Thursday, July 12, 2018

Herpes linked to Alzheimer's: Antivirals may help

A new commentary on a study by epidemiologists supports the viability of a potential way to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease. When the authors looked at subjects who suffered severe herpes infection and who were treated aggressively with antiviral drugs, the relative risk of dementia was reduced by a factor of 10.

from Healthy Aging News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2ugmhzw

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