Does herpes cause Alzheimer’s?

Friday, October 19, 2018 - 09:30 in Health & Medicine

  E-MAIL What causes Alzheimer’s disease? The answer could be right under our noses, says leading expert Professor Ruth Itzhaki. Her latest paper presents a lifetime of research evidence that the herpes virus responsible for cold sores can also cause Alzheimer’s – and new data which show antiviral drugs drastically reduce risk of senile dementia in patients […]

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