EPISODE · Oct 16, 2025 · 3 MIN
Shingles, Shots, and Senility 🦠💉🧠
from Dr RR Baliga's "Got Knowledge Doc" Podkast · host MasterMedFacts LLC
🧠 New study in Nature Medicine links shingles (herpes zoster) to increased dementia risk — but there's hope! 💉 Adults ≥50 who received zoster vaccines (ZVL or RZV) had significantly lower dementia rates 📉. Especially protective in older women 👵. Evidence mounts for VZV reactivation as a modifiable risk factor for neurodegeneration 🧬🛡️. 📚 Read more: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-025-03972-5 #Dementia #Neuroinflammation #VZV #Vaccines #PublicHealth #Neurology #Geriatrics #Prevention 🧬💭👩⚕️
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