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, ...
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Zoster Vaccine Found Effective, Safe in Autoimmune Patients
When data from two data sources were analyzed -- one of commercial health insurance claims, the other from Medicare -- ...
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.
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Her new study shows that a low-cost antiviral reduced the risk of eye disease
over 90% of the people getting shingles are basically healthy. That’s the other frustrating thing to me; we have had a really effective vaccine since 2017 that’s been approved for people ...
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Former eye surgeon tests new way to treat shingles of the eye for a year. Here's what she found out.
Cohen's research is waiting for peer review and publication. There is a vaccine for shingles that's more than 90% effective but only about a quarter of eligible adults get it. "I'm hoping that we ...
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Which High-Risk Patients Should Get the RSV Vaccine?
The CDC recommends a single dose of any FDA-approved respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine for all adults ages 75 years ...
These two infections affect senior citizens more severely
And the risk of this happening increases with age (especially after 50 years), a compromised immune system (e.g. in HIV and ...
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Dr. Roach: 63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines
Cancel anytime. 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 never had, nor been exposed to, chicken pox. I was tested in ...
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63-year-old debates getting shingles and chicken pox vaccines
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 never had, nor been exposed to, chicken pox. I was tested in 2022 for varicella ...