6 Things to Know About the Shingles Vaccine
Vaccination can also lower your chances of other serious shingles complications. For example, if it shows up on your face, ...
Dear Doctor: Should older adult, who never had chickenpox, get the shingles vaccine?
DEAR DR. ROACH: A few months ago, you wrote about the benefits of the shingles vaccine. At 63, I’m one of the 1% who has ...
Dr. Roach: 63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines
Chicken pox (varicella) is the disease people get when they are exposed to the varicella-zoster virus for the first time.
GSK Vaccines’ shingles ad campaign warns about the year-round threat
The print ads featured a prominent display of a person’s back, highlighting where shingles rashes typically emerge.
Morning Journal4d
63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines
In theory, the current shingles vaccine might provide protection against chicken pox, but this is untested in healthy adults. The vaccine is not indicated by the Food and Drug Administration to ...
The Victoria Advocate4d
63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines
My current physician wants me to get the shingles vaccine, even though I can’t get ... Chicken pox at age 63 or older could be disastrous; there can be complications of the lung, eye and brain ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch4d
Dr. Roach: 63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines
There is, however, some reason to think that ... pox vaccines in children may consist of the same technology in the shingles vaccine. This might eventually eliminate the need for the shingles ...
The Telegraph4d
63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines
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