The shingles vaccine could do double duty as a protector against both infections and dementia, according to a new study.

By Vijay Kumar Malesu In a powerful natural experiment using Australian health data, researchers found that being eligible ...

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In the new study, the Italian researchers recruited 132,986 adults aged 50 and older - 12,000 of who were hospitalised with a ...

A guide to shingles with the NHS website answering questions like what is the cause, is it contagious, and is there a ...

The researcher at Stanford University overseeing the study found that women seem to benefit more from the vaccine, particularly important as they're at higher risk of dementia. The study is ...

These findings, the researchers say, support an emerging scientific theory that viruses which affect the nervous system, like ...

While severe pain and burning are typical symptoms, tingling and buzzing sensations, along with numbness, can also be early ...

But perhaps, as has been observed in mice, it does, he said. The varicella-zoster virus is the cause of chickenpox, and can reactivate to cause shingles. (Supplied: Public Health Image Library/Dr.

CNN: To start, what is shingles? Dr. Leana Wen: Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a viral infection caused by the ...

Wales' vaccination program policy created natural experiment for U.S. research team, which found 20% reduction in dementia.

Last summer, doctors at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital reported that an episode of shingles could raise someone's risk ...