A new study suggests the shingles vaccine may lower the likelihood of developing dementia as well as slow its progression in ...

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

People with dementia who were vaccinated against herpes zoster, or shingles, experienced fewer deaths than those who were ...

A Stanford Medicine study suggests that the shingles vaccine reduces dementia risk by 20% in older adults, offering first ...

On its own, LATE dementia is less severe than Alzheimer’s, but in combination, it makes Alzheimer’s symptoms worse, ...

New analysis from Alzheimer’s Research UK has revealed that dementia remained the UK’s leading cause of death in 2024, ...

The shingles vaccine not only offers protection against the painful viral infection, but a new study suggests that the ...

But in people with dementia —which is an umbrella term for mental decline and can be related to a number of diseases such as Alzheimer's—there’s a phenomenon known as “sundowning,” where symptoms ...

The intense inflammation that accompanies shingles can harm the brain, researchers say. Vaccination may be able to prevent ...

It’s estimated that around 7 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, a number that’s expected to double by 2060. But researchers have found that some of the highest rates of cognitive impairment ...

A unique vaccine rollout in Wales gave researchers an accidental natural experiment that revealed a striking reduction in ...

New data raise the question of whether statins increase cardiovascular or cerebrovascular hospitalizations in dementia, but small event counts and study limitations warrant cautious interpretation.