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gilgoomeshtoday at 4:51 AM1 replyview on HN

For 20-ish% of Alzheimer's patients, the Shingles vaccine may be a treatment. This has been suspected for a few years now but has received recent confirmation studies.

https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/news/2025-11-18/promising-rese...


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adrian_btoday at 9:50 AM

While the study was about the shingles vaccine, I wonder if having passed normally through shingles influences positively or negatively the chances of later developing Alzheimer's.