Breaking News in Dementia with Dr. Mia Yang

Send us Fan MailThis episode covers recent advances in Alzheimer's research, including the potential link between shingles vaccination and dementia prevention, the biological shifts in aging, and promising biomarkers and treatments like lithium. Dr. Mia discusses how these findings could impact future therapies and personal health decisions.Shingles Vaccine: The Wales/Australia Natural Experiment in Cell: https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(25)01256-5?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS0092867425012565%3Fshowall%3DtrueMore Recent Article on Shingles Vaccine and Cardiovascular Risk: https://techfixated.com/shingles-vaccine-drastically-cuts-heart-risk-nearly-in-half-in-new-study/Massive Biomolecular Shifts: Scientific article in Nature 2024: https://www.nature.com/articles/s43587-024-00692-2From ruins to research: How an ancient brain survived to help understand Alzheimer’shttps://www.nuscimagazine.com/from-ruins-to-research-how-an-ancient-brain-survived-to-help-understand-alzheimersAncient Brain, GFAP and NFL; The Scientific Paper on GFAP and NFL in blood: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41376134/Lithium as an Alzheimer's Treatment: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/01/an-alzheimers-breakthrough-10-years-in-the-making/ (or the pretty pictures in this: https://hms.harvard.edu/news/could-lithium-explain-treat-alzheimers-disease)The pilot study in humans: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2845746#250915094Chapters00:00 Introduction to Alzheimer's Research News03:34 The Shingles Vaccine and Dementia Prevention06:03 Shingles Vaccine: Heart Health Benefits10:43 Timing & Accelerated Aging14:02 Ancient Brain Discoveries and Alzheimer's19:33 Exploring Lithium for Alzheimer's Treatment Alzheimer's, dementia, shingles vaccine, biomarkers, lithium, aging, neurodegeneration, Alzheimer's research, health tipsSupport the showVideo on Ask Dr. Mia YouTube channelTranscripts on www.miayangmd.com. Transcripts are automatically generated and may contain minor inaccuracies. Email: [email protected] expressed are exclusive of Dr. Mia Yang and not reflective of her or guest speaker's employers or funders.