Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s,” Charles Piller looks how the amyloid hypothesis took over ...

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Alzheimer’s families face incalculable emotional costs ... Even many of the most hardened skeptics of the hypothesis believe that amyloids have some association with the disease.

The factor that tips you over the edge from being at risk for a disease to actually developing the disease is not always ...

You may also be offered a blood test or a lumbar puncture to test for proteins called amyloids which can build up and form plaque in the brain, which is linked to Alzheimer’s disease.

Diet may have some effect on the main contributing factor to Alzheimer’s disease. People with the condition have elevated levels of tiny protein pieces called beta-amyloids in their brains.

This is the year to be optimistic about Alzheimer’s disease says one of Australia’s leading dementia researchers.

Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia ... detects an increase in beta amyloids and tau proteins biomarkers before early symptoms develop. Professor Mokkapati says there has been ...