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STAT+: Shingles vaccine may lower dementia risk, new study finds
Nursing home residents who received at least one dose of shingles vaccine were 24 percent less likely to develop dementia, a new study found.
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According to STAT’s source item, STAT+: Shingles vaccine may lower dementia risk, new study finds, Nursing home residents who received at least one dose of shingles vaccine were 24 percent less likely to develop dementia, a new study found.
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