‘I want to do everything I can to head off dementia’: why demand for the shingles vaccine is soaring
Yet that’s enough to be driving a boom in shingles jabs When Jenny, a 50-year-old marketing and branding professional from Cambridge, went for her shingles…
The Guardian reports: Yet that’s enough to be driving a boom in shingles jabs When Jenny, a 50-year-old marketing and branding professional from Cambridge, went for her shingles vaccine last year, an entirely different disease was on her mind.
Could a drug intended to prevent painful rashes also protect our brains as we get older? The signs are promising – but not conclusive.
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