An existing vaccine that could reduce your chances of getting Alzheimer's by 20%

[John Clark]

An article in Wednesday's edition of the journal Nature indicates that if you got the first generation of the shingles vaccine 10 years ago it not only did a very good job in preventing you from getting shingles it also reduced your chances of developing Alzheimer's disease by 20%. There is reason to believe that today's more advanced shingles vaccine could do even better:  

A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia

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[Cosmin Visan]

Fake news. Read it before 10 years ago, 20 years ago, 30 years ago, 40 years ago.