Scientists may have inched closer to an effective method to prevent the onset of Alzheimer’s disease, the tragic neurological condition that causes loss of memory and other cognitive functions, generally in older people. A new scientific paper published in The Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease this week says that three recent studies show a link between Alzheimer’s and the virus that causes herpes and suggests a possibly effective way to hold back the onset of the tragic disease.
The Manchester University authors of the paper, which is a commentary on three studies published this year, note that “when the authors looked at patients treated aggressively with antiherpetic medications at the time, the relative risk of (Senile Dementia) was reduced by a factor of 10….Antiherpetic medication prevented later SD development in 90 percent of their study group. These articles provide the first population evidence for a causal link between herpes virus infection and senile dementia.”
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