The Longevity Secret Hiding In Plain Sight

Vaccines reduce Alzheimer's risk by 50%? They slow markers of aging by 19%? No one saw this coming until AI analyzed enormous patient databases and let us humans know.

Viva Longevity's mission is to find the best scientists and help them tell their stories.

VIDEOS:

Heidi Larson: Rumors, Trust, and Vaccines
https://youtu.be/iZpGjzEwlOA

How vaccines train the immune system in ways no one expected | Christine Stabell Benn | TEDxAarhus
https://youtu.be/_d8PNlXHJ48

Why I Changed My Mind On Vaccinations | Danielle Stringer | TEDxGrandCanyonUniversity
https://youtu.be/tL-zwrxVcHw

Truth About the HPV Vaccine: a Megyn Kelly Show Debate and Discussion, with Two Medical Experts
https://youtu.be/y91qql_11dc

Why we can’t agree about vaccines | Bernice Hausman | TEDxPSU
https://youtu.be/M95MB6nmnaQ

Why Australians live 7 years longer than Americans | Dr. Adrian Cois | TEDxBoston
https://youtu.be/Lba5t17CWN0

BOOKS:

Vaccinated: From Cowpox to mRNA, the Remarkable Story of Vaccines
https://a.co/d/04YclCj6

The Big One: How We Must Prepare for Future Deadly Pandemics
https://a.co/d/00zjIRxI

Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
https://a.co/d/03WLzJP4

The Believing Brain by Michael Shermer
https://a.co/d/0eJogVLQ

PAPERS:

Risk of Alzheimer's Disease Following Influenza Vaccination: A Claims-Based Cohort Study Using Propensity Score Matching
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.3233/JAD-220361

The Impact of Routine Vaccinations on Alzheimer's Disease Risk in Persons 65 Years and Older: A Claims-Based Cohort Study using Propensity Score Matching
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3233/JAD-221231

For those living with dementia, new study suggests shingles vaccine could slow the disease
https://med.stanford.edu/news/all-news/2025/03/shingles-vaccination-dementia.html

A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08800-x

Shingles Vaccine Drastically Cuts Risk of Serious Cardiac Events
https://www.acc.org/about-acc/press-releases/2026/03/16/19/33/shingles-vaccine-drastically-cuts-risk-of-serious-cardiac-events

Risk of Alzheimer Dementia After High-Dose vs Standard-Dose Influenza Vaccination
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC13051479/

Association between shingles vaccination and slower biological aging: evidence from a US population-based cohort study
https://academic.oup.com/biomedgerontology/article/81/3/glag008/8430804

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5:29 Flu vaccines reduce Alzheimer's risk
11:11 Many vaccines reduce Alzheimer's risk
13:41 Reduced markers of aging
22:11 Understanding concerned mothers
33:08 Understanding medical professionals
37:58 Understanding data scientists
46:10 Understanding public health scientists
50:35 Understanding the truly misinformed
56:46 Understanding anti vaccine advocates