18-05-2025, 11:32 AM
(This post was last modified: 18-05-2025, 11:34 AM by Oh_hunnihunni.)
(18-05-2025, 10:16 AM)Olive Wrote: Sorry to learn of your sad news Hunni. Given that you worry about your own risks of dementia, it might be a good idea to look into the shingles vaccine (Shingrix) as there seems to be increasing credible evidence that it prevents Alzheimer's Disease and possibly other dementias.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/557034/...tudy-finds
Yes it is fascinating research, and yes, I am vaccinated - got mine when it was free at 65.
Medical research is generating amazing new knowledge these days, even with old issues like dementia related genetics. There is a lot of indications that it isn't just genetics, but a more complex response to other factors, like liver damage, potentially environmentally triggered. The good thing is that some scientists just keep looking for other answers without relying on accepted old school knowledge. And old school is often a strong opponent to new knowledge, lol...
We all have an end date for this phase of existence, that bit doesn't worry me at all. It is the way it happens that we need to keep working on!

Just occurred to me... my sister had shingles some years ago. Not vaccinated... Probably coincidence, but who knows.