HIV Pills Might Prevent Alzheimer's

HIV Pills Might Prevent Alzheimer's

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Some hope for a long, lonely journey | Letters to the editor

Thank you for your article on the new approach of using a vitamin, Benfotiamine, to slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s in persons who are starting to experience memory loss. A cure for this disease has up to now been ignored by Big Pharma, which has only looked at ways that “might” slow it down, but not cure it,  because of the return on investment. Eventually, there will be a cure, but not today. My wife and I have been on this journey no…

HIV Drugs Dramatically Lower Risk of Alzheimer's Disease, Study Finds

Scientists have identified a promising new class of treatments for Alzheimer's disease, and they're already widely used to treat HIV and hepatitis B.

A team of American scientists has discovered a promising new strategy for fighting Alzheimer's disease. The key may be drugs currently used to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B.

A Pill Could End the HIV Epidemic. Why Do So Few Mississippians Take it? - Public Health Watch

Jermany Gray worked up the nerve to ask his doctor about preventive medication for human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, at his last check-up before leaving Jackson to go to college. He knew that for someone like him – a young, Black, gay man living in Mississippi – the odds of acquiring HIV were alarmingly high. In 2016, when Gray was a sophomore in high school, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers estimated that if current HI…

Viral infections linked with Alzheimer’s disease - Medical Republic

How strong is the evidence for a causal connection?