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A routine vaccination recommended for adults over 50 might be doing double duty in protecting our health. Recent research ...

Shingles, caused by varicella-zoster virus, is a painful infection that can lead to serious complications if left untreated.

A large quasi-experimental study in Australia found that adults eligible for free shingles vaccination based on their date of ...

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The risk of shingles-related blindness increases with age, but a more effective vaccine is now available for those 50 and older.

A new study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination against shingles—and potentially other infections—can be protective against developing dementia. While there is currently no ...

A vaccine designed to help protect you from an extremely painful viral infection has another important benefit. A new study ...

In the new study, the Italian researchers recruited 132,986 adults aged 50 and older - 12,000 of who were hospitalised with a ...

Shingles of any type is believed to affect ... vaccination for all adults with a normal immune system and who are 50 years and older. If this applies to you, I strongly recommend you speak with ...

And knowing the vaccine has additional benefits may convince more people 50 and older (and those 19 and older ... This virus ...

A facsimile of the 17th-century Dutch documents that Charles Gehring spent 50 years translating, showing the condition of ancient records damaged by floods, in battles, in leaky ship holds and ...