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1. CJD is only one specific instance of Prion disease. Others (e.g. vCJD) have incubation periods of - multiple decades -. From the article: "In the original Al
by armitron 8y ago
1. CJD is only one specific instance of Prion disease. Others (e.g. vCJD) have incubation periods of - multiple decades -. From the article: "In the original Alzheimer’s transmissibility study, scientists examined the brains of eight patients treated with prion-contaminated human growth hormone as children who decades later died from prion disease"
Alzheimers is growing at epidemic proportions, globally [1].
Alzheimers in the US is growing at alarming rates [2].
[1] https://www.alzheimers.net/alzheimers-is-on-the-rise-in-these-states/ https://www.alzheimers.net/alzheimers-is-on-the-rise-in-thes...
[2] https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/facts-figures https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/facts-figures
- b_tterc_p 8y agoI do wish those numbers controlled for population size, and rates of known correlated variables (e.g. diabetes). What I want to know is whether the probability of developing the disease given I am a X year old healthy male/female has increased.
- DrScump 8y agoAlzheimers in the US is growing at alarming rates Is occurrence increasing alarmingly, or is it just being more properly diagnosed? "Senility" and "old age" may not have been properly isolated last century.