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

For decades, researchers have searched for a way to slow or prevent dementia. Despite countless studies, solutions remain ...

Taking advantage of a unique public health policy in the UK, a new study has found that receiving the shingles vaccine ...

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

The shingles vaccine may have a protective effect against dementia, write doctors Christopher Worsham and Anupam Jena.

G etting vaccinated for the viral illness shingles, which causes a painful rash, could potentially be the next best tool in ...

Researchers at Stanford University found evidence that suggests the shingles vaccine lowers the risk of developing dementia.