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

New research shows that shingles vaccination may not just reduce dementia risk but slow disease progression as well.

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Care for patients with dementia has changed radically since Jason Karlawish started working in the field in the late ’90s, he ...

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New research finds the shingles vaccine can potentially provide broad protection against dementia. The same vaccine that ...

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

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