Could common viruses silently influence your brain health? Discover what new research reveals about herpes and dementia.

This can trigger brain inflammation over time, known as herpes encephalitis, and in people with genetic risk factors, like the ApoE-4 gene, contribute to Alzheimer’s development, he adds.

Published in The Lancet in 1997, researchers compared DNA extracted from the brains of elderly people with and without Alzheimer’s, and in some of them, found herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1)—an ...

Long before chewing gum came in shiny foil wrappers with watermelon flavors and whitening promises, our ancestors were ...

Alzheimer's disease accounts for 60 to 80 percent of all dementia cases, with related treatment costs totaling around 305 billion US dollars in 2020. Widespread Reach of Herpes Virus Raises Concern ...

This can trigger brain inflammation over time, known as herpes encephalitis, and in people with genetic risk factors, like the ApoE-4 gene, contribute to Alzheimer’s development, he adds.

Symptomatic infection with cold sore virus herpes simplex 1 may be implicated in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers have reported. A study published in BMJ Open also found that ...

A new study has found that herpes simplex 1 (HSV-1)— the common virus behind cold sores —may be linked to the development of Alzheimer’s disease. The report, published in BMJ Open on May 20 ...

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Some vaccines may reduce the risk of dementia through a double effect in which the jabs help protect the brain through their ...

It is not clear how AS01 might help lower the risk of dementia, but Oxford University said lab studies show that the adjuvant ...

Two AS01-adjuvanted vaccines for different pathogens -- the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine (Arexvy) and the ...