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

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Zostavax and Shingrix are linked to protection for older adults in multiple studies.

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A randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial is underway called Valacyclovir Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease but results ...

If you've had chickenpox, the only way to safeguard yourself from shingles is to receive the Shingrix vaccine, which the CDC ...

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Then, in 2024, researchers at the University of Oxford in England found an even stronger protective effect from the DNA-based vaccine, Shingrix. The study authors, led by Maxime Taquet ...

At the time, people received a first-generation vaccine called Zostavax. An important next step is testing whether today's vaccine, Shingrix, also offers dementia protection, Nagel said. Another ...