Mounting evidence suggests that vaccination against the varicella zoster virus—which causes chickenpox in children and ...

A new study out of Wales has found those who received the shingles vaccine were 20 per cent less likely to develop dementia over the next seven years than those who did not receive the vaccine.

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A new study found the shingles vaccination cut older adults’ risk of developing dementia over the next seven years by 20%.

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 study, published on Wednesday in the journal Nature, found that people who received the shingles vaccine were 20 percent less likely to develop dementia in the seven years afterward than those ...

Stanford researchers found that adults who received the zoster vaccine for shingles have a lower risk of developing dementia.

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

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

The shingles vaccine could do double duty as a protector against both infections and dementia, according to a new study.

By 2020, one in eight participants – by then aged 86 and 87 – had been diagnosed with dementia. However, the researchers found that receiving the shingles vaccine reduced the probability of a ...