The shingles vaccine is really good at preventing shingles. But new research suggests it may also be really good at preventing other ailments, like dementia and cardiovascular disease.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images/triocean If you’re in your 40s or older, you might have memories of having chickenpox—the once-common childhood virus ...

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

Shingles can be hard to diagnose, especially if you’re younger—in part because people don’t expect younger adults to get it. That said, being told you have the viral infection and not a random rash ...