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Treating cold sores with anti-virals ‘may slash risk of developing Alzheimer’s’ (www.independent.co.uk)
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cross-posted from: https://metawire.eu/post/105642

A study found that people who had suffered the herpes virus had an 80% increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease.

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dr David Vickers, from the University of Calgary in Canada, said the “research exaggerates the role of HSV-1, failing to appreciate its absence in 99.56% of Alzheimer’s disease cases”.

He added: “The observed 17% hazard reduction with anti-herpetic drugs translates to a mere nine-month delay in Alzheimer’s disease onset.”

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

But what other viral loads were present instead at times throughout the life of the patient.

I don’t know what I’m talking about. But the more I hear about viruses post COVID, the more I believe we don’t take them seriously enough. And the more it seems like they are behind a bunch of things that we struggle to understand, or refuse to understand. (chronic fatigue, brain fog, anything that can be blamed on being lazy, etc. Just as one constellation of examples.)