Shingles is associated with an increased chance of health problems like strokes and heart attacks, but receiving a shingles ...

Image credit: Christina House/Getty Images ... “Varicella-zoster, the virus that causes shingles, has been shown to increase inflammation, cause blood vessel damage, and increase clotting ...

Speaking before Congress, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. misleadingly claimed that Europe doesn’t ...

open image in gallery Shingles occurs most often ... multifaceted factors influencing brain health during ageing. The shingles virus "is a risk for dementia and now we have an intervention that ...

Last summer, doctors at Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital reported that an episode of shingles could raise someone’s risk of dementia by about 20%. Partly, it’s because that virus can ...

Shingles, caused by the reactivation of the chickenpox virus, can lead to severe nerve pain and significantly increase the ...

Studies suggest that the shingles vaccine may help reduce the risk of dementia, especially in older adults. With no cure for ...