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Should you get the shingles vaccine? Answering reader questions.
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Her research revealed a safety concern with a vaccine. Then the NIH pulled her funding
Dr. Nisha Acharya got a letter from the National Institutes of Health terminating her grant to study the safety and ...
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This Vaccine Is Now Tied to a 17% Lower Dementia Risk
Getting the Shingrix vaccine after the age of 50 can reduce your chances of developing the painful skin condition known as ...
Shingles Vaccine Appears to Lower Dementia Risk
Mounting evidence suggests that vaccination against the varicella zoster virus—which causes chickenpox in children and ...
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Want to reduce your dementia risk? A shingles vaccine could help
Who should get it? Wen: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends two doses of the recombinant zoster vaccine, called Shingrix, for adults 50 and older . This age recommendation ...
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Shingles vaccine eligibility lowers dementia risk in older adults
A large quasi-experimental study in Australia found that adults eligible for free shingles vaccination based on their date of ...
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Shingles Vaccine Appears to Lower Dementia Risk
Several recent studies suggest that the vaccines reduce the risk of dementia in older adults, but key questions remain, including: How the vaccines might work to stop or delay the condition ...