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The brain of a US woman with Down syndrome showed the classic signs of Alzheimer’s disease upon her death, yet she remained ...
Terry Pratchett was diagnosed with posterior cortical atrophy, a type of dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease, in 2007 – ...
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A new study from Lund University suggests that traumatic brain injury (TBI) may contribute to Alzheimer’s disease by altering ...
An estimated 42% of U.S. adults aged 30 years or older have periodontitis, with about 7.8% of those adults having severe ...