Natural Experiment Links Shingles Vaccine To 20% Reduced Risk of Dementia

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Researchers who tracked cases of dementia in Welsh adults have uncovered the strongest evidence yet that the shingles vaccination reduces the risk of developing the devastating brain disease.

Health records of more than 280,000 older adults revealed that those who received a largely discontinued shingles vaccine called Zostavax were 20% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over the next seven years than those who went without.

 

Pascal Geldsetzer, at Stanford University, said: “For the first time we are able to say much more confidently that the shingles vaccine causes a reduction in dementia risk.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/02/study-finds-strongest-evidence-yet-that-shingles-vaccine-helps-cut-dementia-risk

 

Here's a link to the original research published in Nature.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08800-x

[KhunBENQ]

Why put in this terrible "Soapbox".

Got my vaccination last year as I am on risk for shingles.

[Lacessit]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2025-04-03/shingles-vaccine-dementia-natural-study-diagnosis-risk-wales/105126940

 

Perhaps this explains why anti-vaxxers are demented.

[3NUMBAS]

Is it possible to have a single shingle ?I have had the shingles jab

[scubascuba3]

On 4/3/2025 at 9:59 AM, KhunBENQ said:

Why put in this terrible "Soapbox".

Got my vaccination last year as I am on risk for shingles.

How much is the vaccine?

[KhunBENQ]

16 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

How much is the vaccine?

Two shots. Each about 6500, so 13000 total.

That was at a private hospital in Khon Kaen (Ratchaphruek).

Don't know about current availability and prices in Pattaya.

[KhunBENQ]

17 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

Is it possible to have a single shingle ?I have had the shingles jab

Yes. But makes sense only if your jab was shingrix and within a certain timeframe.

Combining with the older zostavax is probably not useful.

There is a couple of treads from the past back to 2023.

Will look it up later.

[KhunBENQ]

A bit difficult to find on Bangkok Pattaya Hospital.

This is a translation:

"Shingles vaccine Shingrix (new type) 2 doses, price 13,390 baht"

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1 hour ago, KhunBENQ said:

A bit difficult to find on Bangkok Pattaya Hospital.

This is a translation:

"Shingles vaccine Shingrix (new type) 2 doses, price 13,390 baht"

Bangkok Hospital will probably be charging the most of anyone. Still, as I recall, it wasn't cheap. On the other hand, I've known people who have come down with a severe case of shingles. And it pretty much amounts to sustained torture over many days.

[KhunBENQ]

4 hours ago, placeholder said:

Bangkok Hospital will probably be charging the most of anyone.

13390 would not be overly expensive.

Seen other prices down to 11000 or so.