Become a member

Quick Registration

Full Registration Benefits -

Free Homepages for Doctors

Free Homepages for Hospitals

Free Homepages for Medical Conference

Free Homepages for NGO's

Personal Health Record Creation

Access to all Medical Slides

Access to all Jobs & Products Sale

Explore Medindia

Medindia » Health / Medical News » Shingles News

Shingles News

Health News Posted on May 26, 2012

Total No. of Records -84 Page - 1 of 9

Shingles- Related News

Medindia provides you with the latest news and research breakthroughs on Shingles. Please find 84 such items on this topic.

Shingles Vaccine is Safe: Study
According to a Vaccine Safety Datalink study, the herpes zoster vaccine or the shingles vaccine is found to be safe and well tolerated. More than 1 million people develop shingles eve...

Once-promising Genital Herpes Vaccine Fails in a Large Clinical Trial
A once-promising genital herpes vaccine has failed in a large clinical trial, reported researchers. Researchers found that the vaccine efficacy was only 20%.About 8,300 uninfected women, age...

In People Taking Biologics for Autoimmune Diseases, Vaccine Does Not Increase Shingles Risk
New research says that a live attenuated shingles vaccine called Zostavax� does not appear to increase the short-term risk of developing shingles infection in people taking biologics for aut...

Herpes Virus Effective in Treating Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Herpes simplex virus shows promising results in treating triple-negative breast cancer, report researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. The study on the viral-based therapy w...

Anti-HIV Topical Gel Protects Against Herpes Virus
In a recent research work widely used HIV medication "tenofovir" has been formulated as a topical vaginal gel and tested in a large study of nearly 900 South African women. Surprisingly, not...

First 3D Herpes Infection Model Developed
For the first time researchers have developed a 3D herpes infection model - raising hope for the development of effective treatments of the viral infection. Active ingredients and n...

Multiple Sclerosis Risk 3 Months After Shingles Attack: Research
Taiwanese researchers have found that shingles or herpes zoster attack could lead to a significantly higher risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) three months later. Varicella Zoster virus tha...

Reports Indicate Unnamed Top US Celebrity Infects Partner With Herpes
Media reports indicate that an unnamed top US star has been sued for 12 million pounds for knowingly infecting a sexual partner with herpes. Although not named in the legal paper that wa...

New Treatment Developed for Shingles
Shingles, a painful condition of blistering rash that affects people who have had chicken pox as children can be treated effectively by L-BHDA, a new compound developed by US researchers. Ch...

Genital Herpes in Africa More Virulent Than in US
Strains of genital herpes in Africa are far more virulent than those in the United States, according to researchers at Harvard Medical School report. The researchers arrived at this find...

Page 1 of 9

<< Top

< Prev