In a study conducted in the USA, it was revealed that people who have the flu vaccine have a 40 percent lower risk of getting Alzheimer’s compared to those who do not.
According to the news of Nature World News, scientists from the University of Houston Texas Health Science Center conducted a study examining the relationship between flu vaccines and Alzheimer’s disease.
In the study, the data of more than 935 thousand vaccinated and unvaccinated people over the age of 65 were analyzed.
FOLLOWED FOR 4 YEARS
Within the scope of the study, dementia-related illness was detected in 5.1 percent of the vaccinated subjects and 8.5 percent of those who were not vaccinated, among the subjects followed for 4 years.
Experts said that people who get the flu vaccine have a 40 percent lower risk of getting Alzheimer’s compared to those who don’t.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are more than 55 million people living with Alzheimer’s worldwide.
Alzheimer’s is defined as a neurodegenerative disease characterized by decreased daily activities and impaired cognitive abilities, accompanied by neuropsychiatric symptoms and behavioral changes. (AA)