What is it about?
The old TB vaccine, BCG, prevents cognitive loss in a population of elderly bladder cancer patients.
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Why is it important?
Cognitive loss is a hallmark of dementia. So any early intervention is exceedingly important.
Perspectives
Many of the risk factors of developing dementia are no0w recognized, but keeping up one's vaccination program has been overlooked.
Charles Greenblatt
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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This page is a summary of: Intravesical Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) Vaccine Affects Cognition, Journal of Alzheimer s Disease, July 2024, IOS Press,
DOI: 10.3233/jad-240307.
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