London, Feb 15 (IANS) People who have had the herpes virus at some point in their lives are twice as likely to develop dementia compared to those who have never been infected, warned a study. The study from Uppsala University in Sweden, based on 1,000 people aged 70 over and followed for 15 years, confirms previous research on whether herpes can be a possible risk factor for dementia. The results, now published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, found that people who had been infected with the herpes simplex virus at some point in their lives were twice as likely to develop dementia, compared to those who had never been infected. The herpes simplex virus is very common, and the infectio
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