But Jacquelyn Gill, a professor at the University of Maine, had shingles nine years ago, when she was just 35. Even though ...

This discovery is a big step forward in the fight against common viral infections like shingles and herpes. For millions of people dealing with these conditions, POM-L-BHDU offers new hope—not only ...

A rare policy quirk in Wales offered scientists an accidental natural experiment—and what they found could reshape how we prevent dementia. Researchers discovered that people eligible for the shingles ...

Dr. Miller says cleaning your rash once a day is plenty. If you choose to do so in the shower, use lukewarm water; high heat ...

A new study provides the strongest evidence yet that a shingles vaccine reduces the risk of dementia by 20% over a seven-year ...

A new study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination against shingles—and potentially other infections—can be ...

“The shingles vaccines … seem to be one of those drugs,” said Taquet, who was not involved in the study. In medical research, randomized controlled trials are the gold standard for measuring the ...

Women at risk for Alzheimer’s and other causes of dementia may especially benefit from the vaccine, a new study finds.

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 ...

A new study has made the "striking finding" that a certain vaccine can reduce the risk of dementia by a staggering 20 per cent. The research project led by Stanford Medicine involved analysing the ...

How Shingles virus is reactivated Shingles cases ... could open new avenues for dementia prevention and treatment,” Julia Dudley, the head of research at Alzheimer’s Research UK, said.

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