Nice study. Hope it holds up. >
> A study of Alzheimer's vs HSV-1 and HSV-2 virus prevalence across age groups > and > geographical location may be useful. > > Even an amateur created web based survey might be useful to explore some of > the > relationships, in order to justify the expense of a professional survey. > Such a > survey might even be conducted as a high school science project. Such a > survey > might include the following questions: > > 1. Geographical location? (providing a multiple choice of regions) > 2. Age? (providing a multiple choice of age groups) > 3. Have you had cold sores or Herpes of any kind? > 4. Have you had Shingles? > 5. Have you had chicken pox? > 6. Have you had a chicken pox or MMRV vaccination? > 7. Have you had a Shingles vaccination? > 8. Have you been diagnosed with Alzheimer's? > 9. Have you been diagnosed with dementia? > > It would be important to obtain a large proportion of Alzheimer's > respondents. > Perhaps the Alzheimer's foundation would be helpful in this regard. See: > > http://www.alzfdn.org/ > one data point: I know someone who had shingles about 14 years ago, but he has not developed Alzheimer's. Possibly a new method of detecting Alzheimer's: Eye test that spots Alzheimer's 20 years before symptoms: Middle-aged could be screened at routine optician's visit http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1243181/Simple-eye-test-Alzheimers-catch-disease-crucial-early-stage.html http://tinyurl.com/ycgesjs Harry __________________________________________________________________ Looking for the perfect gift? Give the gift of Flickr! http://www.flickr.com/gift/
