Shingles vaccine may help prevent or slow dementia. An unusual public health policy in Wales may offer the strongest evidence so far that a vaccine can lower dementia risk. In a new study led by ...

Dementia is common, but there are things you can do to reduce your risk or slow the progression of the disease.

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

In a recent study led by Stanford Medicine, researchers found that older adults who received a shingles vaccine were 20% less ...

Over 6 million Americans live with dementia, a progressive condition that affects memory, reasoning, judgment and language ...

For decades, dementia, especially Alzheimer’s disease, was treated as untouchable. Families watched loved ones fade, doctors could offer only reassurance and coping strategies, and research seemed to ...

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

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

The following guide offers a detailed overview of several classes of medications that research links to a higher risk of dementia. You will find what these drugs treat, the evidence connecting them to ...

The second-most-common form of dementia is Lewy body dementia, said Dr. Jori Fleisher, an associate professor of neurological ...