Shingles vaccine a relief for seniorsJoan Aragone
Herpes zoster vaccination among adults aged 60 years or older in the United States, 2007: Uptake of the first new vaccine to target seniors BackgroundApproximately one million new cases of shingles (herpes zoster [HZ]), a severely painful and debilitating disease caused by reactivation of varic....
TUESDAY April 9, 2013 -- The shingles vaccine is effective but few American seniors get it, according to a new study.Shingles is a painful skin and nerve infection that occurs when the chickenpox virus is reactivated in older adults who had chickenpox as children. The vaccine helps prevent re...
Seniors Can Get Shingles Vaccine in Crystal Lake
Affecting an estimated one million Americans each year, herpes zoster (shingles) is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox: the varicella-zoster virus. After an initial infection with chickenpox (varicella), the virus lies dormant in the dorsal root or cranial sensory ganglia; however, ...
SAVVY SENIOR: ; Shingles vaccine helps protect seniorsJim Miller
The article reports that Food and Drug Administration has approved Merck's new vaccine Zostavax inorder to prevent shingles disease in individual 60 years of age. Director Jesse Goodman of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research said that Zostavac is a vaccine that prevent ...
SAVVY SENIOR ; Shingles Vaccine Can Protect SeniorsDear Savvy Senior,What can you tell me about the shingles vaccine? I just turned 65and have been...Miller, Jim
Vaccine gains: Shot protects seniors from shingles flare-upsNo abstract is available for this article.doi:10.2307/4016411Nathan SeppaJohn Wiley & Sons, Ltd.Science News
The Doctor Is In: Shingles vaccine may protect seniors from debilitating painSteven Una