00:00A vaccine already linked to a lower dementia risk may now be protecting your heart, too.
00:05New research from an Oxford-affiliated team finds that the newer shingles vaccine,
00:09known as Shingrix, is tied to a reduced risk of heart disease.
00:13Using a method researchers call a natural experiment,
00:16the team compared health outcomes in people who got the vaccine against those who didn't,
00:21controlling for age and other factors that usually make this kind of research hard to trust.
00:25The results showed vaccinated adults were less likely to suffer heart attacks,
00:30strokes, or heart failure than their unvaccinated peers.
00:33This builds on earlier findings from the same research group
00:37linking the vaccine to a lower dementia risk, reported two years ago.
00:41Scientists say it's now looking like Shingrix may be the first vaccine shown
00:45to protect both the heart and the brain.
00:48Though they stress more research is still needed to fully explain why.
00:51Disclosure. This video contains stock footage and content created or enhanced using AI-assisted tools.
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