NHS England's new Pharmacy First service allows chemists to offer medicines for a handful of ailments including sore throat - ...

1 in 3 people will get shingles in their lifetime; People with diabetes are 38% more likely to contract shingles [1] People ...

In the UK, people living with certain types of dementia, can be prescribed treatments to help manage their symptoms. These are known as symptomatic treatments. They include donepezil (part of a family ...

New study reveals potential cognitive benefits of Shingrix vaccine. The shingles shot may offer protection against dementia, especially in women.

Since January 2024, pharmacists have been able to treat seven common health conditions without a prescription. The NHS have ...

Varicella-zoster virus causes chickenpox and is a member of the herpes virus group. It is extremely contagious and causes a ...

Symptoms of viruses like COVID and flu overlap with each other, but there are ways you can narrow it down to get the ...

Chronic spontaneous urticaria is an inflammatory skin disease that causes hives that last for at least six weeks. Derms ...

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GP Alice Fitzgibbon covers a common condition many people will have heard of – shingles. Shingles is an infection that causes ...

In March 2023, my 94-year-old mother had a shingles episode on the right side of her neck, head, ear and (to a lesser degree) ...

and I have read estimates that somewhere between 13% to 30% of people over 80 with shingles will develop PHN. Now that she’s ...