Alzheimer’s transmittable?

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Additional research is necessary now when two studies have shown evidence of people being infected after receiving certain medical procedures. Unusual Young people died and autopsy showed that they may have remnants from procedures done decades before.

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Why do some develop Alzheimer’s and some do not?

Alzheimer; News from the web:

Researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing, led by Professor Karen Gylys, may have just uncovered the answer. Their study, published in the January issue of the American Journal of Pathology, is the first to look at disease progression in the synapses — where brain cells transmit impulses.

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Fighting Alzheimer’s fear

Alzheimer; News from the web:

People with dementia are still people, and friends and family members shouldn’t ignore them or underestimate their abilities — that’s the message of a new social media campaign from the Alzheimer Society of Canada.

“The day you receive a diagnosis from your doctor, the minute you walk out of that office, you’re no different,” said Maria Howard, the CEO of the Alzheimer Society of B.C.

#StillHere

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