Some studies show an association between the herpes virus and Alzheimer’s

Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by bicubic on Sunday October 21, 2018 @05:20AM (#18267267)

>Excitingly, successful prevention of Alzheimer’s disease by use of specific anti-herpes agents has now been demonstrated in a large-scale population study in Taiwan.

So why isn't that a standard treatment now? The abstracts of both studies indicate they were looking at existing antiherpetic treatments.

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Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by iElectric2 on Sunday October 21, 2018 @06:28AM (#18267413)

Because internet news spreads quicker than doctor gossip? Since the side-effects with some of the antiviral drugs are almost negligible, you can just but those and try :)

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Re:Some studies show an association between the herpes virus... by bengrunfeld on Sunday October 21, 2018 @05:35AM (#18267298)

Things move slowly in medicine, and this is bleeding edge research.

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