“If a precursor to incident dementia is neuroinflammation and stroke, if you have a stroke, it’s a strong predictor for vascular dementia,” explained Harris. “If that can be prevented in a healthy ...

Taking an antiviral medication for a year may prevent vision damage associated with shingles that affects the eye, according ...

“People most at risk for shingles are people over the age of 50 years old and people with a weakened immune system. That’s your patients who have had a transplant before, HIV, or chemotherapy,” said ...

Year-long use of a typical antiviral treatment for shingles was particularly impactful in reducing complications when the condition eventually affected the eye ...

Long-term, low-dose antiviral treatment reduces the risk for potentially vision-damaging bouts of inflammation and infection, as well as pain, which occur when shingles affects the eye, according to ...

New research presented at the American Academy of Ophthalmology’s Cornea Subspecialty Day is part of the part of the 8-year ...

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Emerging research from Stanford University and other leading institutions suggests that the shingles virus, which affects ...

It would, among other things, increase the age for receiving full benefits to 70. That is expected to face stiff opposition in Congress and among senior advocacy groups. “We're seeing it in ...

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The P.E.I. government has lowered the age requirement for a free shingles vaccine to 50. The change from age 60 was announced in a news release Monday morning and is effective immediately. Shingles is ...