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A routine vaccine that millions of older adults receive to prevent painful shingles outbreaks may offer an unexpected bonus: significant protection against dementia. Recent research has uncovered a ...

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If you’re in your 40s, shingles isn’t just an older-adult problem—it’s the chickenpox virus waking up decades later, and it can hit you now. Getting it before age 50 significantly raises your chances ...

A new study suggests the shingles vaccine may lower the likelihood of developing dementia as well as slow its progression in people who have already been diagnosed with the disease. Researchers are ...

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The same vaccine that keeps you safe from shingles could also do wonders for your brain, research out this week suggests. Scientists at Stanford University and others examined what happened after ...

The shingles vaccine could slow the progress of dementia, according to a new study from Stanford. These findings follow previous research that found older adults who received the vaccine were 20% less ...

A unique vaccine rollout in Wales gave researchers an accidental natural experiment that revealed a striking reduction in dementia among seniors who received the shingles vaccine. The protective ...

The shingles vaccine helps slow the progress of dementia, a new study suggests. The research, published Tuesday, adds to a growing body of evidence that getting vaccinated against shingles offers ...

A common vaccine meant to ward off shingles may be doing something even more extraordinary: protecting the brain. Earlier this year, researchers reported that the shingles vaccine cuts the risk of ...

A shot at preventing dementia. A shingles vaccine, meant to fight a virus, also protects the mind. Stanford Medicine researchers found the shingles inoculation slows and prevents dementia. Analyzing ...