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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 ...

Zoster vaccination seems to have a dementia-preventing or dementia-delaying effect, according to a study published online.

(CNN) — Although the two-dose shingles vaccine may force you to lay low for a day or two after getting the shot, it’s over 90 ...

A large quasi-experimental study in Australia found that adults eligible for free shingles vaccination based on their date of ...

The link between the zoster vaccine and a lower dementia risk has been strengthened in new research. A study by Stanford Medicine, published in the journal Nature on April 2, found that the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Researchers investigated whether the shingles (herpes zoster) vaccine can help prevent dementia.