New findings reported at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) 2020 (27–31 July 2020, online) suggest that modifiable dementia risk factors are present at multiple life

stages. The results were presented as part of the first virtual AAIC, which included more than 3,000 scientific presentations given via an online platform.

New data presented at the conference included the results of two studies that found an association between receiving a flu or a pneumonia vaccine and a lower risk of developing Alzheimer

disease (AD). In the first study, Albert Amran and colleagues analysed the health records of 9,066 individuals and found a reduced prevalence of AD among individuals who had received at