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Podcast: The Big Story
Episode: Can the shingles vaccine actually lower the risk of dementia?
Description: A new study out of the Stanford University School of Medicine showed that older adults who received the shingles vaccine were 20% less likely to develop dementia over the next seven years than those who didn't receive the vaccine. But what does this mean in terms of finding a tried and true cure to dementia, and who's more at risk than others?
Host Pooja Handa speaks to Sabina Vohra-Miller, founder of Unambiguous Science, about the study's findings and what it for the future of the disease.
You can find the study here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08800-x
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