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More about Infections and Alzheimer
- JPLeRouzic 6y agoA team at the University of Texas combed through millions of medical records in a national database. The goal was to find factors that reduce a person's risk of getting certain diseases, including Alzheimer's. "And one of the things that came back was flu shots," says Albert Amran, one of the authors. "So if we have some general means of improving immunity, it might help reduce Alzheimer's disease," reflects Svetlana Ukraintseva, an associate research professor at Duke's.