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

Several previous studies have suggested that shingles vaccinations might reduce dementia risk, but most could not exclude the ...

The findings suggest that the shingles virus might play a role in causing at least a subset of dementia cases, Geldsetzer ...

It’s been shown that reactivation of the chickenpox virus can lead to the accumulation of aberrant proteins associated with ...

TUESDAY, April 2, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- The shingles vaccine can do more than protect seniors from painful, blistering ...

Receiving the live-attenuated zoster vaccine (Zostavax) reduced the probability of a new dementia diagnosis by 3.5 percentage ...

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

The strongest set of evidence to date indicates that people who had a shingles vaccine had significantly lower odds of ...

Researchers investigated whether the shingles (herpes zoster) vaccine can help prevent dementia. Previous studies suggest ...

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

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

They compared people born before and after they were eligible to take the shingles vaccine in a certain part of the UK, ...