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View Post: timesofmalta.com - Chickenpox vaccine may protect kids from shingles
4 Dec 2009
A study of more than 170000 children 12 and under who got Merck & Co Inc's chickenpox vaccine between 2002 to 2008 found only 122 cases of shingles or 1 case in 3700 children who got the vaccine, an unexpectedly low rate, ...
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View Post: Chicken pox vaccine reduces shingles risk in kids -- study of ...
3 Dec 2009 by BJS  
The study, the largest of its kind, used electronic health records to identify more than 170000 children vaccinated with the varicella (chicken pox) vaccine from 2002 to 2008 in Kaiser Permanente's Southern California region, ...
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View Post: Childhood Shingles Not a Given with Chicken Pox Vaccine - MedPage ...
8 hours ago by Health News  
Childhood Shingles Not a Given with Chicken Pox Vaccine MedPage Today Children vaccinated against the varicella zoster virus that causes chicken pox are no more likely -- and may be less likely -- to get childhood shingles than those ...
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View Post: Chickenpox vaccine may protect kids from shingles : newses Japan
14 hours ago by Newses Japan - ALL  
4 hours ago; [ REUTERS ] · [ healthNews ]; Chickenpox vaccine may protect kids from shingles; CHICAGO (Reuters) - Children who get vaccinated against chickenpox may have a lower risk of developing shingles, a painful rash caused by the ...
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View Post: Chicken Pox Shot Protects Against Shingles, Too - Health News ...
17 hours ago by timeinctemp  
Over an average of 2.5 years after receiving the chicken pox vaccine, only 122 cases of shingles (herpes zoster) occurred among the children, an estimated incidence of one case per 3700 children per year. That rate is lower than what ...
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View Post: Chickenpox Vaccine & Death – New US Government Study « Health ...
6 Nov 2009 by childhealthsafety  
A newly published study from the US Centers for Disease Control is further formal confirmation chickenpox vaccine damages natural immunity and causes the more serious highly painful potentially fatal condition of shingles: The incidence ...
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View Post: Getting Kids Vaccinated for Chickenpox Can Lower Risk of Shingles ...
3 Dec 2009 by Amy Banks  
According to a recent study published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, getting children vaccinated for chickenpox not only removes the risk of complications from the common childhood illness, but also lowers the risk of ...
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