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Alzheimer's Might Not Actually Be a Brain Disease, Reveals Expert

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By Donald Weaver
| ScienceAlert Verified
The pursuit of a cure for Alzheimer's disease is becoming an increasingly competitive and contentious quest, with recent years witnessing several important controversies. In July 2022, Science magazine reported that a key 2006 research paper, published in the prestigious journal Nature, which identified a subtype of brain protein called beta-amyloid as the cause of Alzheimer's, may have been based on fabricated data.
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Learning One Word Could Help Prevent a Third of Alzheimer's Cases

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By Donald Weaver
| ScienceAlert Verified
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is on track to become one of the defining public health challenges of our time. Every three seconds, somewhere in the world, someone is diagnosed with dementia, and it's usually Alzheimer's disease. Currently, approximately 50 million people worldwide have AD. By 2050, this number will exceed 130 million. The human health and socioeconomic consequences of this are going to be immense. But perhaps it doesn't have to be this way.
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Learning One Word Could Help Prevent a Third of Alzheimer's Cases

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By Donald Weaver
| Flipboard
Hundreds swim in Chicago River for first time in nearly a century for ALS research Hundreds of people went against a nearly century-long tide to swim in the Chicago River on Sept. 22. The event, which was put on for ALS research, marked the first open water swim in the river in 98 years, according to A Long Swim, a nonprofit that organized the event. More than 260 swimmers …
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