NEWSWEEK: Dementia and Gum Disease: Alzheimer's Linked to Gingivitis
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Studies in the past have also associated the little-understood disease to the virus which cases herpes.
Ruth Itzhaki, author of one such study published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience and a professor in the Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology at the University of Manchester, U.K., said last year: "HSV1 could account for 50 percent or more of Alzheimer's disease cases.
"Despite the involvement of a virus, the [Alzheimer's] disease is apparently not contagious," she told Newsweek.
https://www.newsweek.com/dementia-gum-disease-alzheimers-linked-gingivitis-1301552
Media contributions
| Title | Dementia and Gum Disease: Alzheimer's Linked to Gingivitis |
|---|---|
| Media name/outlet | Newsweeks |
| Media type | Web |
| Country | United States |
| Date | 23/01/19 |
| Description | Studies in the past have also associated the little-understood disease to the virus which cases herpes. Ruth Itzhaki, author of one such study published in Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience and a professor in the Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology at the University of Manchester, U.K., said last year: "HSV1 could account for 50 percent or more of Alzheimer's disease cases. "Despite the involvement of a virus, the [Alzheimer's] disease is apparently not contagious," she told Newsweek. |
| URL | https://www.newsweek.com/dementia-gum-disease-alzheimers-linked-gingivitis-1301552 |
| Persons | Ruth Itzhaki |