Shingles, Shots, and Senility 🦠💉🧠

Dr RR Baliga's "Got Knowledge Doc" Podkast

🧠 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 🧬💭👩‍⚕️