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posted by mrpg on Sunday April 29 2018, @01:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the there's-always-a-secondary-effect dept.

[...] The research team studied the medical records of 40,770 patients aged over 65 diagnosed with dementia, and compared them to the records of 283,933 people without dementia. More than 27 million prescriptions were analysed.

[...] They found that there was a greater incidence of dementia among patients prescribed greater quantities of anticholinergic antidepressants, and anticholinergic medication for bladder conditions and Parkinson's.

[...] "We studied patients with a new dementia diagnosis and looked at what anticholinergic medication they were prescribed between four and 20 years prior to being diagnosed.

"We found that people who had been diagnosed with dementia were up to 30 per cent more likely to have been prescribed specific classes of anticholinergic medications. And the association with dementia increases with greater exposure to these types of medication.

"What we don't know for sure is whether the medication is the cause. It could be that these medications are being prescribed for very early symptoms indicating the onset of dementia.

"But because our research shows that the link goes back up to 15 or 20 years before someone is eventually diagnosed with dementia, it suggests that reverse causation, or confounding with early dementia symptoms, probably isn't the case.


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  • (Score: 2) by sjames on Sunday April 29 2018, @08:19AM (4 children)

    by sjames (2882) on Sunday April 29 2018, @08:19AM (#673302) Journal

    Those very real deaths and hospitalizations aren't spread evenly across demographics. SOME age groups should probably get the flu shot. In others, it's not so important. Some years it's practically worthless for any demographic.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday April 29 2018, @03:15PM (2 children)

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Sunday April 29 2018, @03:15PM (#673411) Journal

    Well, let's hope your case of the flu doesn't spread to some weak kid or senior citizen.

    https://www.cdc.gov/flu/protect/keyfacts.htm [cdc.gov]

    One thing you could do is just get it when it is offered for free.

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    • (Score: 2) by sjames on Sunday April 29 2018, @09:12PM

      by sjames (2882) on Sunday April 29 2018, @09:12PM (#673483) Journal

      That too is a matter of circumstance. Certainly if you will have significant contact with a vulnerable person, you should get the shot.

      But especially in years where the vaccine is in short supply, if you're not a member of a vulnerable group and not in close contact with a vulnerable person, it's probably better to wait.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 30 2018, @07:38PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 30 2018, @07:38PM (#673880)

      56k out of 34 million? sounds like nature keeping things healthy to me. if the shot works so good then the people who take it needn't worry. nor should they worry about the soft kill weapon they are being shot up with since they are ignorant, suckling babes at the breast of mother Govarma.

  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Monday April 30 2018, @01:04AM

    by frojack (1554) on Monday April 30 2018, @01:04AM (#673552) Journal

    Alot of those flu deaths this past cycle were IN SPITE OF being vaccinated.
    The vaccine was about 30% effective on average.

    NOTE: Herd immunity does not require perfectly effective vaccines, but when you send your kid to school
    to sit in a classroom full of snot nosed sickos you would kind of like the vaccine to work.

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