Adventures with Dementia

Link to an article in the Daily Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/science-news/12188092/Alzheimers-disease-could-be-caus...

Yet more about the link between the herpes simplex virus (HSV1) and Alzheimer's can be found by following this link: From the Alzheime...

A recent article with this title (also discovered on Alzforum) is summarised  here .

Regular readers will know that I am very interested in this link.  New readers can find several past posts about the link by putting HSV-1 o...

I've come across yet another article about the link between HSV1 (the 'cold sore virus) and Alzheimer's disease: http://www.sc...

The link below is to a research project that links HSV-1 (the 'cold sore' herpes virus) to cholesterol accumulation: Journal of Bi...

I thought readers, particularly new ones, might find this list useful: Cameron: 'It's a disease!' More about HSV1 and beta a...

I recently came across this: http://www.alzforum.org/res/for/journal/detail.asp?liveID=188 It interests me greatly and not just because ...

Further searching has revealed a link between HV1 (the commonest herpes virus) and bipolar: Infection with herpes simplex virus type 1 is ...

I was reading about schizophrenia, prompted by an article about a young girl diagnosed with it.  Her hallucinations were described and I cou...

My wife's dementia was preceded by many years of ill-health involving viral infections. These often produced ME-like symptoms that were ...

In my effort to try and understand the disease, I've looked so far at three possible causes/contributory factors. Unlike some of the stu...

As I've read  other people's experiences I have become more aware of the various things that can cause rapid deterioration in a per...

Whilst I was away on holiday, this blog passed the 5000 page views mark. I'm pleased that so many people have found my efforts of intere...

There will be people who come across this blog hoping to find some answers, and maybe some hope. As anyone who cares for someone with deme...

This blog post  is another clear explanation of the possible (likely?) link between the Herpes virus and many cases of Alzheimer's. It a...

If, as seems at least possible, the Herpes Simplex virus is either a cause of, or a contributory factor in, the development of Alzheimer...

I've been in email contact with Dr Ruth Itzhaki of Manchester University.  Her team have found and explored a possible link between HSV-...

As I said, S has had many blood tests over the years and evidence of various different viruses has been found. Amongst these are Herpes typ...