shingles of the eye can cause ...

One-in-three people who have had chickenpox are at risk of developing shingles in their lifetime. The disease, which typically presents as a rash, with painful blisters across the chest ...

New research into the virus that causes chickenpox and shingles is showing a link between the virus and dementia. Megan Molteni, science writer at STAT, joins us to discuss.