在今天的【健康快乐人】环节里，温楚良就「生蛇」(带状疱疹，英文: Herpes Zoster，Shingles) 这个常见疾病请教了西雪梨大学林奇恩教授。 相信好很人 ...

Shingles is an infection that affects many adults every year, mainly those aged 50 and older. While shingles is not new, its complications and long-term effects are still a bit of a mystery to some.

Only people who have had chickenpox can develop shingles. No cure is available for shingles. Treatment aims to reduce the severity and duration of the symptoms and prevent complications.

Jamie Mackelfresh, MD: Currently, the CDC recommends that adults over age 50, in particular, are the core people who should think about getting the shingles vaccine. There are two different ...

NanoViricides’ shingles drug candidate is moving rapidly toward the clinic as a topical treatment for shingles. The company also has related drug candidates with follow-on applications against ...

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A study by researchers at the University of Bristol exploring patients’ understanding and experience of shingles has found ...

I read your recent column on shingles. I am 66 and in fairly good health. I had both Shingrix shots about five years ago and take hydroxyurea for polycythemia vera (PV).

Caused by the same virus behind chickenpox, shingles is a painful nerve root infection resulting in a skin rash. What does the shingles rash looks like? Who’s at risk? And who needs the shingles ...

Being vaccinated against shingles may also help delay getting a dementia diagnosis - a study in the journal Nature Medicine suggests. The work builds on previous suggestions that a shingles jab ...

Nearly one million more people in England can have a vaccine against shingles on the NHS from September. Anyone turning 65 will now be eligible, plus those over 50 with a severely weakened immune ...