Dear MURA members and Friends,
Bites & Insights is a community talk series offering practical and evidence-based strategies to support healthy, engaged living. It is hosted in partnership by the McMaster Institute of Research in Aging (MIRA) and the McMaster University Retirees Association (MURA).
Speaker: Dawn Bowdish, Professor, McMaster Department of Medicine and Executive Director of the Firestone Institute for Respiratory Health
Free Registration: Eventbrite
Is dementia a vaccine-preventable condition?
For most of us, dementia is one of the scariest parts of aging. There are ways to decrease your risk of dementia such as exercising, eating well, socializing, and keeping active, but those all take a sustained effort. What if there was an easy way to reduce your risk by about 20% that just took a couple of visits to the doctor or pharmacist? Recent research shows that vaccines for shingles, influenza, pneumonia and others reduces the risk of dementia and other health conditions. Sound to good to be true?
About the Bites & Insights Series
As we age, many of us want to know what we can do to stay healthy and live well. However, with an overwhelming amount of information available, it can be challenging to determine where to focus our efforts to achieve the greatest impact on our health and well-being.
Join researchers and experts from the McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA) for Bites & Insights, a community talk series designed to share practical, evidence-based ways to stay healthy and engaged in the activities you enjoy as you age. Each session includes time for audience questions and open discussion.
Hosted in partnership with the McMaster University Retirees Association. This project is funded in part by the Government of Canada's New Horizons for Seniors Program.
