G etting vaccinated for the viral illness shingles, which causes a painful rash, could potentially be the next best tool in ...

Several previous studies have suggested that shingles vaccinations might reduce dementia risk, but most could not exclude the ...

The findings suggest that the shingles virus might play a role in causing at least a subset of dementia cases, Geldsetzer ...

TUESDAY, April 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The shingles vaccine can do more than protect seniors from painful, blistering ...

Receiving the live-attenuated zoster vaccine (Zostavax) reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis by 3.5 percentage ...

A large natural experiment shows that the herpes zoster vaccine reduces dementia diagnoses by 20% over seven years. The ...

Researchers tracking dementia cases in UK adults have discovered the shingles vaccine could cut the risk of patients ...

A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one — shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to ...

Getting vaccinated appears to significantly reduce the chances of developing Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia ...

Researchers at Stanford University found evidence that suggests the shingles vaccine lowers the risk of developing dementia.

And over the past couple of years, observational studies have suggested that the vaccine against shingles may have a protective effect. But it's extremely difficult to do a clinical trial given that ...