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mitch96

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2. I thought it was interesting that not all Alzheimer's symptoms are due to amaloid plaque. Some have a ton of it

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Sun Jun 30, 2024, 01:01 PM

Jun 2024

and are clear as a bell. Others with no plaque are very symptomatic. The pharmaceutical industrial complex has jumped all over the "take a pill for plaque" idea.
They don't want to hear about the plaque and no Alzheimer's idea... The micro strokes is an interesting pathway. Not enough to kill you, just enough to mess you up..uff

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What scientists have learned from studying people over 90 [View all] LiberalArkie Jun 2024 OP

Very cool. Joinfortmill Jun 2024 #1

I thought it was interesting that not all Alzheimer's symptoms are due to amaloid plaque. Some have a ton of it mitch96 Jun 2024 #2

That is why they call it science. Things will be different in a few more years with more data on older people LiberalArkie Jun 2024 #3