Know your Alzheimer's risks: #2 is gum disease
Curing Alzheimer's Disease PodCast
Release Date: 09/20/2025
Is Alzheimer's an Infection? How the Brain's Immune System Might Hold the Answer
Curing Alzheimer's Disease PodCast
When we think about the immune system, most of us picture white blood cells fighting off a cold or healing a cut. But here’s something crucial to keep in mind: your brain has its own immune system that works entirely different than the rest of your body. As the CAD Foundation funds research into the microbial / infectious hypothesis of Alzheimer’s, this idea of the brain having its own immune system is very important. Especially in instances where something foreign ( environmental toxin or even a bacterial, viral, or fungal cell ) gets past the blood brain barrier where it’s not...
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Know your Alzheimer's risks: #2 is gum disease
Curing Alzheimer's Disease PodCast
Surprisingly, gum disease is one of the highest risk factors for developing Alzheimer's Disease - yet few people know that. In this blog audio we will talk about how similar Alzheimer's and Peridontal (Gum) disease are, things that could signal you have gum disease and just how prevalent it really is.
info_outlineSurprisingly, gum disease is one of the highest risk factors for developing Alzheimer's Disease - yet few people know that. In this blog audio we will talk about how similar Alzheimer's and Peridontal (Gum) disease are, things that could signal you have gum disease and just how prevalent it really is.