Newswise — ST. LOUIS – Research from Saint Louis University finds that adult patients who have received a Tdap vaccination have a 42% lower risk for dementia, compared with patients who are not vaccinated.
The study, “Lower Risk for Dementia Following Adult Tetanus, Diphtheria and Pertussis (Tdap) Vaccination,” led by Jeffrey Scherrer, Ph.D., professor in family and community medicine at SLU, publishes May 17 in The Journals of Gerontology, Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences.
“The magnitude of the effect of Tdap vaccination on delaying dementia is very exciting from the geriatrician’s viewpoint,” said co-author John Morley, M.D., professor of geriatrics at Saint Louis University. “These effects on dementia are more pronounced than any treatments we have available for Alzheimer’s disease.”
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