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Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurological illness that impairs thinking and the independence of millions of people worldwide. Today more than 55M people have dementia, with 60-70% of cases being Alzheimer’s disease.
On the basis of these findings, we propose that these abnormal systemic changes might not only develop secondary to brain dysfunction but might also affect AD progression, suggesting that the interactions between the brain and the periphery have a crucial role in the development and progression of ...
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Cardiomyopathy is the medical term for conditions that affect the muscle of your heart (called the myocardium). Cardiomyopathy can make your heart stiff, enlarged, or thickened. This means it can't pump blood to the rest of your body very well. It gets worse over time and can lead to hea...
Bacterial and fungal superinfections are commonly reported in patients with coronavirus disease 2019. We report the first case of brain and intramedullary abscesses caused by Pseudomonas aeruginosa and a rare case of brain abscesses caused by Aspergillus
The Brain and Body Connection Though the cause of Alzheimer’s is not known, doctors think the symptoms of the disease are caused by a buildup of harmful proteins in your brain called amyloid and tau. These proteins form large clumps, called tangles and plaques. They get in the way of no...
Chapter 2 Health, Disease, and Illness as Conceptual Tools 2.1 Introduction There has not been an absolute consensus on the definitions of health, disease, and illness, even though these concepts are central not only in medicine but also in the health social sciences (e.g., medical sociology,...
M.G.N. was supported by a Spinoza grant from the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research and a European Research Council (ERC) Advanced Grant (no. 833247). E.F. is an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and is supported by grants from the US National Institutes of ...
Infectious diseases affecting the eye often cause unilateral or asymmetric visual loss in children and people of working age. This group of conditions includes viral, bacterial, fungal and parasitic diseases, both common and rare presentations which, in