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 ...

A week later, Abraham woke up in the middle of the night and tried to stand. She collapsed to the floor, struggling to ...

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 ...

Collage: Self ; Source Photos: Getty Images Thanks to its hallmark rash, which is characterized by red to brownish bumps that blister, leak fluid, and scab over, shingles, a.k.a. herpes zoster ...

As it advances a monoclonal antibody targeting Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), Annexon Biosciences is embarking on another effort to improve treatment of the rare condition. Alongside a clinical ...

Vaccination for shingles could be linked to a reduction in the risk of developing dementia, a study published in Nature has reported.1 Researchers at Stanford University in California analysed cases ...

A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one — shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains. A new study found shingles vaccination cut older ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A vaccine to fight dementia? It turns out there may already be one – shots that prevent painful shingles also appear to protect aging brains. A new study found that shingles ...

Vaccination to prevent shingles also reduces the risk of developing dementia in later life, according to a research paper published recently in Nature. This conclusion is based on the analysis of ...

Worst of all, there was nothing I could do to fix it. Eventually we learned that we were among the thousands of American families affected each year by Guillain-Barré Syndrome, or GBS — a rare, ...

Older adults who received the shingles vaccine were 20% less likely to develop dementia over the next seven years than those who didn’t receive the vaccine. The corresponding study was published in ...

BARRE TOWN, Vt. (WCAX) - A Barre Town family is putting the pieces back together after their barn burned to the ground on Sunday, killing close to 200 animals. What started as a normal day Sunday ...