A shingles vaccine may lower dementia risk, reduce early cognitive decline, and protect the brain by limiting viral ...

An unusual vaccine program in Wales seems to confirm previous suspicions that shingles vaccination protects against dementia.

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

Getting vaccinated against shingles could protect you from getting dementia, or slow the progression of the disease, says a ...

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

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

Symptomatic infection with the virus responsible for cold sores around the mouth–herpes simplex 1, or HSV-1 for short—may have a key role in the development of Alzheimer's disease, suggests a large US ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The live attenuated varicella-zoster vaccine is safe and provides “reasonable short-term” effectiveness in ...

VARICELLA and herpes zoster are diseases with very different clinical manifestations and age distribution. However, the causative agents of the two syndromes have been shown to be indistinguishable ...