A new study is part of a growing body of evidence that vaccination against shingles—and potentially other infections—can be protective against developing dementia. While there is currently no ...

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The shingles vaccine reduced dementia risk by 20 percent in a recent study. The vaccine’s protective effect against dementia was more pronounced in women. Shingles vaccination is recommended for ...

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According to real-world data, individuals who received the zoster vaccine had about 20 percent less risk of developing dementia compared to their unvaccinated peers. The findings, reported in Nature, ...

Harvard researchers have pinpointed over a dozen risk factors for dementia and other brain disorders - and all of them are preventable. Researchers at Mass General Brigham analyzed 37 studies on ...

Socializing can boost your physical and mental health and even reduce your risk of cognitive issues such as dementia. Here’s how to stay social as you age. As you get older, your social life ...

A man whose wife is living with early onset dementia has spoken out about the first symptom he noticed prior to her diagnosis. Husband and wife John and Heather, from Halifax, Canada, decided to ...

only to be informed she'd suffered a TIA (transient ischaemic attack), with the further devastating possibility of young onset dementia looming. The doctor explained, "I'm not in a position to ...

"Dementia" is a broad term for cognitive disorders affecting memory, reasoning, and behavior. As dementia progresses, it can become increasingly difficult for patients to carry out everyday tasks ...

A new study has found a link between 'bad' cholesterol and the risk of dementia. It suggests that common cholesterol-lowering medicines, like statins, can help protect brain health as we age, even in ...