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A Study of 500,000 Medical Records Links Viruses to Alzheimer’s Again And Again
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A Study of 500,000 Medical Records Links Viruses to Alzheimer’s Again And Again

By FELICITY NELSON Amyloid plaques in Alzheimer’s disease (Kateryna Kon/Science Photo Library/Getty Images)A study of around 500,000 medical records suggested that severe viral infections like encephalitis and pneumonia increase the risk of neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Researchers found 22 connections between viral infections and neurodegenerative conditions in the study of around 450,000 people....

US steps up race for Alzheimer’s cure: NIH to launch $300m research database that tracks medical records of up to 90% of Americans
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US steps up race for Alzheimer’s cure: NIH to launch $300m research database that tracks medical records of up to 90% of Americans

By MANSUR SHAHEEN DEPUTY HEALTH EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM UPDATED: 12:16 EDT, 3 April 2023 America’s leading medical research agency is launching a largest-of-its-kind $300 million database with hopes of learning more about Alzheimer’s. The National Institute of Aging (NIA), an arm of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), hopes to launch the initiative as early as April...