Many people aren’t benefiting from the shingles vaccine now. Not only can it prevent shingles — it also may protect the brain ...

Wales' vaccination program policy created natural experiment for U.S. research team, which found 20% reduction in dementia.

A vaccination to prevent horribly painful shingles may offer an extra benefit: New research suggests it might lower the risk ...

Shingles is an infection of the nerves and skin, caused by the herpes varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes ...

It makes sense to include routine adult vaccinations to our list of preventative measures, not only for prevention of common ...

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Vaccine Step Down. A person’s probability of developing dementia over seven years increased with age. It was higher in the ...

The vaccine for varicella-zoster virus, commonly known as shingles, could do far more than just protecting people from a rash ...

The vaccine for varicella-zoster virus, commonly known as shingles, could do far more than just protecting people from a rash ...

The shingles vaccine, typically administered to fend off a painful rash, might pack an unexpected benefit by delaying or even ...

A Welsh health policy provided a rare opportunity for researchers to examine the real-life impact of a vaccine and dementia ...

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 ...