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Do statins interfere with the flu vaccine?
Statins are powerful, unusual, and, like El Niño and Tom Cruise, not well understood. Statins have a huge upside. They improve survival after heart attacks and lower the risk of recurrent strokes. They are also the only cholesterol-lowering medications that have been clearly shown to reduce heart attacks and deaths in high-risk patients without heart disease. In addition to reducing cholesterol, statins also lower levels of inflammation in the body. Reducing inflammation probably helps statins to prevent heart attack and stroke. However, evidence is emerging that these statin effects may also have a downside, hindering th...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - November 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Ross, MD, FIDSA Tags: Cold and Flu Drugs and Supplements Health Heart Health Vaccines flu vaccine statins Source Type: news

Shingles vaccine protection lasted 5-6 years in autoimmune disease patients
Protection against shingles appeared to wane between the fifth and sixth years after patients with autoimmune diseases received the live herpes zoster vaccine, according to a large retrospective cohort study presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology. In contrast,... (Source: Skin and Allergy News)
Source: Skin and Allergy News - November 8, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news

Routine Shingles Vaccination in 50-Year-Olds Does Not Pay Routine Shingles Vaccination in 50-Year-Olds Does Not Pay
A new study supported the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommendation that routine immunization against herpes zoster in immunocompetent adults should begin at age 60 years. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 9, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Internal Medicine News Source Type: news

Shingles Vaccine May Not Be Cost Effective For 50-Year-Olds (FREE)
By Jenni Whalen Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH The herpes zoster vaccine does not appear to be cost-effective for adults in their 50s, according to a study from the Annals of Internal Medicine.Researchers collected … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - September 8, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

RheumNow: Better Zoster Vaccine Options on the Horizon
(MedPage Today) -- Impressive efficacy seen in phase III trial (Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease)
Source: MedPage Today Infectious Disease - August 26, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Summer 2015 Update: ACIP Adult Vaccine Recommendations Summer 2015 Update: ACIP Adult Vaccine Recommendations
Highlights of the June 2015 ACIP meeting and recommendations for meningococcal B, flu, and pneumococcal vaccines. Also: Informational updates for Tdap and herpes zoster vaccine. Medscape Internal Medicine (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - July 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Family Medicine/Primary Care Expert Column Source Type: news

Shingles Vaccination Helps Some Who Later Develop the Virus Shingles Vaccination Helps Some Who Later Develop the Virus
Adults who developed herpes zoster despite having received the herpes zoster vaccine had a reduced risk for painful complications compared with their unvaccinated counterparts. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - June 15, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

Experimental new vaccine may help in the fight against shingles
If you had chickenpox as a child, the virus that caused it can re-emerge later in life — out of the blue — to cause shingles. This condition, also known as herpes zoster, consists of a rash on one side of the body, often accompanied by excruciating pain. The rash typically goes away in about a month, but in some people, the pain lingers for weeks, months, or even years. This chronic pain is called post-herpetic neuralgia. The virus that causes chickenpox, known as varicella-zoster, doesn’t necessarily disappear from the body after the chickenpox rash fades away. Instead, the virus can go into hiding, taking up re...
Source: New Harvard Health Information - May 4, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Gregory Curfman, MD Tags: Vaccines HZ/su shingles varicella-zoster Zostavax Source Type: news

PodMed: A Medical News Roundup From Johns Hopkins (with audio)
(MedPage Today) -- This weeks topics include neonatal abstinence syndrome, early HPV vaccination, new vaccine for herpes zoster, and IVC filters for pulmonary embolism. (Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics)
Source: MedPage Today Geriatrics - May 2, 2015 Category: Geriatrics Source Type: news

Newer Herpes Zoster Vaccine Effective Even in Older AdultsNewer Herpes Zoster Vaccine Effective Even in Older Adults
A recombinant subunit vaccine significantly lowered the risk for herpes zoster in adults aged 50 years or older, with comparable efficacy in adults aged 70 years or older. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - April 30, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

Investigational Herpes Zoster Subunit Vaccine Has High Efficacy Even in Older Adults (FREE)
By Kelly Young Edited by David G. Fairchild, MD, MPH, and Jaye Elizabeth Hefner, MD Two doses of a herpes zoster subunit vaccine show high efficacy in older adults, according to a phase III, industry-funded study in the New … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - April 28, 2015 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Shingles Vaccine (Zoster Shingles Vaccine Live, Zostavax)
Title: Shingles Vaccine (Zoster Shingles Vaccine Live, Zostavax)Category: MedicationsCreated: 11/9/2010 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 2/17/2015 12:00:00 AM (Source: MedicineNet Skin General)
Source: MedicineNet Skin General - February 17, 2015 Category: Dermatology Source Type: news

Vaccine Uptake Among Adults Better, but Still LowVaccine Uptake Among Adults Better, but Still Low
In 2013, adult uptake for herpes zoster, Tdap, and HPV vaccines increased slightly, but others did not, according to a CDC report. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - February 6, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Infectious Diseases News Source Type: news

Q&A: Age and the Shingles Vaccine
Why do many health insurers pay for the vaccine only for those are who 60 and older? (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By C. CLAIBORNE RAY Tags: National Institute on Aging Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Shingles (Disease) Elderly varicella zoster Chicken Pox Vaccination and Immunization Source Type: news

Herpes Vaccine Safe in Patients With Arthritis on BiologicsHerpes Vaccine Safe in Patients With Arthritis on Biologics
Patients with autoimmune and inflammatory diseases are more prone to getting herpes zoster than the general population, but these patients can be safely vaccinated, a new study has suggested. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 28, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Rheumatology News Source Type: news