A new study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination against shingles—and potentially other infections—can be protective against developing dementia. While there is currently no ...

The shingles vaccine reduced dementia risk by 20 percent in a recent study. The vaccine’s protective effect against dementia was more pronounced in women. Shingles vaccination is recommended for ...

Collage: Self ; Source Photos: Getty Images Thanks to its hallmark rash, which is characterized by red to brownish bumps that blister, leak fluid, and scab over, shingles, a.k.a. herpes zoster ...

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Want to reduce your risk of dementia? Consider getting the shingles vaccine. A new study provides the strongest evidence yet that a shingles vaccine reduces the risk of dementia. Researchers ...

Vaccination for shingles could be linked to a reduction in the risk of developing dementia, a study published in Nature has reported.1 Researchers at Stanford University in California analysed cases ...

Recent estimates suggest that about 7.4% of adults over 60 or 88 lakh people are living with dementia in India. I received my first dose of the shingles vaccine earlier this year, and the side ...

The shingles vaccine could reduce the risk of dementia by a fifth, with women likely to experience a stronger protective effect, according to a recent study led by the Stanford University School of ...

A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one — shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains. A new study found shingles vaccination cut older ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one – shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains. A new study found that shingles ...

Summary: A new study has found that getting vaccinated against shingles may reduce the risk of developing dementia by 20% over seven years. This conclusion comes from a natural experiment in Wales, ...