Shingles Infection Rates Higher in Patients With MS Shingles Infection Rates Higher in Patients With MS
"The take-home finding is that herpes zoster incidence is high among people with MS overall."MDedge News (Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines)
Source: Medscape Infectious Diseases Headlines - June 10, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Neurology & Neurosurgery News Source Type: news

Elliot Page Got Shingles on ‘Inception’ Set and ‘Felt Out of Place’ in a ‘Cast Full of Cis Men’: ‘I Didn’t Understand the Role I Found Myself In’
Elliot Page reveals in his new memoir, “Pageboy,” that he developed shingles on the set of Christopher Nolan’s “Inception” due to the anxiety that came with feeling out of place among the cast. Page starred opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy and Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the cerebral thriller.…#elliotpage #pageboy #christophernolans #leonardodicaprio #tomhardy #josephgordonlevitt #keiraknightley #hollywood (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - June 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Pelosi Daughter Carts Failing Feinstein Around In Scheme To Hold Seat For Schiff
Already impaired by widely-reported mental decline, Senator Dianne Feinstein returned to the Senate two weeks ago after a nearly three-month absence as she battled shingles. Last week, in a Capitol Hill encounter with…#daughtercarts #diannefeinstein #capitolhill #feinstein #adamschiff #gavinnewsom #newsom #schiff #barbaralee #nancypelosi (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Sen. Feinstein's Brain Swelling; Captive Doc Freed; Lesbians and Heart Health
(MedPage Today) -- Note that some links may require subscriptions. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), 89, developed encephalitis and Ramsay Hunt syndrome as complications of shingles, but is determined to remain in the Senate. (CBS News) The next... (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - May 19, 2023 Category: Neurology Source Type: news

What to know about encephalitis, Sen. Feinstein’s shingles complication
Shingles affects a third of Americans, but Sen. Dianne Feinstein's complications, encephalitis and Ramsay Hunt syndrome, are much rarer and more serious. (Source: Washington Post: To Your Health)
Source: Washington Post: To Your Health - May 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Andrew Jeong Source Type: news

What is shingles? The common yet painful condition blighting Sen Feinstein explained
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein, felled earlier this year by a case of shingles, has experienced more severe health troubles than were previously known, including brain swelling. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

What Is Post-Shingles Encephalitis? Dianne Feinstein ’s Recent Illness
Senator Dianne Feinstein developed this rare and potentially debilitating complication after a shingles infection. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Benjamin Mueller Tags: Encephalitis United States Politics and Government Immune System Brain Elderly Shingles (Disease) your-feed-healthcare Source Type: news

Sen. Dianne Feinstein Returns to Capitol in Wheelchair
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein returned to the Capitol Wednesday, navigating the building in a wheelchair and voting for the first time in nearly three months. The 89-year-old lawmaker’s extended absence while recovering from shingles stalled a handful of President Joe Biden’s judicial…#diannefeinstein #capitol #chuckschumer #feinstein #lexus #democrats #educationdepartment #subscribe #bloombergoriginals #bloombergquicktake (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 11, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Feinstein is back, and so is the California Senate race
By returning to DC today, Sen. Dianne Feinstein avoided blowing up California’s Senate race. The possibility that Feinstein might resign early loomed larger with each passing week that she was absent from the Senate, recuperating from shingles. That could have fundamentally altered the ongoing…#diannefeinstein #feinstein #gavinnewsom #newsom #barbaralee #adamschiff #katieporter #kamalaharris #alexpadilla #californiaplaybookpm (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 10, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

England ’s Pharmacies To Prescribe Certain Drugs To Reduce Pressure On Doctors
Community chemists will give out the contraceptive pill as well as treatments for earache, sore throat, impetigo, shingles, infected insect bites, sinusitis and uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - May 9, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Katherine Hignett, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation standard Source Type: news

Sen. Dianne Feinstein says there has been'no slowdown' of judicial nominees during her absence
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., on Thursday defended her ongoing absence from the Judiciary Committee amid calls for her resignation, insisting that there has been "no slowdown" of President Joe Biden’s judicial nominees as she recovers from shingles. “The Senate continues to swiftly confirm…#diannefeinstein #judiciarycommittee #feinstein #democrats #adamrussell #republicans #democrat (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - May 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Why is it taking so long for Dianne Feinstein to recover from shingles?
A case of shingles can mean two weeks of burning agony for a younger patient. But in older people like Sen. Feinstein, it's far more likely to last longer. (Source: Los Angeles Times - Science)
Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - May 4, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Melissa Healy Source Type: news

GSK rolls out its Shingles vaccine in India
The adult vaccine recommended for people aged 50 years and above, provides protection against shingles - a disease associated with debilitating pain and rashes caused by the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus (VZV). VZV is the same virus that causes chickenpox. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - April 24, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news

Dianne Feinstein crisis leaves Democrats paralyzed
The absence through illness of California Senator Dianne Feinstein has been causing headaches to the Democrats, with the party split on how to deal with the situation. Feinstein, 89, has been out of action since early March as she recovers from the shingles at her San Francisco home following a…#diannefeinstein #democrats #feinstein #democrat #gavinnewsom #christopherdevine #universityofdayton #ohio #devine #republicans (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 23, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

If Dianne Feinstein resigns, here's what would happen next to her Senate seat
File photo of Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images Dianne Feinstein, 89, now sidelined by shingles, is facing calls from Democrats to resign. If she steps down, Gov. Gavin Newsom would name a replacement to serve the remainder of her term. Three Democrats…#diannefeinstein #tomwilliams #democrats #gavinnewsom #democrat #newsom #feinstein #msnbc #joyreid #kamalaharris (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 17, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news