From: rsw@therandymon.com   
      
   On Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:37:09 -0600   
   JAB  wrote:   
      
   > Now, scientists are saying they've got one of the most definitive   
   > leads yet for a bacterial culprit behind Alzheimer's, and it comes   
   > from a somewhat unexpected quarter: gum disease.   
   >   
   > In a new paper led by senior author Jan Potempa, a microbiologist from   
   > the University of Louisville, researchers report the discovery of   
   > Porphyromonas gingivalis - the pathogen behind chronic periodontitis   
   > (aka gum disease) - in the brains of deceased Alzheimer's patients.   
      
      
   This is really interesting.  Imagine such a horrible fate coming from   
   an infection of the gums.  I guess we've got new, great reasons to   
   brush teeth then, eh?   
      
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