{"id":16975,"date":"2025-04-03T02:12:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:12:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/shingles-vaccine-can-decrease-risk-of-dementia-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T02:12:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T02:12:17","slug":"shingles-vaccine-can-decrease-risk-of-dementia-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/shingles-vaccine-can-decrease-risk-of-dementia-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Shingles Vaccine Can Decrease Risk of Dementia, Study Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Getting vaccinated against shingles can reduce the risk of developing dementia, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-025-08800-x\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a large new study<\/a> finds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The results provide some of the strongest evidence yet that some viral infections can have effects on brain function years later and that preventing them can help stave off cognitive decline.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The study, published on Wednesday in the journal Nature, found that people who received the shingles vaccine were 20 percent less likely to develop dementia in the seven years afterward than those who were not vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf you\u2019re reducing the risk of dementia by 20 percent, that\u2019s quite important in a public health context, given that we don\u2019t really have much else at the moment that slows down the onset of dementia,\u201d said Dr. Paul Harrison, a professor of psychiatry at Oxford. Dr. Harrison was not involved in the new study, but has done <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41591-024-03201-5\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">other research<\/a> indicating that shingles vaccines lower dementia risk.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Whether the protection can last beyond seven years can only be determined with further research. But with few currently effective treatments or preventions, Dr. Harrison said, shingles vaccines appear to have \u201csome of the strongest potential protective effects against dementia that we know of that are potentially usable in practice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Shingles cases stem from the virus that causes childhood chickenpox, varicella-zoster, which typically remains dormant in nerve cells for decades. As people age and their immune systems weaken, the virus can reactivate and cause shingles, with symptoms like burning, tingling, painful blisters and numbness. The nerve pain can become chronic and disabling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In the United States, about <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/shingles\/data-research\/index.html#:~:text=1%20in%203%20people%20in,who%20have%20weakened%20immune%20systems.\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">one in three people<\/a> develop at least one case of shingles, also called herpes zoster, in their lifetime, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates. About a third of eligible adults have received the vaccine in recent years, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/adultvaxview\/publications-resources\/vaccination-coverage-adults-2021.html?CDC_AAref_Val=https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vaccines\/imz-managers\/coverage\/adultvaxview\/pubs-resources\/vaccination-coverage-adults-2021.html\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">according to the C.D.C.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Several previous studies have suggested that shingles vaccinations might reduce dementia risk, but most could not exclude the possibility that people who get vaccinated might have other dementia-protective characteristics, like healthier lifestyles, better diets or more years of education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The new study ruled out many of those factors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIt\u2019s pretty strong evidence,\u201d said Dr. Anupam Jena, a health economist and physician at Harvard Medical School, who was not involved in the study but reviewed it for Nature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The study emerged from an unusual aspect of a shingles vaccine rollout in Wales on Sept. 1, 2013. Welsh officials established a strict age requirement: people who were 79 on that date were eligible for the vaccine for one year, but those 80 and older, were ineligible. As younger people turned 79, they became eligible for the vaccine for one year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The age cutoff \u2014 imposed because of a limited supply and because the vaccine was then considered less effective for people over 80 \u2014 set up a \u201cnatural experiment,\u201d said Dr. Pascal Geldsetzer, an assistant professor of medicine at Stanford and the study\u2019s senior author.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It allowed scientists to compare relatively equal groups: people eligible for the vaccine with people just slightly older who couldn\u2019t get it. \u201cIf I take 1,000 people born one week and 1,000 people born one week later, there shouldn\u2019t be any difference between them, except for the large difference in the vaccination uptake,\u201d Dr. Geldsetzer said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Researchers tracked health records of about 280,000 people who were age 71 to 88 and without dementia when the rollout began. Over seven years, nearly half of those eligible for the vaccine received it, while only a tiny number from the ineligible group were vaccinated, providing a clear before-and-after distinction.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">To limit the likelihood of differences between the groups, researchers used statistical analysis to more heavily weigh data from people just one week on either side of the cutoff: those who turned 80 in the week before rollout and those who turned 80 in the week after.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">They also examined medical records for possible differences between the vaccinated and unvaccinated. They evaluated whether unvaccinated people received more diagnoses of dementia simply because they visited doctors more frequently, and whether they took more medications that could increase dementia risk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThey do a pretty good job at that,\u201d said Dr. Jena, who <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-025-00861-2\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">wrote a commentary about the study for Nature<\/a>. \u201cThey look at almost 200 medications that have been shown to be at least associated with elevated Alzheimer\u2019s risk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">He said, \u201cThey go through a lot of effort to figure out whether or not there might be other things that are timed with that age cutoff, any other medical policy changes, and that doesn\u2019t seem to be it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The study involved an older form of shingles vaccine, Zostavax, which contains a modified version of the live virus. It has since been discontinued in the United States and some other countries because its protection against shingles wanes over time. The new vaccine, Shingrix, which contains an inactivated portion of the virus, is more effective and lasting, research shows.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41591-024-03201-5\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">A study last year<\/a> by Dr. Harrison and colleagues suggested that Shingrix may be more protective against dementia than the older vaccine. Based on another \u201cnatural experiment,\u201d the 2017 shift in the United States from Zostavax to Shingrix, it found that over six years, people who had received the new vaccine had fewer dementia diagnoses than those who got the old one. Of the people diagnosed with dementia, those who received the new vaccine had nearly six months more time before developing the condition than people who received the old vaccine.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">There are different theories about why shingles vaccines might protect against dementia. One possibility is that by preventing shingles, vaccines reduce the neuroinflammation caused by reactivation of the virus, Dr. Geldsetzer said. \u201cInflammation is a bad thing for many chronic diseases, including dementia,\u201d he said, so \u201creducing these reactivations and the accompanying inflammation may have benefits for dementia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Both the new study and the Shingrix study provide support for that theory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Another possibility is that the vaccines rev up the immune system more broadly. The new study offers some evidence for that theory too. It found that women, who have more reactive immune systems and larger antibody responses to vaccination than men, experienced greater protection against dementia than men, Dr. Geldsetzer said. The vaccine also had a bigger protective effect against dementia among people with autoimmune conditions and allergies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Maria Nagel, a professor of neurology at University of Colorado School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study, said both theories could be true. \u201cThere\u2019s evidence for a direct effect as well as an indirect effect,\u201d, said Dr. Nagel, who has consulted for the manufacturer of Shingrix, GSK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">She said some studies have found that other vaccines, including those against flu, create a generalized neuroprotective effect, but that because the shingles virus hides in nerves, it makes sense that a shingles vaccine would be particularly protective against cognitive impairment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The study did not distinguish between types of dementia, but other research suggests that \u201cthe effect of the shingles vaccine for Alzheimer\u2019s disease is much more pronounced than for another dementia,\u201d said Svetlana Ukraintseva, a biologist at Duke who coauthored <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0531556524000536?via%3Dihub\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a recent study<\/a> on Alzheimer\u2019s and other dementias and vaccines. She said that might be because some Alzheimer\u2019s cases are associated with compromised immunity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Welsh population in the study was mostly white, Dr. Geldsetzer said, but the report also suggested similar protective effects by analyzing death certificates in England for deaths caused by dementia. His team has also replicated the results in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Dr. Jena said the connection should be studied further and noted that reducing dementia risk is not the same as preventing all cases. Still, he said, the evidence suggests that \u201csomething about the exposure or access to the vaccine has this effect on dementia risk years later.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/02\/health\/shingles-vaccine-dementia.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting vaccinated against shingles can reduce the risk of developing dementia, a large new study finds. 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