alt.hn

4/3/2025 at 1:05:03 AM

Study finds strongest evidence yet that shingles vaccine helps cut dementia risk

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/02/study-finds-strongest-evidence-yet-that-shingles-vaccine-helps-cut-dementia-risk

by pseudolus

4/3/2025 at 2:22:31 AM

Related:

Evidence mounts that shingles vaccines protect against dementia (42 points, 8 months ago, 14 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41073127

Evidence that the shingles vaccine prevents a good chunk of dementia cases (667 points, 2 years ago, 273 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36083620

by gnabgib

4/10/2025 at 1:01:50 AM

This study used the national rollout of the vaccine in Wales so they had closer to randomized trials without doing randomized trials if that makes sense. In the USA (where a lot of prior data came from) people who got the vaccine may not represent that sort of data due to insurance and vaccine hesitancy.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08800-x

by stevenwoo