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Moderate-to-Severe RA Patients at Higher Risk for Herpes Zoster |
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| Medscape |
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| May 26, 2009 |
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| "Patients being treated for
moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are more likely to develop
herpes zoster than are patients treated for mild RA.This finding stems
from a study of more than 20,000 RA patients in the Veterans Affairs
healthcare system, reported in the May 15th issue of Clinical Infectious
Diseases. immunosuppression..." |
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New Vaccine Can Relieve Extreme Discomfort of Shingles |
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| Cape Cod Times (MA) |
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| November 20, 2008 |
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| "The $100 Pat Rose shelled out
recently for the shingles vaccine was well worth reducing her risk of
getting the painful viral disease, the East Harwich woman says. A friend
in Maine got shingles this past summer and was in such pain she couldn't
bear to touch her own cheek, Rose says. ‘She was quite incapacitated for
a while...'" |
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| High Demand Delays Shingles Vaccine |
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| Wichita Eagle |
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| October 13, 2008 |
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| "Demand for the vaccine that prevents shingles has outstripped supply, and health care providers nationwide are telling patients they'll have to wait for the shot..." |
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| Age 60 or Older? Get Shingles Vaccine |
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| WebMD |
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| May 15, 2008 |
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| "The shingles vaccine Zostavax is now on the CDC's official list of recommended vaccines for people aged 60 and older. Shingles (herpes zoster) is a skin rash, typically with blisters, that can cause severe chronic pain. It's caused by the chickenpox (varicella zoster) virus, which can lie dormant within the nerves and reactivate as shingles..." |
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