A study led by Brown University researchers found that older adults who received the shingles vaccine currently used in the U.S. were less likely to be diagnosed with dementia within four years.
As my doctor said when she said I should get the vaccine: If this study is true, it’s great it great, but even if this study turns out to be false, it doesn’t matter because I should get the vaccine anyway.
There are half a dozen studies with the same conclusions. The best was in UK, where because of some stupid rule, people born a week later could not get Shingrex, so they ended up with a huge control population. Interestingly, the protective effect is only seen in women.
But other studies show protection effects from all vaccines in elderly.
As my doctor said when she said I should get the vaccine: If this study is true, it’s great it great, but even if this study turns out to be false, it doesn’t matter because I should get the vaccine anyway.
There are half a dozen studies with the same conclusions. The best was in UK, where because of some stupid rule, people born a week later could not get Shingrex, so they ended up with a huge control population. Interestingly, the protective effect is only seen in women.
But other studies show protection effects from all vaccines in elderly.