Some vaccines can reduce dementia risk - Miami Valley Today

Some vaccines can reduce dementia risk - Miami Valley Today

DAYTON — A new study found the shingles vaccination cut older adults’ risk of developing dementia over the next seven years by 20%, according to a press release from Alzheimer’s Association. The research is part of a growing understanding of how healthy lifestyle choices and decisions influence brain health and can lower the risk of dementia. The researcher at Stanford University overseeing the study found that women seem to benefit more from th…

More evidence shingles vaccine lowers dementia risk

Vaccination was tied to a lower probability of receiving a new dementia diagnosis during the following 7 years.