This common vaccine cuts heart risk nearly in half in new study

sciencedaily - A shingles vaccine might double as a powerful heart protector. In people already at high risk, it cut major cardiac events by 46% and deaths by an impressive 66% within a year. Scientists think preventing shingles may also stop clot-related complications …

AI Summary: New research finds that receipt of a common shingles vaccine is associated with roughly a 50% reduction in serious cardiac events in the studied population. Investigators propose immune‑modulating mechanisms may underlie the protective effect; if confirmed, the vaccine could offer a tidy twofer—preventing shingles and cutting heart risk—proof that prevention sometimes moonlights as cardiology.

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