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Am just a hobbyist with some personal investment in AD, but the genetic basis for Alzheimer's seems like too strong a confounding factor to be looking for behav
by noleary 2y ago
Am just a hobbyist with some personal investment in AD, but the genetic basis for Alzheimer's seems like too strong a confounding factor to be looking for behavioral differences between ethnic/religious groups IMO.
There does seem to be some kind of link between GLP-1s and Alzheimers: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11242057/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11242057/
Some people also seem to like nicotine-related hypotheses: https://discoveries.vanderbilthealth.com/2019/09/nicotine-to-treat-alzheimers-disease/ https://discoveries.vanderbilthealth.com/2019/09/nicotine-to... and hypotheses with other kinds of drugs that have appetite suppressant characteristics: https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/93/10/1080 https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/93/10/1080
The whole field is kind of a gigantic mess these days, though. Seems like everyone and their cousin has a pet theory.