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Can you please add a section on the Alzheimer's Disease page about the link with HSV 1? I think it is very pertinent information...

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Correct "Behavioural" to "behavioral." Correct "characterised" to "characterized." Correct "regognise" to "recognize." Correct "critisised" to "criticizedVinGraves (talk) 02:44, 19 June 2019 (UTC)." VinGraves (talk) 02:44, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. This article is written British English - FlightTime (open channel) 02:47, 19 June 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In a long ago job I worked at a state hospital ward that had old men who caught syphilis long before penicillin was discovered. The showed the signs od Alzheimers long before Alzheimers was heard of. It was just called syphilitic dementia. Herpes is now suspected but I suppose any infection or untreated VD will eventually be implicated. Ovarian cancer, , prostate cancer, cervical ........

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 Correct "Behavioural" to "behavioral." Correct "characterised" to "characterized." Correct "regognise" to "recognize." Correct "critisised" to "criticized[[User:VinGraves|VinGraves]] ([[User talk:VinGraves|talk]]) 02:44, 19 June 2019 (UTC)." [[User:VinGraves|VinGraves]] ([[User talk:VinGraves|talk]]) 02:44, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
 :[[File:Red information icon with gradient background.svg|20px|link=|alt=]] '''Not done:''' please establish a [[Wikipedia:Consensus|consensus]] for this alteration '''[[Wikipedia:Edit requests|before]]''' using the {{tlx|edit semi-protected}} template.<!-- Template:ESp --> This article is written British English - <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS">[[User:FlightTime|<span style="color:#800000">'''FlightTime'''</span>]] <small>([[User talk:FlightTime|<span style="color:#FFD700">'''open channel'''</span>]])</small></span> 02:47, 19 June 2019 (UTC)
+In a long ago job I worked at a state hospital ward that had old men who caught syphilis long before penicillin was discovered. The showed the signs od Alzheimers long before Alzheimers was heard of. It was just called syphilitic dementia. Herpes is now suspected but I suppose any infection or untreated VD will eventually be implicated. Ovarian cancer, , prostate cancer, cervical ........