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Gun disease-causing bacteria associated with the development of Alzheimer’s disease noted in mouse study and human autopsies.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 9, 2025 Source:The Cause of Alzheimer’s Could Be Coming From Within Your Mouth Reference:Porphyromonas gingivalis in Alzheimer’s disease brains: Evidence for disease causation and treatment with small-molecule inhibitors
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Will nose-picking increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s? Study on mice says this is possible but many questions regarding methodology and translation to real life is problematic.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 12, 2025 Source:Study on Mice Suggests Nose-Picking Has a Surprising Link With Alzheimer’s
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More women get Alzheimer’s than men. It may not just be because they live longer
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for August 11, 2025 Source:More women get Alzheimer’s than men. It may not just be because they live longer
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Study finds biomarkers in young people that may help predict the risk of developing cognitive disorders like Alzheimer’s. This may spur more research into the mechanism of the disorder and the means to prevent it.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for July 23, 2025 Source:Early Alzheimer’s Clues Found in Adults as Young as 24 Reference:“Risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and cognitive function before middle age in a U.S. representative population-based study”
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Scientists hypothesize that an oral microbe might be responsible for the mechanism that leads to Alzheimer’s.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for February 24, 2025 Source:The Cause of Alzheimer’s Might Be Coming From Inside Your Mouth Reference:Porphyromonas gingivalis in Alzheimer’s disease brains: Evidence for disease causation and treatment with small-molecule inhibitors
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Can cytomegalovirus infection lead to the development of Alzheimer’s later in life? Study suggests that there may be a link in a subset of people.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for January 8, 2025 Source:Scientists Discover Common Virus Could Be Causing a Type of Alzheimer’s Reference:Alzheimer’s disease-associated CD83(+) microglia are linked with increased immunoglobulin G4 and human cytomegalovirus in the gut, vagal nerve, and brain
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New hypothesis proposes that Alzheimer’s is principally a disorder of the immune system within the brain. This, given alleged fabricated data in paper published in Nature in 2006, linking beta-amyloid as the causative agent.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for September 21, 2022 Source:Alzheimer’s Might Not Actually Be a Brain Disease, Expert Says Reference:Alzheimer’s disease as an autoimmune disorder of innate immunity endogenously modulated by tryptophan metabolites
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Phase 2 study demonstrates that a new blood plasma Alzheimer biomarker may assist in earlier diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for April 26, 2022 Source:New Alzheimer’s Biomarker May Facilitate Rapid Diagnosis Reference:A possible blood plasma biomarker for early-stage Alzheimer’s disease
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Alzheimer’s prevention Phase 1 trial will look at safety of nasal vaccine. Much to happen before any conclusions can be drawn from this study. Also, @billcarrolltalk and I also discuss the approval of COVID vaccine for 5-11 year-old children.
Medical Mythbusting Commentary for November 22, 2021 Source:Nasal vaccine to treat Alzheimer’s disease to be tested in U.S. clinical trial COVID-19 vaccines for children