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Whether you have any of the symptoms or not, there are things you can do to reduce your dementia risk.

“It engages multiple brain areas at once, acting like a full-brain workout,” experts say.

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

Findings hint that zoster vaccination may slow dementia ...

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Experts say that nearly half of dementia cases are preventable—here's what you can do now to protect your brain in the future.

The shingles vaccine not only offers protection against the painful viral infection, but a new study suggests that the two-dose shot also may slow the progression of dementia.

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

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Previous research suggests the shingles vaccine could reduce dementia risk. A follow up study suggests it may also help slow ...