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A New Study Reveals One Simple Thing That Can Cut Your Risk of Dementia by 20%
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Stanford Researchers Say This Common Vaccine Can Lower Your Dementia Risk by 20%
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) estimates 42% of Americans over the age of 55 will develop dementia, a term for brain diseases associated with memory loss, behavioral changes and decreased cognitive function. But new research into a common vaccine could offer some hope.According to a new study in Nature, the vaccine for shingles could significantly reduce the risk of dementia. These findings, the researchers say, support an emerging scientific theory that viruses which affect the nervous system, like shingles, can increase the chances of having dementia — therefore, being inoculated against the virus could have the opposite effect.