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 ...

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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 ...

A new study is highlighting a link between the shingles vaccine and dementia. Austin Gastroenterology's Dr. Pradeep Kumar talks more about the findings.

Administration of low-dose valacyclovir over a year does not significantly reduce the occurrence of herpes zoster ...

Receipt of zoster vaccine reduces probability of new dementia diagnosis over 7-year period by 3.5 percentage points. HealthDay News — Zoster vaccination seems to have a dementia-preventing or dementia ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

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 ...