Prior vaccination against tetanus and diphtheria, with or without pertussis (Tdap/Td); herpes zoster (HZ), better known as shingles; and pneumococcus are all associated with a reduced risk for developing Alzheimer's disease, according to new research from UTHealth Houston.
"We were wondering whether the influenza finding was specific to the. This data revealed that several additional adult vaccines were also associated with a reduction in the risk of Alzheimer's," said Schulz, who is the Umphrey Family Professor in Neurodegenerative Diseases and director of the Neurocognitive Disorders Center at McGovern Medical School."We and others hypothesize that the immune system is responsible for causing brain cell dysfunction in Alzheimer's.
," Ling said."It's particularly encouraging to observe consistent results across numerous large-scale health care databases."
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