Shingles vaccine linked to 20 percent lower dementia risk in older adults
Researchers exploit a natural experiment in Wales to isolate the vaccine’s protective effect against dementia.
The shingles vaccine could be the next best tool to prevent dementia, new study finds
G etting vaccinated for the viral illness shingles, which causes a painful rash, could potentially be the next best tool in ...
Shingles is awful, but here’s another reason to get vaccinated: It may fight dementia
A vaccination to prevent horribly painful shingles may offer an extra benefit: New research suggests it might lower the risk ...
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Shingles vaccine may lower dementia risk, study suggests
The study found shingles vaccination cut older adults’ risk of developing dementia over the next seven years by 20%.
Unique Study Is Latest to Show Shingles Vaccine Can Help Prevent Dementia
They compared people born before and after they were eligible to take the shingles vaccine in a certain part of the UK, ...
Shingles vaccine could prevent 1 in 5 dementia cases
The strongest set of evidence to date indicates that people who had a shingles vaccine had significantly lower odds of ...
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A shingles vaccine may also help reduce dementia risk
Analysis of a Welsh program offering live-attenuated shingles vaccines to people born after a certain date showed a 20 percent relative drop in dementia risk.
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Shingles vaccine cuts dementia risk by 20%, new study shows
A large natural experiment shows that the herpes zoster vaccine reduces dementia diagnoses by 20% over seven years. The ...
This Common Vaccine Could Lower Your Dementia Risk
New research suggests that the shingles vaccine could lower your risk of developing dementia. Here's what the study says and ...