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Lucia Carter

Shingles Vaccine Linked to 24% Lower Dementia Risk in More Than 500,000 Older Adults, Study Finds

A vaccine designed to prevent a painful skin infection may have an unexpected connection to the aging brain.

Older adults who received the shingles vaccine were 24% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over the following four years than those who remained unvaccinated, according to a new study involving more than 500,000 people.

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