About 1 million Americans experience the pain of shingles each year. May 18, 2007 — -- "Worse than labor pains." "Excruciating." "It changed my life." "Burning, stabbing, throbbing, shooting pain ...

Q: I’m a 78-year-old woman who developed shingles in December 2014. The rash settled in the nerves on my left side, from under the breast, to the waist and around the middle of my back. Is there ...

Shingrix, the new shingles vaccine, is over 90 percent effective in preventing the painful viral infection Julie Mazziotta is the Senior Sports Editor at PEOPLE, covering everything from the NFL to ...

If you're over age 50 or have a suppressed immune system, you may have heard your doctor recommend the shingles vaccine. But ...

The first time I was diagnosed with shingles, I thought I was going crazy. I was young — in my late twenties — and thought only older people got shingles. The thought I might be breaking out in a ...

Dear Doctor K: I’ve been diagnosed with shingles. What can I take for the pain? Dear Reader: Shingles, also known as herpes zoster or just zoster, is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. It is the ...

(BPT) - Did you know almost one out of three people in America will develop shingles in their lifetime? A whopping 1 million Americans experience the condition each year, according to the Centers for ...

Dear Doctor: I’m a 78-year-old woman who developed shingles in December 2014. The rash settled in the nerves on my left side, from under the breast, to the waist and around the middle of my back. Is ...

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If you're a healthy adult age 50 or above, you should get vaccinated against shingles, medical experts say. The vaccine they recommend is Shingrix. The issue is whether it's available. Shingrix -- a ...

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If you’re in your 40s, shingles isn’t just an older-adult problem—it’s the chickenpox virus waking up decades later, and it can hit you now. Getting it before age 50 significantly raises your chances ...