This population-based study investigated the risk of having had prior herpes zoster within five years preceding a diagnosis of head and neck cancer. We conducted a case-control study that included ...

VZV causes chickenpox (varicella), after which the virus becomes latent in cranial nerve, dorsal root and autonomic nervous system ganglia along the entire neuraxis. Decades later, a declining VZV ...

A thoracic aortic dissection occurs when a tear ... the diagnosis may be delayed. Shingles can cause pain almost anywhere in the body. It affects certain nerve pathways, typically on one side ...

Methods: A total of 243 patients with thoracic herpes zoster-related pain (AHN or PHN) from January 2020 to September 2022 were retrospectively analyzed. They were divided into two groups based on the ...

Positive opinion granted for KEYTRUDA plus chemotherapy for the first-line treatment of adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma who are candidates for systemic therapy, ...

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside of the United States and Canada, today announced long-term overall survival (OS) data ...

Herpes zoster infection (shingles ... It has a further role in sensation transmission of the thoracic and abdominal organs and in autonomic function in relation to contraction of the gastrointestinal ...

Referred shoulder pain can also be attributed to other conditions like herpes zoster (shingles), Paget's disease, or thoracic outlet syndrome. Lastly, issues following laparoscopic abdominal ...

Shingles can cause pain almost anywhere in the body ... doi: 10.1186/s13018-020-01676-9 MedlinePlus. Thoracic aortic aneurysm. Fukui T. Management of acute aortic dissection and thoracic aortic ...

Herpes zoster (HZ) IR/100 PY was higher for baricitinib versus placebo ... single cases of aspergillosis (skin), cryptococcal pneumonia (lung), histoplasmosis (thoracic cavity) and ...

GSK has turned to Brooke Shields to get the message out about shingles vaccination. The drugmaker has worked with the model and actor to talk to female celebrities and patients aged 50 years and ...

Caused by the same virus behind chickenpox, shingles is a painful nerve root infection resulting in a skin rash. What does the shingles rash looks like? Who’s at risk? And who needs the shingles ...