When Nancy Greeley was in her 50s, her sister, an infectious-disease specialist at the University of Rochester, told her to ...

Children's Hospital of Michigan is treating the first person in Michigan with a newly approved gene-editing therapy for beta thalassemia.

Post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome (PTLDS) is a condition in which symptoms persist 6 months after the patient has received ...

Head lice live in all types of hair, whether it’s curly, straight, dyed or natural. Before you start treatment, understand how your child could have gotten head lice. Head lice don’t jump, they don’t ...

Some viruses, like COVID and the flu, are talked about frequently enough that you likely know their symptoms and what to do if you experience them. Then there are the viruses that don’t get as ...

There is no cure for shingles, but there are several treatments available that can help manage symptoms and speed up recovery. Both doctors explain that antiviral drugs (such as acyclovir ...

20. By Carly Thomas Associate Editor Shingles is a “painful rash illness,” which can be contracted when “the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which causes chickenpox, reactivates in their ...

“Although, there is no cure for shingles, there are ways to manage the symptoms. Usual treatments include taking paracetamol, ibuprofen or being prescribed codeine to treat the pain, as well as ...

Aside from the tingling, itchy skin or burning that can occur a few days before a shingles outbreak, people experience different symptoms depending on where their band of shingles are located. For ...

Demi Moore's performance in the new horror film "The Substance" caused her to develop shingles. In a new interview with the Los Angeles Times, the 61-year-old actress recalled the physical toll ...