“Are nonstick pans toxic?” “Can aluminum cookware cause dementia?” “Are my scratched pans still safe?” That’s just a sample of a few worrying headlines about the safety of our pots and pans recently. These...
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Scientists Witness The ‘Tipping Point’ of Alzheimer’s in The Lab For The First Time : ScienceAlert
Scientists have identified the exact point at which healthy brain proteins are shocked into the tangled mess that is commonly associated with Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) are...
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Group of Scientists Propose a New Driver of Alzheimer’s Disease: Fructose : ScienceAlert
Alzheimer’s disease remains incurable, despite the best efforts of scientists and a number of recent discoveries. Now researchers have a new hypothesis about a possible driving force behind the disease: a type of sugar...
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Neurologists Diagnose The Youngest Case of Alzheimer’s Ever Reported : ScienceAlert
Neurologists at a memory clinic in China have diagnosed a 19-year-old with what they believe to be Alzheimer’s disease, making him the youngest person to be diagnosed with the condition in the world. The...
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Study of 500,000 Medical Records Links Viruses to Alzheimer’s Again And Again : ScienceAlert
A study of around 500,000 medical records has suggested that severe viral infections like encephalitis and pneumonia increase the risk of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Researchers found 22 connections between viral infections...
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This Biomarker Can Foreshadow Early Alzheimer’s Years Before Symptoms : ScienceAlert
A simple blood test could one day diagnose a rare inherited form of Alzheimer’s disease, decades before symptoms of memory loss even appear. Researchers in Europe and the United Kingdom have now shown that...
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FDA Approves New Alzheimer’s Drug Designed to Slow Cognitive Decline : ScienceAlert
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved a highly anticipated new drug designed to slow cognitive decline in patients in mild and early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. The FDA approval of...
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The #1 Risk Factor For Alzheimer’s Disease May Not Be What You Think : ScienceAlert
The leading risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease in the United States appears to have shifted over the past decade. Back in 2011, the most prominent, modifiable risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease was physical inactivity,...
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Stranded Dolphins Show Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease in Their Brains : ScienceAlert
Scientists have discovered markers of Alzheimer’s disease in the brains of three different species of dolphin found deceased, stranded onshore. Evidence of mass cetacean strandings exists from before our own recorded history, yet why...
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New Blood Test Accurately Predicts Alzheimer’s Years Ahead of First Symptoms : ScienceAlert
A new type of blood test can detect a hidden toxin behind Alzheimer’s disease years before a patient shows any symptoms of memory loss or confusion. If the proof-of-concept can be further tested and...
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