Alzheimer's disease: 9 most common risk factors, from obesity to depression: Medical Daily

Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco studied the similarities between Alzheimer’s patients in order to flag risk factors so others can lower their chances of disease. The findings, published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, reveal the top risk factors that are responsible for two-thirds of the world’s Alzheimer’s cases. The research team analyzed more than 300 studies that focused on Alzheimer’s disease-specific risk factors and narrowed it down to the nine they believed to be the most common:
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New Treatment Could Prevent, Reverse Alzheimer’s

New Treatment Could Prevent, Reverse Alzheimer’s: New research suggests that a brain protein that has changed form may be the cause of brain disorders -- including Alzheimer’s Disease. Researchers say they have developed a treatment that may cause the protein to return to its original form, preventing the disease from developing or reversing the effects of the damage in people who already suffer from Alzheimer’s.