Could a shingles vaccine lower dementia risk? A natural experiment in Wales—where vaccine eligibility turned on a single birthdate—found a 20% relative reduction in new dementia diagnoses over seven years. It's not proof of causation, but it's the strongest quasi-experimental evidence yet, and one more reason to make the recommendation.

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