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People who have a flawed gene linked to Alzheimer’s disease may face a higher risk of COVID-19, an international team of researchers reports.
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Alzheimer’s and Pollution
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- Many recent studies show that Alzheimer’s disease occurs more often in people exposed to fine particles in polluted air.
- Such droplets, a 30th the diameter of a human hair, contain several toxic substances that can damage brain cells.
- Particles can weaken a protective barrier around the brain and also can enter from nerves near the nose.
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How genes help and hinder Alzheimer’s disease
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People with a gene variant that puts them at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease are protected from its debilitating effects if they also carry a variant of a completely different gene, investigators report in a large new study.
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Sex and Alzheimer’s Disease
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 50 million people have Alzheimer’s disease or related dementia, and these numbers are expected to double in the next 20 years. Recent studies have determined a gender predilection with the disease; as per the latest research, women have a higher risk of being affected by Alzheimer’s disease compared with men.
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A new blood test that could change things
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A simple blood test may soon be able to diagnose patients with two common forms of dementia – Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia (FTD) – and tell the two apart.
Researchers at UC San Francisco analyzed the blood test in more than 300 patients and say they hope to see such a test available in doctor’s offices within five years.
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RPI researchers make new discovery in search for Alzheimer’s cure
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