“The results not only bolster growing evidence that the shingles virus may contribute to dementia, but should be a wake-up call that vaccines can do more than just prevent infections.“ Chickenpox, shingles, Alzheimer’s? Evidence mounts for a viral cause of dementia www.statnews.com/2024/10/18/d...

Chickenpox, shingles, Alzheimer's? Evidence mounts for a viral cause of dementia

New research is providing fresh support for the decades-old idea that viral infections can play a role in at least some dementia cases.

Heaven forbid the insurance company pays for shingles vax until I'm 50 😭😭😭

Certainly jives with all the previously mentally-healthy seniors I know getting whacked/killed by dementia since covid started (and one, in particular, after a nasty case of shingles).

*shakes fist at paywall* but also I'm glad this research is being done

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Neurodegenerative diseases have genetic hallmarks of autoinflammatory disease

Abstract. The notion that one common pathogenic pathway could account for the various clinically distinguishable, typically late-onset neurodegenerative di