A new study suggests that the shingles vaccine may help prevent dementia by reducing the risk of varicella-zoster virus reactivation.

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    11 hours ago

    seems its not even correlation isnt equal causation. shingles can be dangerous if it causes meningitis, or gastrointestinal activation. when i had shingles at 20, although the blisters(now permanent scrs with nerve damage) apparently also traveled to the spine which cause it to stiffin up, it lasted only a week. dint have other meningitis symptoms though. its much more likely if your 50+ though.