Maggie Maybe<p>Oh look: The Shingles Vaccine seems to help prevent dementia. It makes sense, herpes viruses can damage the brain by causing encephalitis or meningitis (I confuse those a lot so I don’t remember I’m sorry) so it makes sense that this could protect the brain.</p><p>“Question What is the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on the probability of receiving a new diagnosis of dementia?<br>Findings In this quasi-experimental study using electronic health record data from Australia, being eligible for herpes zoster vaccination based solely on date of birth significantly decreased the probability of receiving a new dementia diagnosis during 7.4 years by 1.8 percentage points.<br>Meaning By taking advantage of a quasi-experiment, this study provides evidence for a beneficial effect of herpes zoster vaccination for preventing or delaying dementia that is more likely to be causal than the associations reported in the existing correlational evidence.”<br><a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2833335" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/</span><span class="invisible">fullarticle/2833335</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/shingles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shingles</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/HerpesZoster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HerpesZoster</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vaccine</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/JAMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JAMA</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/study" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>study</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/austrailia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>austrailia</span></a> <a href="https://zeroes.ca/tags/dementia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dementia</span></a></p>