Shingles under the breast occurs when the virus that causes shingles, known as the varicella-zoster virus, reactivates in the area of skin serviced by the T5 nerve. The T5 nerve, which emerges from ...

Vielot and her colleagues found that among 3.45 million people evaluated across 12 emulated trials in analysis 1, the one-year vaccine effectiveness of at least one Shingrix dose was 56.1% against any ...

The idea that you can "catch" shingles is one of the more common misconceptions I hear from patients who arrive worried ...

A growing body of research suggests that preventing the viral infection can help stave off cognitive decline. By Pam Belluck Pam Belluck reports on brain health and neuroscience. Getting vaccinated ...

New research finds that people given the Shingrix vaccine were significantly less likely to develop dementia over a six-year-period. reading time 3 minutes Vaccines that help prevent the devastating ...

Getting a vaccine shot for shingles could lower the risk of dementia by 20%, with women likely to have relatively better protection than men, a new research has suggested. The latest finding provides ...

Research published on Tuesday is the latest to suggest that the viral disease shingles can be harmful to our long-term brain health. Scientists have shown that people who have had shingles were about ...