Questions on shingles vaccine prompting further discussion (The Oklahoman)

Last week's column on the shingles vaccination elicited so many inquiries that this week, I will address some of the questions and problems of access to the vaccine. There were several questions from people who have had shingles. It is possible to get it again, even several times, so the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends the vaccine for those who have had an episode of ...

Health Canada OKs shingles vaccine (C-Health)

Health Canada has approved a vaccine that helps prevent painful shingles outbreaks in older people who had chickenpox earlier in life.

Canada OKs vaccine to prevent painful shingles in seniors (CBC)

Health Canada has approved a vaccine to help prevent painful shingles in people 60 or older who had chickenpox earlier in life.

Vaccines Seek to Offer Cradle-to-Grave Protection (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Immunization shots used to be the realm of the young.

Health Canada approves vaccine to protect against shingles (The Globe and Mail)

Vaccine boosts immunity to the varicella zoster virus ? the bug that causes chickenpox ? which lives in latent form in the nervous system of people who have had the disease

My Pharmiweb.com (PharmiWeb)

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) and Valeant Pharmaceuticals International (NYSE: VRX) today announced that they have entered into an exclusive worldwide collaboration agreement for the investigational drug retigabine, a first in class neuronal potassium channel opener for treatment of adult epilepsy patients with refractory partial onset seizures.

Health notes (The Allen American)

What?s the real cause behind your child?s behavior problems? It?s often labeled attention deficit disorder, but experts say what may be the real problem behind thousands of children?s behavior problems could actually be sleep apnea.

Most Adults Aren't Immunized Against Serious Infectious Diseases (Medical News Today)

When is the last time you got vaccinated? If you're like most Americans it's been years, maybe even decades. In fact the Centers for Disease Control has warned that far too few American adults are being vaccinated against serious, even deadly diseases.

Thomas Weller, 93, paved the way for polio vaccine (International Herald Tribune)

He and two Harvard colleagues won a Nobel Prize for tissue-culture research.

OSS is having a hazardous household waste collection (Port Clinton News Herald)

The Ottawa-Sandusky- Seneca Joint Solid Waste District is sponsoring a Household Hazardous Waste Collection, 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Sept. 6.

Integrating Adult Vaccines into Your Routine Care

Every year, nearly 50,000 Americans, mostly adults, die from diseases that vaccination can prevent and millions more need to be hospitalized, get too sick to care for loved ones, like children or elderly ...

What You Don't Know Could Hurt You -- Herpes, U.T.I.s & Vaginal Yeast ...

The alarming fact is that over half of all Americans have oral herpes and at least twenty percent suffer from genital herpes or herpes simplex 2 . Studies indicate that more than 500,000 new cases of genital ...

Green Home Improvement Reduce Your Impact

The "Green Building" movement is defined as building practices that increase the efficiency with which buildings and their sites use energy, water and materials.

Shingles vaccine approved in Canada

Health Canada has approved a vaccine that helps prevent painful shingles outbreaks in older people who had chickenpox earlier in life.

Vaccine can prevent shingles

Ed, age 69, didn't feel well and had a red rash on his face. His wife urged him to see his doctor.

Shingles vaccine approved for use in Canada

Health Canada has approved a vaccine that helps prevent painful shingles outbreaks in older people who had chickenpox earlier in life.

Roof inspections are best left to the professionals

With dangers of falling or doing other harm, area roofers caution home owners against climbing a ladder to check their roof for damaged areas.

Sunflashes

All kids care about cartoons, and now there's an opportunity for them to share their opinions at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

Shingles vaccine gets green light in Canada

Health Canada has approved a vaccine that helps prevent painful shingles outbreaks in older people who had chickenpox earlier in life.

Talk of Israel points to terror ties, judge told

Momin Khawaja's suggestion of organizing an associate's suicide mission in Israel shows the software designer was part of a terrorist plot targeting civilians, according to prosecutors in the Orleans man's ...