The findings are yet another reminder of the remarkable and often unexpected ways that vaccines can protect us well beyond ...

A new study suggests the shingles vaccine may lower the likelihood of developing dementia as well as slow its progression in people who have already been diagnosed with the disease. Researchers are ...

If you're over age 50 or have a suppressed immune system, you may have heard your doctor recommend the shingles vaccine. But ...

Shingles and chicken pox are caused by the same virus, herpes zoster. After a chicken pox infection, the virus hides in some ...

The shingles vaccine not only offers protection against the painful viral infection, but a new study suggests that the two-dose shot also may slow the progression of dementia.

But new research suggests that a vaccine designed to protect you from shingles may have an unexpected hidden perk: It could ...

New research finds that the shingles vaccine could reduce the likelihood of developing dementia and may even slow the disease ...

New research shows that shingles vaccination may not just reduce dementia risk but slow disease progression as well.

• A shingles vaccine was tied to a 20% drop in new dementia cases over seven years. • The U.K. rollout created a natural experiment using birthdate eligibility. • Reduction was especially strong in ...

The same vaccine that keeps you safe from shingles could also do wonders for your brain, research out this week suggests. Scientists at Stanford University and others examined what happened after ...

People with dementia who received a shingles vaccine were significantly less likely to die from dementia than those who didn’t get the shot, according to findings of a large study, suggesting the ...