Cold Sore Virus May Be Alzheimer's Smoking Gun 285
Science Daily is reporting that the virus behind cold sores has been found to be a major cause of the insoluble protein plaques found in the brains of Alzheimer's disease sufferers. Researchers believe the herpes simplex virus is a significant factor in developing the debilitating disease and could be treated by antiviral agents such as acyclovir, which is already used to treat cold sores and other diseases caused by the herpes virus. Another future possibility is vaccination against the virus to prevent the development of Alzheimer's in the first place. The research was just published in the Journal of Pathology (abstract).
I may have herpes but at least I don't have herpes (Score:4, Funny)
I just lost my train of thought.
Strange... (Score:5, Funny)
timely article (Score:5, Funny)
in a few weeks, poor innocent little children will get visits from aunt bertha and grandma marge, and the first thing the strange smelly relatives will do is find the innocent children, exclaim "my how you've grown!" or "aren't you the cutest thing, i could eat you up!" and, approaching the children, who will now be rapt in horror, they will proceed to plant wet sloppy kisses, over the protestations and gyrations of the children sturggling to break free of the bear arm grip
and, the kids are right to object. they are trying to avoid herpes and alzheimers
kisses from old relatives is a brain mummifying disease
Is this a dupe? (Score:0, Funny)
I don't remember :-(
Re:timely article (Score:1, Funny)
in a few weeks, poor innocent little children will get visits from aunt bertha and grandma marge,
Crap, I've lost to the internet.
First thing I saw was "Grandma Mage".
Second thing was "My robe and wizard hat"
Re:Strange... (Score:4, Funny)
You coded in brainfuck without a condom and got cerebral herpes, obviously.
Can one be tested... (Score:5, Funny)
Can one be tested for the herpes simplex virus? I never had an outbreak, but one winter when I was cyclilng in -17C (stupid, yeah, gimme a break, I love cycling) I got a cold sore on the tip of my nose. So now I would like to be able to dismiss the idea I have herpes simplex. But if I have it, I'd like to start a therapy ASAP - I don't want to get Alzheimer's.
Re:I may have herpes but at least I don't have her (Score:4, Funny)
Nastiest Alzheimer's joke ever:
Guy brings his wife to the doctor. Doctor tells him "We screwed up the lab results. She either has AIDS or Alzheimers."
Guy says "great, what should I do?"
Doctor says "Drop her off about a mile away from home. If she finds her way home, don't fuck her!"
Re:Oh crap! (Score:2, Funny)
did "uncle" gary ask you to suck his meat popsicle, by any chance?
Re:timely article (Score:2, Funny)
Not to mention fainty pedophilic. Which kids are good at picking up on.
Good News for Slashdot (Score:5, Funny)
This is excellent news for most slashdotters since the herpes 'cold-sore' virus is typically transmitted by kissing.
Re:I may have herpes but at least I don't have her (Score:2, Funny)
Daaammmnnn (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Good News for Slashdot (Score:4, Funny)
I said something like that to a doctor once at Mayo clinic. Imagine my surprise when he snapped back, "You can get it from kissing a glass."
Re:I may have herpes but at least I don't have her (Score:4, Funny)
What you said reminds me of when I told a friend a stupid joke. He responded by saying, "It sounds like someone just made that up."
Re:Can one be tested... (Score:5, Funny)
Yes, yes it was a frostbite! Is that not the same as a cold sore, then?
See, this happens because English is not my native tongue. Never lived in an English-speaking country, either. While I do have a reasonably good command of it, there are rare instances where English fools me, just like now.
Note to self: cold sore != frostbite
Re:I may have herpes but at least I don't have her (Score:2, Funny)
No it's true, really. Happened to a friend of a friend of mine. His wife never made it home apparently.
Re:I may have herpes but at least I don't have her (Score:3, Funny)
Not to HER home.
She's happier now, at least for a few minutes at a time.
Re:What about heredity? (Score:5, Funny)
But House only does it with four!
Re:Strange... (Score:5, Funny)
For those that don't know Sherlock (full name Sherlock Holmes) was an investigative detective from stores by Arthur Conan Doyle found here Sherlock Holmes [amazon.com]
Re:What about heredity? (Score:1, Funny)
The placenta develops for a reason.
To reduce the risk of overpopulation by encouraging men never to have sex ever ever again?
Re:What about heredity? (Score:4, Funny)
It's not Lupus.
Re:Silver Ions in Solution Kill Viruses (Score:3, Funny)
If homeopathy works, then my distilled water is more powerful than any of their concoctions!
Re:Anti-vaccine crowd? (Score:2, Funny)
Apologii
Re:Silver Ions in Solution Kill Viruses (Score:3, Funny)
Re:I may have herpes but at least I don't have her (Score:2, Funny)
So we've found Hollywood's target demographic?
Re:What about heredity? (Score:3, Funny)
Don't forget Herpes Simplex 10, which is what Eddie Murphy's character 'Ramon' had in Beverly Hills Cop: [from imdb.com]:
"Tell Victor that Ramon - -the fella he met about a week ago? - -tell him that Ramon went to the clinic today, and I found out that I have, um, herpes simplex 10, and I think Victor should go check himself out with his physician to make sure everything is fine before things start falling off on the man."