Three friends of mine had the shingles this spring. For many years I have known men and women who have contracted shingles. For some of them there might have been an excuse; that is, at the time they ...

Share on Pinterest Could getting vaccinated against shingles also help protect against dementia? A new study finds a link. Luis Velasco/Stocksy Adults ages 50 and older can protect themselves against ...

Young people can get shingles, but older adults have a much higher risk of the condition. However, trends show an increasing rate of shingles among younger and middle-aged people. Shingles is a ...

Internal shingles, or zoster sine herpete (ZSH), is a rare condition caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and presents with typical shingles symptoms but without the characteristic skin rash.

The idea that you can “catch” shingles is one of the more common misconceptions I hear from patients who arrive worried they’ve got it. Often, they’ve recently been near a child with chickenpox or ...

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, the 89-year-old California Democrat, recently announced she is out of the hospital and recovering at home from shingles, a painful viral inflammation in the skin’s nerves that ...

Shingles, also known as zoster or herpes zoster, is a viral infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). This is the same virus that causes chickenpox. Anyone who’s had chickenpox can get ...