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

By Lauren Neergaard A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one — shots that prevent painful shingles ...

Seniors who received the vaccine for shingles had a 20% lower risk of dementia, say Stanford researchers who called the ...

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

the same culprit behind chicken pox—can make a big difference in your recovery. Starting a course of antiviral medication within 72 hours of spotting a shingles rash can help you feel better faster.

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

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

A new study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination against shingles—and potentially other infections—can be ...

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

But at least from a medical perspective, it doesn't really matter. The vaccine is highly effective at preventing severe cases ...

A large natural experiment shows that the herpes zoster vaccine reduces dementia diagnoses by 20% over seven years. The ...

A new study found shingles vaccination cut older adults ... Anyone who’s had ever had chickenpox – nearly everybody born before 1980 – harbors that virus for the rest of their life.