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Photobiomodul Photomed Laser Surg
January 2025
Department of Dermatology, Southwest Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, China.
Previous case reports hint ultraviolet A1 (UVA1) phototherapy as a novel adjunct treatment for acute cutaneous inflammations and neuralgia of herpes zoster, but its clinical effectiveness and safety in this condition are not yet proven by clinical trials. To determine the efficacy and safety of UVA1 phototherapy as an adjunct treatment for acute inflammation and neuralgia in herpes zoster. A total of 60 patients with moderate-to-severe acute herpes zoster were randomly divided into two parallel groups.
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December 2024
MRC Unit for Lifelong Health & Ageing at UCL, London, United Kingdom.
Background: Associations of common infections with Alzheimer's disease have been reported, but potential mechanisms underlying these relationships are unclear. A hypothesised mechanism is amyloid-beta (Aβ) aggregation as a defense mechanism in response to infection, with subsequent tau accumulation. However, no studies have assessed associations of infections with cerebral Aβ and tau pathology in vivo.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAlzheimers Dement
December 2024
University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.
Background: Varicella zoster virus (VZV) reactivation, manifesting as herpes zoster, increases dementia risk. Herein, we review the literature supporting the biological plausibility of VZV contributing to AD pathologies and examine the unique ability of VZV to induce amylin that has been found in blood vessels and parenchyma of AD patients.
Method: We conducted a literature review on VZV and dementia to elucidate a potential model for how VZV reactivation intersects with AD.
Background: With the world population aging, the number of individuals living with dementia is expected to increase significantly. Vaccination against herpes zoster (HZ) with the live-attenuated zoster vaccine (ZVL) was associated with a lower risk of being diagnosed with dementia in previous studies. We aimed to determine whether the recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) immunization is also associated with a reduced risk of dementia diagnosis.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Using a unique natural randomization, we have recently provided evidence from Welsh electronic health record data that herpes zoster (HZ) vaccination caused a reduction in new dementia diagnoses over a seven-year period. This study aimed to determine whether eligibility for HZ vaccination also caused a reduction in deaths due to dementia in England and Wales over a nine-year follow-up period.
Methods: Adults who had their 80 birthday shortly before September 1 2013 were ineligible for free HZ vaccination and remained ineligible for life, whereas those who had their 80 birthday shortly after September 1 2013 (i.
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