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[–] Plum@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's the shingles shot again.

this week delivered one of the brightest spots in an otherwise dark field. According to a study that followed more than 280,000 people in Wales, older adults who received a vaccine against shingles were 20 percent less likely to develop dementia in the seven years that followed vaccination than those who did not receive the vaccine.

This could be a big deal. There are very few, if any, treatments that can prevent or slow down dementia, beyond good lifestyle habits like getting enough sleep and exercise. The possibility that a known, inexpensive vaccine could offer real protection is enormously meaningful. We have good reason to be confident in the findings: While this study is perhaps the most prominent to show the protective effects of the shingles vaccine, other studies of the vaccine have come to similar conclusions.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago
[–] huppakee@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago
[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

But the one answer could be surprisingly clickbaity. And I expect the article very dissapointing

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Nope.

First you need to find the actual cause of dementia. This “could have” bullshit nonsense doesn’t help anything.

[–] pubertthefat@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago

Finding such correlations provides more information to help discover the actual cause. But yeah, pop science journalism be like that.