With flu season around the corner, Paul Schulz, MD, professor and director of the Neurocognitive Disorders Center at UTHealth Houston, has one message: don’t skip your annual vaccinations.
In addition to protection from flu viruses, the annual shot has a second benefit: for those 65 and older, receiving the influenza vaccine is associated with a 40% reduction in the four-year risk of developing Alzheimer’s dementia, according to a 2022 study co…
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