Alzheimer's: Have Many Grains of Salt Ready

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The Brains of Early Birds and Night Owls

2:12 PM, April 23, 2009 | Comments (4)

Early birds wake up at the crack of dawn and struggle to stay alert and productive (especially in the cognitive realm) in the evening. Night owls perform well in the evening but are worthless if you yank them out of bed too early in the morning. There...

The Blob That Didn't Eat the Universe

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Posted By: lindald1211 (July 30, 2008 at 8:51 AM)

Anybody read Pamela Weintraub's book "Cure Unknown?"

In a 2006 Harvard study, Dr. Alan MacDonald found that over 2/3 of alzheimers brains had bacteria infections in the hippocampus.

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Posted By: Jessicap (July 28, 2008 at 2:58 PM)

Hey Sharon, I've been reading your Newsweek stuff for a while. This piece is interesting and a little dispiriting. Good to tease out the details of these studies! I was a health writer for newspapers for a while. Now I write the newly launched What in the Universe blog on the Science Channel's website. Post a comment if you are moved by aliens, robots, or the oil crisis:

http://blogs.discovery.com/what_universe/