Study Suggests Shingles Vaccine May Reduce Cardiovascular Risk in Older Adults
Research on 70,000 US patients found that the Shingrix vaccine was associated with a 12% lower risk of cardiovascular diagnoses over 3.5 years. The lead researcher, Maxime Taquet, said the benefit could be comparable to daily blood pressure medication. If confirmed, the vaccine could prevent hundreds of thousands of heart attacks and strokes worldwide.
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