Source:https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/article/3304059/dementia-linked-diabetes-herpes-research-looks-beyond-brain-proteins-find-cause
Protein clumps in the brain have long been associated with Alzheimer’s, but other potential causes of the condition are now in the spotlight
GLP-1 agonists like those found in Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs are being studied as potential treatments for dementia. Research on the disease is expanding. Photo: instagram/glp1training
This is the 59th instalment in a series on dementia, including the research into its causes and treatment, advice for carers and stories of hope.
The so-called amyloid hypothesis has dominated thinking on Alzheimer’s disease for more than a century – since German psychiatrist and neuropathologist Alois Alzheimer found abnormal clumps of proteins called amyloids in a deceased patient’s brain in 1906.
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