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Newest in this topic

  1. Association between vaccinations and risk of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis 2025-10-30
  2. Herpes Zoster Vaccination and Dementia Occurrence (Australian natural experiment) 2025-06-17
  3. Dementia in Sub-Saharan Africa: Risk factors, public perception, and management approaches 2025-06-09

Studies

5 studies carry this tag.

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2025

Top journals

  • Age and Ageing 1
  • JAMA 1
  • Journal of Medicine Surgery and Public Health 1
  • Nature 1
  • The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease 1

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  1. Association between vaccinations and risk of dementia: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Age and Ageing 2025-10-30 Prevention and risk

    Adult vaccinations, particularly against herpes zoster, influenza, pneumococcus and Tdap, are associated with a lower risk of dementia.

  2. Herpes Zoster Vaccination and Dementia Occurrence (Australian natural experiment)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. JAMA 2025-06-17 Prevention and risk

    In this sample of 101 219 patients, 52.7% were women and mean age was 62.6 years (SD, 9.3 years) as of November 1, 2016.

  3. Dementia in Sub-Saharan Africa: Risk factors, public perception, and management approaches

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Medicine Surgery and Public Health 2025-06-09 Prevention and risk

    Dementia is becoming a major public health problem in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with prevalence increasing due to demographic transitions, increasing life expectancy, and increasing prevalence of non-communicable diseases.

  4. A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia (Wales)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. Nature 2025-04-02 Prevention and risk

    Neurotropic herpesviruses may be implicated in the development of dementia 1-5 .

  5. Hearing loss, diet, and cognitive decline: interconnections for dementia prevention

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 51 out of 100. The Journal of Prevention of Alzheimer s Disease 2025-01-05 Prevention and risk

    Among 5,145 participants included in the analyses, 747 (14.5 %) reported hearing loss, including 207 Black adults and 199 White adults.

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