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Under the microscope: Pete Waterman on contracting shingles while judge of Pop Idol - Daily Mail 3rd November 2009
"In our health quiz this week, pop music mogul Pete Waterman, 62, talks about his love of chips, his own male menopause and the illness that could have caused him to go blind."
Shingles sufferers 'almost a third more likely to have a stroke in the next year' - Daily Telegraph 9th October 2009
"Having shingles increases the risk of suffering a stroke within the next year by almost a third, according to a new study. "
Shingles increases risk of stroke by a third - The Independent 9th October 2009
"Having shingles can increase the risk of a stroke by almost a third, research has shown.
The risk is significantly greater when the infection, caused by the chickenpox virus, involves the eyes. Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a painful skin rash that can occur years after a bout of chickenpox when the dormant virus reawakens."
Can vitamin C injections help to beat shingles? - Daily Mail 14th July 2009
Injections of vitamin C are being used to treat the painful condition shingles.
In a new German trial, patients are being given a dose of vitamin C intravenously. The theory is that the vitamin increases the body's production of interferon, an infection fighting protein.
Health news: Hot chilli can ease painful shingles, brain implant to stop compulsions and sinusitis cured by steam therapy - Daily Mail 31st March 2009
In our pick of top health stories this week, how a skin patch with chilli can reduce the pain of shingles, scientists develop brain implant to help patients with OCD and a new trial of steam therapy to treat sinusitis.
Chickenpox: the disease we want our children to catch- Daily Mail 28th March 2009
With the milder spring weather come seasonal illnesses such as chickenpox and there are now outbreaks occurring across the country. Here our expert reveals the essential facts about the disease, including how porridge oats can stop the itch and why adults cannot develop shingles unless they've already had chickenpox.
Why giving children the chicken pox jab could give YOU shingles - Daily Mail 2nd February 2009
Children might soon be vaccinated against chicken pox, according to recent reports. But some experts question the need for a vaccine against an infection that's so mild - especially when it could put thousands of elderly people at greater risk of shingles.
Chicken pox causes up to 50 deaths a year, 40 of them children, and it seems the Government's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation is considering adding a vaccine against it to the MMR jab.
Ask the doctor: I've beaten shingles... so why am I still in so much pain? - Daily Mail 20th October 2008
I had a bad case of shingles five years ago and have been left with bouts of severe pain which follow the trail of the shingles. The pain is not continuous, but strikes suddenly. Do you know what this is or what causes it, and how is it best to deal with the pain?
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